More Israeli Settlements

The Jerusalem Municipality is plowing ahead with plans for construction of more than 5,000 housing units in Arab neighborhoods. These include the following:

A master plan for the Tel Adasa neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, where 2,000 new housing units are planned.
A master plan for the Arab a-Sawahara area for a new housing compound with 2,500 units that is currently being prepared for discussion at the local council and district council levels.
A master plan for the Dir el-Amud and Al-Muntar areas in Beit Safafa in southeastern Jerusalem, currently in advanced planning stages.
A construction plan for 172 housing units and public buildings at the Jabal Mukabar neighborhood, which has completed the mandatory waiting period and will soon come up for additional discussion and approval in the district council.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134495

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Israel building Jewish homes with one hand, destroying Arab homes with the other

The World Likud movement held a cornerstone-laying ceremony yesterday for the expansion of the neighborhood of Nof Zion, despite - or possibly because of - American pressure against building in East Jerusalem. The Jewish settlement is in the middle of the Arab village of Jabal Mukkaber. Meanwhile, the Jerusalem municipality razed two Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem yesterday.

The plan is to add to Nof Zion 105 new apartments to the 90 ones that are already there, most of which are already occupied. The neighborhood is considered "prestigious," but the developers ran into trouble a few years ago after they failed to sell the apartments to Jews from overseas. About a year ago the developers changed their marketing strategy to target the local national-religious market - and the apartments began selling quickly. The developers expect the same for the new part of the neighborhood.

A group of American Jews interested in buying apartments in Nof Zion attended yesterday's ceremony. New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who is considered a staunch supporter of the settlers, headed the group.

Addressing the ceremony, MK Danny Danon (Likud) said that Jerusalem will never be a part of negotiations with the Palestinians. He called Barack Obama "naive" and said the U.S. president still does not seem to understand who are the good guys and who are the bad guys in the conflict.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1129190.html

Nothing boody.

Merely, Jerusalem is an exception.

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Israel building Jewish homes with one hand, destroying Arab homes with the other

Yes, that is the lie and urban legend that people use to justify their insane racism when they object to Jews living in East-Jerusalem.

In reality both Jews and Arabs build homes in all parts of Jerusalem under the same law.

And neither Obama nor anybody else who complains about the "settlers" has ever bothered to ask the people who live there.

Read this:

http://citizenleauki.joeuser.com/article/367718/East-Jerusalem_and_the_Palestinian_Authority_-_An_Interview

It gives an Arab opinion from Jerusalem. Note that the number of Arabs who apply for Israeli citizenship in Jerusalem grows quickly whenever it looks as if Israel might give parts of Jerusalem to the PLO. The people of Jerusalem, Jew and Arab, DO NOT WANT to live under Arab rule.

But it all doesn't matter if we can only accuse the Jews of some (made-up) crime.

This goes further. A Jewish-Arab university in the West-Bank is also considered "illegal" because it has Jewish students:

http://citizenleauki.joeuser.com/article/364938/Spain_Israel_team_out_of_contest_over_West_Bank

This insane hatred for Jews must end.

And it won't end if Jews give in again.

The world must learn that the time when different rules apply to Jews is over.

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