Tag: Jerusalem

  • J-Post: Ofra rabbi permits Shabbat construction

    To view original article, published in the Jerusalem Post on the 12th June, click here In a dramatic halachic ruling, the rabbi of Ofra, a settlement in the West Bank northeast of Ramallah, has ruled that Palestinian construction workers can build houses in the settlement on Shabbat, in order to “establish facts on the ground”…

  • Alt-arch: Hearing in the Supreme Court

    Update ‘From Shiloah to Silwan group’. To view website click here On Wednesday, the 18th of June at 11 a.m., there will be a hearing in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem regarding the archaeological excavations under the houses of the Silwan village in East Jerusalem. Your presence is important! The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) financed…

  • Haaretz: Israel to build over 800 new homes in East Jerusalem areas

    By Nadav Shragai, published in Haaretz. To view original article click here Israel announced plans on Sunday to build more than 800 hundred new homes in eastern parts of the Jerusalem municipality, despite U.S. and Palestinian calls to halt settlement expansion. The announcement was issued two days before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embarks on a…