The Palestinians reacted angrily today after the Israeli cabinet approved the building of the first officially sanctioned new settlement in the occupied West Bank in more than 20 years.<br/><br/>Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi said the move showed blatant disregard for Palestinian human rights. <br/><br/>The new settlement will be constructed near the former wildcat Jewish outpost known as Amona, which was razed in February in accordance with an Israeli High Court order.<br/><br/>The international community regards all Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as illegal and the biggest obstacle to Middle East peace, and the former US administration of Barack Obama had put up serious opposition to their expansion.<br/><br/>