Tag: Jerusalem

  • 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…

  • Haaretz: Housing Ministry to issue tender for building 120 homes in Har Homa

    To view original article, published in Haaretz on the 30th May 2008, click here Days before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s departure for Washington, Housing Minister Ze’ev Boim announced Friday that his ministry will issue a tender on Sunday for the construction of hundreds of housing units in two controversial East Jerusalem neighborhoods: 120 units in…

  • J-Post: Quiet inauguration for West Bank police HQ

    By Etgar Lefkovits, published in the Jerusalem Post on 20th May 2008. To view original article click here A new police station has quietly opened in E1, an area between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim that has been a subject of continuing controversy. The station, which will serve as the new…