Amid rising tensions, Jerusalem city hall to okay thousands of new homes over...
First new neighborhood since Har Homa planned in the south of the city; 1,700 apartments set for northern neighborhood
View ArticlePanel approves 1,500 homes in East Jerusalem neighborhood
Move forward on project that sparked huge row with Biden in 2010 likely to again anger international community
View ArticlePanel expected to approve more East Jerusalem construction
Project in Givat Hamatos neighborhood to include up to 2,600 housing units; City Hall says half of units to go to Arab residents
View ArticleYou got some ‘splainin’ to do
Spokespeople’s skills are put to the test as the Finance Ministry gives rich port workers a raise, Israel doubles down on East Jerusalem building; and an army unit is still left doing reserve duty for...
View ArticlePressure ramps up, but Netanyahu says East Jerusalem construction to go ahead
Knesset speaker says E1 area will stay under Israeli control, scolds EU for worrying more about Palestinian statehood than secure Israel
View ArticleUS denounces Israeli plans to build in East Jerusalem and settlements; Europe...
State Department accuses Israel of engaging in a ‘pattern of provocative action’
View ArticleHousing Ministry to open bidding on West Bank settlement construction
Tenders will be for apartment units approved last month after UN recognition of Palestinian nonmember state
View ArticleThe gifts that keep on giving
Israel is once again denounced for settlement plans, Liberman still faces a looming indictment and another media outlet announces cutbacks
View Article‘All Israeli governments have built in Jerusalem. We’re not going to change...
Construction of 2,612 homes in East Jerusalem approved amid international condemnation
View ArticleSecurity Council’s 4 EU members rebuke Israel for settlement activities
France, Germany, Portugal and the UK say construction plans undermine faith in Israel’s willingness to negotiate
View ArticlePanel approves new Gilo homes, pushes ahead with East Jerusalem building plans
Move comes after last week’s green light for thousands of homes across the Green Line in the capital’s Givat Hamatos and Ramat Shlomo neighborhoods
View ArticleOne Jerusalem. Undivided. Open to all. Controlled by Israel
Mayor Nir Barkat says he’s repositioning the city to retake the role it fulfilled ‘amazingly well’ for a thousand years — where all peoples were equally accepted, but Jewish sovereignty was unquestioned
View ArticleAncient quarry, key unearthed in Jerusalem
The site in north Jerusalem yielded stones used for monumental construction around the time of the Second Temple, archaeologists say
View ArticleNetanyahu said to freeze ‘sensitive’ Jerusalem construction
Project in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo sparked a diplomatic row with the US during Biden’s visit in 2010
View ArticleChances for peace dwindling by the day, Obama says
Week before Kerry visit, US president tells party donors time is running short for Israelis and Palestinians to reach accord
View ArticleIsrael approves new east Jerusalem construction
Announcement of 69 new housing units in Har Homa neighborhood comes on the eve of John Kerry’s visit to the region
View ArticlePosters call for killing of ultra-Orthodox soldiers
Religious rights group files complaint with police, but others say the campaign bears the hallmarks of parody
View ArticleMinister asserts right to build beyond ‘Auschwitz borders’
Laying cornerstone at new West Bank settlement neighborhood, Uri Ariel says the two-state solution ‘will never happen’
View ArticleIsrael pushes ahead with East Jerusalem construction plans
City officials approve infrastructure for 1,500 apartments that still require final government go-ahead
View ArticleInterior minister says talks won’t stymie settlement construction
Gideon Sa’ar says construction cannot be frozen; Palestinians call East Jerusalem infrastructure work a ‘dangerous game’
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