New Jerusalem park a 'ruse' to set up new settlement, activists say

Residents and leftists claim plan designed to block development of two Palestinian neighborhoods in eastern half of city.
By Nir Hasson

The Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee is to consider a plan for a new national park in the Mount Scopus area, which Palestinian residents and leftist activists say is designed to block the development of two Palestinian neighborhoods in the east of the city.

The plan's explanatory notes say Mount Scopus' eastern slopes are vital to the area's landscape and archaeology. But the residents of the adjacent Issawiya and A-Tur neighborhoods say the plan aims to prevent these communities from expanding and to enable the building of a Jewish settlement.

The new national park would be built on 734 dunams, which the Palestinians say is mostly private land.

"They took the whole mountain away from us, there's nothing we can do," says Maluk Abdullah of A-Tur. "It's driving people crazy."

in full: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/new-jerusalem-park-a-ruse-to-set-up-new-settlement-activists-say-1.399735

Israel is not interested in the Palestinians having any kind of state,neither does the US.
Both are running a game on the Palestinians and is only giving lip service to the peace process,until Israel has grabbed enough land so there is not enough, left for a Palestinian state,thats when Israel will decide to talk peace and stop blaming the Palestinians.
I will say it again,As long as the US is in the middle as,the moderator/peace broker,the Palestinians is in a lose lose situation.

If anyone had any doubt,Obama made sure they knew and dispelled that notion at the UN a few months back.

They Palestinians got dissed,kicked to the curb,thrown under the bus,up the river without a paddle,and thrown over the cliff,by Obama.
They can forget about getting any kind of state,or even any kinds of independence if the status quo remains