Roadside billboards advertising newly constructed apartments for sale in settlements are seen near the West Bank Settlement of Nili on July 31, 2019. Israel has given rare approval to 700 Palestinian homes in the part of the occupied West Bank, known as Area C, it fully controls while also backing a large settlement expansion of 6,000 settler homes before a visit by the White House's Jared Kushner. Area C accounts for more than 60 percent of the West Bank, the Palestinian territory that would form part of a future Palestinian state under the so-called two-state solution. The plan for Palestinians, though relatively small and far outweighed by the number of settlement homes, could allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to argue he is making efforts in favour of Kushner's long-awaited peace plan. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)