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Related: About this forumPlan approved for construction of 2,200 Arab homes in East Jerusalem
The Interior Ministry's District Planning and Building Committee on Monday invited the submission of a master plan for the construction of 2,200 new housing units for the Arab sector in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber. As part of the plan, several hundreds of housing units built illegally will also be retroactively approved.
The decision was approved despite strong objection from right-wing activists. Aryeh King, a member of the Jerusalem city council who is leading the charge against the plan, sent an urgent letter to Interior Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday, claiming there are issues with the project, because in reality, according to him, many more units will be built than initially planned.
The plan allocates an area of some 1,500 dunman between Jabel Mukaber and Abu Dis for the construction of housing units. The project also includes areas allocated for commercial and employment centers, public buildings, schools, new roads and new parks. The "American road" will also be developed as part of the plan, a central traffic artery for east and south-east Jerusalem, along which commercial and employment centers will be developed.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4642723,00.html
It is Tuesday
(93 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)How will Naftali and Avigdor react?
You cracked me up there.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)with a locked gate?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Little Tich
(6,171 posts)of demolished Palestinian homes?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Little Tich
(6,171 posts)I only took a quick look, and most of the pictures were actually of demolished houses in Jabel Mukaber. Didnt see that there were some houses that were still standing...
shira
(30,109 posts)...and follow that up by crying crocodile tears about Geneva Conventions being broken by Israel.
Geneva conventions would apply to BOTH Jews and Arabs alike.
This suggests racism.
Israel builds settlements for Arabs and that's perfectly okay.
For Jews, not okay. Geneva conventions!