Israel approves 900 settlement houses in Jerusalem

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Israel approves 900 settlement houses in Jerusalem | Zee News
Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 - 00:11


Jerusalem: Israel has approved the building of 900 housing units in a Jewish settlement neighbourhood in Jerusalem, a watchdog group said on Thursday.


The new homes will be built in Ramat Shlomo, an ultra-orthodox settlement, after the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee approved it late on Wednesday, Lior Amihai from Peace Now told Xinhua news agency.

"The plan has already been approved, and now they issued permits to begin the construction," Amihai said.

In December 2012, Israel gave a go-ahead to 1,500 housing units in Ramat Shlomo following the UN recognition of the Palestinian observer state status. However, the committee said the works may begin only after a new access road will be constructed.

On Wednesday, the committee decided to "expedite issuance of building permits without waiting for completion of roadwork", Betty Herschman, spokeswoman with the Israeli human rights organisation Ir Amim, said in a statement.

In his campaign to March 17 elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to step up the construction in the Jewish settlements in the Palestinian West Bank, which was occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast War.



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[Superboy]

Israel annexed Jerusalem. Saladin must be turning in his grave.

 

[Jungibaaz]

Occupation, then bloody murder when there's retaliation.

Thank you US, for being such a champion of people in mediating peace talks.

 

[420canada]

Israel annexed Jerusalem. Saladin must be turning in his grave.

wow.. Saladin is just a man for his time and age. and now the Arabs are the under dog but as usual in our time we will not see nothing but no one know what can happen in the next 100 years so calm you're tits.

 

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There is no such thing as Jewish settlement in Jerusalem. Anyone can buy these houses:

Leave or let live? Arabs move in to Jewish settlements| Reuters

Israel annexed Jerusalem. Saladin must be turning in his grave.

Muslim population of Jerusalem was never as large and as prosper as today.

 

[Superboy]

wow.. Saladin is just a man for his time and age. and now the Arabs are the under dog but as usual in our time we will not see nothing but no one know what can happen in the next 100 years so calm you're tits.

Arabs need to stop fighting each other if they are to have a chance of beating Hebrews. Saladin wasn't a great man for nothing, and he wasn't even an Arab

 

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EU criticizes Jerusalem settlement plan | Arab News
JERUSALEM: The European Union on Saturday added to United States and Palestinian criticism over Israeli plans to build 900 settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem.

“Israel’s determination to continue its settlement policy despite the urging of the international community not only threatens the viability of the two state solution but also seriously calls into question its commitment to a negotiated agreement with the Palestinians,” the EU said in a statement.

“Settlements are illegal under international law.”

Settlement watchdog Peace Now reported the latest batch of construction approvals on Thursday, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a new rightwing-religious coalition government. The new homes will be built in the east Jerusalem settlement neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo following a decision late Wednesday by the city’s district planning committee, Peace Now spokeswoman Hagit Ofran told AFP.

In a briefing Thursday at the US State Department, spokesman Jeff Rathke called the decision “disappointing” and “damaging.”

“This is a disappointing development, and we’re concerned about it just as a new Israeli government has been announced,” he said. “Moving forward with construction of housing units in east Jerusalem is damaging.”

“We continue to engage with the highest levels of the Israeli Government, and we continue to make our position clear that we view this as illegitimate,” Rathke said.

In March 2010, Israel’s Interior Ministry announced a plan to build 1,600 settler homes in Ramat Shlomo, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in mainly Arab east Jerusalem.

That announcement came as US Vice President Joe Biden was visiting Israel, provoking fierce American opposition and souring relations with Washington for months.

Israel annexed Jerusalem. Saladin must be turning in his grave.

Why have Israeli Establishment signed Oslo accords ?

OIC condemns construction of 900 settlement units in the occupied city of Al-Quds | WAM

OIC condemns construction of 900 settlement units in the occupied city of Al-Quds
10/05/2015 03:44:00 PM




JEDDAH, 10th May, 2015 (WAM) -- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation Government’s approval of the construction of 900 new settlement units in the occupied East Jerusalem.

In a statement the OIC Secretary-General, Iyad Ameen Madani stated that the continued policy of the construction and expansion of Israeli colonial settlements is a blatant violation of the rights of the Palestinian people and a grave breach of relevant international resolutions and covenants.

Mr. Madani added that settlement operations are aimed at establishing facts on the ground with a view to perpetuating Israeli occupation and isolating the city of Al-Quds from its Palestinian surroundings, calling on the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to assume its responsibilities and play its role in ending these violations.