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Topic: Givat Hamatos

December 29, 2012
4:10 pm

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Israeli minister rejects UK’s rebuke for construction beyond the Green Line

‘Our connection to Ariel is at least as strong as the UK’s connection to the Falkland Islands,’ says Gideon Sa’ar

By Ron Friedman

December 27, 2012
6:17 pm

A building site in the Gilo neighborhood in south Jerusalem, October 2, 2011. (photo credit: Uri Lenz / Flash90.)

Hinting at war crimes charges, UK minister attacks Israel for East Jerusalem construction plans

Alistair Burt also calls for reversal of Ariel University upgrade; praises Mahmoud Abbas for ‘measured response’ to Israel’s ‘profoundly provocative actions’

By Raphael Ahren

December 25, 2012
10:35 am

Gilo as seen from Bethlehem. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Panel 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

By Gabe Fisher

December 19, 2012
4:46 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Asian ambassadors to Israel at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, December 19 (photo credit: Uri Lenz /Flash90)

‘All Israeli governments have built in Jerusalem. We’re not going to change that,’ PM tells envoys

Construction of 2,612 homes in East Jerusalem approved amid international condemnation

By Raphael Ahren and Gabe Fisher

December 18, 2012
9:51 pm

Efrat in the West Bank (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Housing 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

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 18, 2012
9:27 pm

A construction site in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, December 2012 (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

US denounces Israeli plans to build in East Jerusalem and settlements; Europe set to follow suit

State Department accuses Israel of engaging in a ‘pattern of provocative action’

December 18, 2012
6:07 pm

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Pressure 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

By Greg Tepper and AP

December 18, 2012
3:10 pm

Children playing in Ramat Shlomo in 2010. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

You 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 Pillar of Defense

By Joshua Davidovich

December 18, 2012
9:05 am

An engineer surveys Har Homa. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Panel 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

By Gabe Fisher and Ilan Ben Zion

December 17, 2012
7:35 pm

Workers build a home in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, June 2011 (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Panel 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

By Ilan Ben Zion

May 2, 2012
6:50 pm

King Abdullah of Jordan (left) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah last November (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Jordan’s King Abdullah warns against ‘settlement’ building in Jerusalem

Monarch reacts to plan for 1,100 hotel rooms in Givat Hamatos neighborhood

By Sam Ser and Hillary Zaken

May 1, 2012
6:31 pm

Givat Hamatos neighborhood (screen grab from YouTube)

Palestinians, Peace Now blast plans for East Jerusalem hotel rooms

Jerusalem municipality submits plans to build 1,100 hotel rooms in Givat Hamatos neighborhood

By Hillary Zaken