woensdag 12 maart 2008

Shas voorzitter eist einde aan bevriezing bouwplan Oost-Jeruzalem

Haaretz is niet altijd even duidelijk, of eigenlijk spreekt men zichzelf geregeld tegen. Volgens een ander bericht zijn alle uitbreidingsplannen uitgesteld, terwijl men toch doorgaat met de voorbereiding, wat echter weer wordt ontkend door een medewerker van Olmerts ministerie, terwijl iemand van afdeling huisvesting van de gemeente daar weer niets van zou weten....

Overigens gaat het in onderstaand artikel om een wijk van Jeruzalem die midden in de stad ligt - maar voor onze kranten is dat evenzeer een 'illegale nederzetting' als nederzettingen diep op de Westoever.
 
 
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Shas chair demands that PM unfreeze E. J'lem construction plan

By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/963257.html
 


Shas Chairman Eli Yishai has posed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a demand to immediately unfreeze the construction of the Kidmat Zion neighborhood in East Jerusalem, near the Arab village of Abu Dis.

The Jewish neighborhood, not yet built, is planned to house 300 apartments.

Shas on Monday credited its party members with the recent government approval granted to the construction of 750 new homes in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev near Jerusalem.
 
Several United States officials, including the administration of President George W. Bush, said Monday that continued construction in the East Jerusalem and West Bank settlements hinders the progress of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also urged Israel to reconsider its plan to expand construction in the West Bank.

Several Jewish families who purchased homes from Arab owners already live in the area where the planned Kidmat Zion neighborhood was to be built. Some of the lands in question were purchased at the turn of the century by Haredi Jews. Some of those Jewish-owned lands were later turned over to the Jewish National Fund.

90 percent of the lands within the Abu Dis area are defined as area B territory, where the Palestinian Authority maintains civil jurisdiction, but not military jurisdiction. In those areas under Palestinian control, there are still several hundreds of dunams of land owned by Jews.

In the parts of Abu Dis that fall under the Jerusalem municipality's jurisdiction (some 10 percent of the area) there are also lands owned by Jews. These lands are designated for the future Kidmat Ze'ev project.

Yishai said to Haaretz Tuesday that "Kidmat Zion is located one and a half kilometers from the Western Wall. Any way you look at it - we're talking about Jerusalem. There is no reason to freeze it. After eight people killed [in a terror attack in Jerusalem last Thursday], we should build 100 apartments for every person killed. I have maintained contact with the interior minister, and I will also speak to the prime minister, so that the the construction plan is approved as quickly as possible."
 

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