Israel authorises 2,500 new settler homes in Jerusalem

[Scurrilous]

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"Israel has authorised the construction of nearly 2,500 new housing units in settlements in annexed east Jerusalem, the city authorities said on Wednesday.

The Palestinians slammed the move, saying it was torpedoing peace negotiations that the two sides revived under US stewardship in late November after a seven-year freeze.

Jerusalem spokesman Gidi Shmerling told AFP that the city authorities "have obtained all the necessary authorisations for the building of 8,000 new housing units in Jersualem."

According to a list of the units authorised, which was received by AFP, 2,461 of them are in neighbourhoods in annexed and occupied east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians hope to make the capital of their promised state."

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[fascisthunter]

1. WTF?

what a schizo situation over there.

[Tom Joad]

2. and they will coming to the US, beggars as usual, wanting funds to build these

settler homes.

[subsuelo]

4. and the US will gleefully oblige

Democrats will fight with Republicans to be first in line to offer gunship helicopters to blast away anyone that gets in the way, too

[Shaktimaan]

5. actually the US doesn't fund settler homes.

but the facts won't stop either you or Tom from complaining about it, I'm sure.

[Waya]

7. Really? Who does then?

Does it matter if it's a separate check, bearing the US Treasury logo or if those homes are built with part of the billions we already hand out to Israel on a yearly basis? Either way - curtesy of the American tax payer.

[ProgressiveMuslim]

3. Abu Mazen: wake up dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Englander]

6. Jewish group to build 200 new housing units in East Jerusalem

The Yemin Yehuda non-profit association has begun building 200 housing units in the Shimon Hatzaddik compound, in the heart of East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarra neighborhood. In the process, the organization intends to demolish the homes of dozens of Palestinian families who live there.

This neighborhood is in a strategic location: If Yemin Yehuda completes its plan, it will cut the Old City off from the Palestinian neighborhoods in northern Jerusalem.

MK Benny Elon (National Union-National Religious Party), who supports building the new neighborhood, says it is designed to create a Jewish continuum surrounding the Old City, where there currently is a massive Palestinian majority. Elon says this can be done by declaring open areas to be national parks and placing state property back-to-back with lands under Jewish ownership.

"Building Jewish neighborhoods next to open areas will prevent invasion and illegal construction by Palestinians who live near the Old City," says Elon.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=949976&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1