"American pressure against construction in east Jerusalem continues to mount, but Israel shows no signs of folding. On the backdrop of the new American demand to freeze construction in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, the regional committee for planning and construction on Tuesday approved a motion to expand Gilo and south Jerusalem and build 900 new housing units in the neighborhood.
"The fact that the United States is against this or not is not a factor,(read: In your face Obama!)" one of the committee members told Ynet. "According to what is accepted at the moment, this territory belongs to Jerusalem and to Israel, and thus the Israeli planning and construction law applies to it and the committee must discuss the plan."
He stressed, however, that this was only the beginning of a long bureaucratic process.
The Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported about the new dispute on Tuesday morning, following a demand made Monday evening by US special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell in a meeting with Netanyahu..."
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Israel builds beyond the 'Green Line' ... again
YNETnews, here
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Go ahead a build, don't expect any help on Iran. Your go it alone attitude will be your downfall when no country in the world will any longer support you.
Good riddance.
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