Israel to announce 5,000 new settler homes
Israel will announce construction plans for about 5,000 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Israel will announce construction plans for about 5,000 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank.
A plan to build nearly 900 apartments in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo was approved on the eve of scheduled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Israel approved plans to build 1,500 more Jewish settler homes in East Jerusalem on Monday, an official said, days after provoking international protests against a project for another 3,000 such homes.
Jewish families moved into two homes in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood following the eviction of its Palestinian residents.
A delegation from Israel\’s Defense Ministry visited eastern Turkey to dedicate a student village built with Israeli assistance. The student village in Turkey\’s Van district was built from 130 prefabricated buildings sent by Israel as a humanitarian gesture following an earthquake three months ago that left some six hundred dead and thousands homeless.
The Israeli government and residents of the Ramat Gilad outpost in the West Bank reportedly have reached an agreement that will prevent the destruction of the illegal outpost.
Members of the U.N. Security Council criticized Israel\’s decision to construct additional housing in the settlements and the United States for blocking a vote to condemn the action.
Israel\’s Construction and Housing Ministry published tenders for more than 1,000 housing units in communities located in the West Bank near Jerusalem.
Israel sent housing assistance for up to 1,000 people in Turkey afected by two earthquakes that hit the country in October.
Jerusalem\’s district planning committee has approved a construction plan to build 1,100 housing units in Gilo, a Jewish neighborhood of 40,000 in eastern Jerusalem.