USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
Home / Business

Anger at east Jerusalem settlements

China Daily | Updated: 2007-12-20 07:22

Israel is looking into building 10,000 new homes for Jews in east Jerusalem, Israel's housing minister said yesterday, angering Palestinians who said the move threatened to hobble fledgling peace talks.

Palestinians want the eastern part of Jerusalem, which Israel captured from Jordan in 1967 and later annexed, for the capital of a future state, and are already furious over another Israeli plan announced earlier this month to add 300 homes in an existing Jewish neighborhood there.

The Housing Ministry has carried out a "preliminary check" into building a new Jewish neighborhood at Atarot, near the Palestinian neighborhood of Qalandia, Housing Minister Zeev Boim said yesterday.

Anger at east Jerusalem settlements

Today's Top News

Editor's picks

Most Viewed

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US