Despite housing efforts, construction starts drop 7.9%All in all, construction began on 43,620 new apartment units.Palestinian laborers work on a construction site in a religious Jewish settlement in the West Bank. [File](photo credit: REUTERS)
![Palestinian laborers work on a construction site in a religious Jewish settlement in the West Bank. [File]](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/254557 "Palestinian laborers work on a construction site in a religious Jewish settlement in the West Bank. [File]")
Palestinian laborers work on a construction site in a religious Jewish settlement in the West Bank. [File]