Saturday, November 13, 2010

Israel plans 3,000 new Jewish homes in Jerusalem, including occupied east side

Yahoo - Israel plans to put up for sale 3,000 new Jewish homes in Jerusalem next year, including in Arab areas, a municipality official was quoted as saying by the weekly Israeli newspaper Kol Hair.

... Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it in a move the international community does not recognise.

... Israeli settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and in Jerusalem is the main cause blocking peace talks the pursuit of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks which tentatively resumed in September. Read more