Bouwen in Oost-Jeruzalem mag wel/niet* zonder toestemming Olmert

(* Doorhalen wat niet van toepassing is.)

 

 

De verwarring over het nederzettingenbeleid gaat door, getuige de 2 onderstaande artikelen. Waarschijnlijk hebben de meeste kranten het bericht van de Jerusalem Post overgenomen, hoewel ze, waar het kritiek op Israel betreft, altijd graag de Haaretz citeren.

 

Ratna

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Official: East J'lem construction tenders now need Olmert's okay
By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent

Last update - 23:47 21/01/2008
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/946838.html

The Housing Ministry has stopped publishing tenders for state construction in Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond the Green Line without Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's approval, a Housing Ministry official told a Knesset panel on Monday.

The panel - a sub-committee of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, headed by MK Otniel Schneller (Kadima) - met at the request of MKs Reuven Rivlin (Likud) and Zeev Elkin (Kadima) to discuss "the construction suspension" in West Bank settlements.

"All construction beyond the Green Line, even in Jerusalem, requires the housing minister and prime minister's approval," said Sara Zimmerman of the Housing Ministry.

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PMO denies J'lem building freeze
Etgar Lefkovits , THE JERUSALEM POST

Jan. 21, 2008
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200572508340&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Representatives of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Monday denied reports that the government had stipulated that all building in east Jerusalem neighborhoods - including longstanding city neighborhoods built on land acquired during the Six Day War, such as Ramot, Gilo and Pisgat Ze'ev - must now be approved by the prime minister or the defense minister.

"We have made it very clear to all international bodies, including US President George W. Bush during his visit. We have no intention of freezing the construction in Jerusalem. All such claims are baseless and unfounded," the representatives said.