Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Israel plans to build hundreds of settler homes in East Jerusalem

A Jerusalem committee is expected to authorize a construction of hundreds of settler homes in East Jerusalem, despite a UN resolution demanding a halt to the settlements, an official said Tuesday.


A Jerusalem municipality spokesperson confirmed that the Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee has on its agenda the approval of 618 housing units in Jewish neighborhoods across the Green Line.

The plan includes 140 housing units in Pisgat Ze'ev, which will expand this neighborhood settlement toward the Palestinian village of Hizmeh, 216 housing units in Ramot, extending the settlement in the direction of Bir Nabala, and 262 units in Ramat Shlomo.

While the permits were already on the agenda before Friday's resolution by the UN Security Council, Deputy Mayor Meir Turgeman told local press that the committee is also going to discuss the approval of additional 5,600 housing units.

"We remain unfazed by the UN vote, or by any other entity that tries to dictate what we do in Jerusalem," he told Israel Today newspaper.

"I hope the Israeli government and the new U.S. administration will support us, so we can make up for the lack (of construction) during the eight years of the Obama administration," he added.
 [china.org.cn/Xinhua]
28/12/16
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  1. Vote on hundreds of new Israeli homes in East Jerusalem cancelled...

    Jerusalem's city hall cancelled a vote on Wednesday on applications to build nearly 500 new homes for Israelis in East Jerusalem, a municipal official said, plans that had drawn U.S. criticism in a raging dispute over settlements.

    The proposed settlement is part of building activity that the U.N. Security Council demanded an end to on Friday, a resolution that a U.S. abstention made possible.

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested the decision be put off, said Jerusalem Planning and Housing Committee member Hanan Rubin, hours before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to give a speech laying out his vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    A spokesman for Netanyahu had no immediate comment.....france24.com/Reuters
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