Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his government would press ahead with expanding Jewish settlements around Jerusalem despite Western criticism of its plan to build 6,000 more homes in territory Palestinians seek for a state.
A Jerusalem building committee has approved the construction of 130 new apartments in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.
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 on Monday closed a footbridge it deemed unsafe at Jerusalem\’s holiest and most volatile religious site after fears that demolition of the structure, used mainly by non-Muslim tourists, could spark Arab anger.
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Simon Wiesenthal Center can build is long-planned Center for Human Dignity — Museum of Tolerance on a contested site in the middle of Jerusalem
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