Report: Israel approves 78 settler units in East Jerusalem

[Jefferson23]

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel has approved the construction of 78 new settlement units in East Jerusalem, the Israeli news site Walla reported Wednesday.

The report said 50 houses would be built in the Har Homa settlement, which is built illegally on Jabal Abu Ghneim, a private Palestinian property between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

The other 28 settlement houses will be built in the illegal Ramot settlement which is built on private Palestinian land between Jerusalem and Ramallah.

The decision was okayed by all the members of a planning and construction committee of the Jerusalem municipality, aside from one left-wing Meretz member, according to the report.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=741065

[earthside]

1. All the proof you need of Israeli provocation.

Netanyahu and his ilk are not interested in peace.
They are not interested in stopping violent reaction against their thievery.

Indeed, they use the reaction of aggrieved Palestinians to justify more thieving.

[oberliner]

2. Thievery?

These are apartments in East Jerusalem.

[Jefferson23]

3. They're peace initiatives, but some people don't recognize Israeli policy that way. n/t

[earthside]

4. What else can you call it?

East Jerusalem is not legally Israeli territory.

"The report said 50 houses would be built in the Har Homa settlement, which is built illegally on Jabal Abu Ghneim, a private Palestinian property between Bethlehem and Jerusalem."