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A handout photo sent out by the Israel Antiquities Authority on August 28, 2023, shows an aerial view of a 300 meter-long stretch of the Upper-Level Aqueduct found in Jerusalem's Givat Hamatos neighborhood. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
August 28, 2023, 2:06 pm
300-meter stretch of aqueduct from late Second Temple period uncovered in Jerusalem
Antiquities Authority says newly discovered ruins are the longest portion found so far of the Upper-Level Aqueduct, which brought water to the ancient city’s ruling elites
By Alexander Fulbright
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a new housing project in Har Homa in East Jerusalem, July 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
July 12, 2022, 9:28 pm
Ahead of Biden visit, Israel delays hearing on construction in East Jerusalem
Shaked claims that building meeting is delayed for only a week, while opposition MKs slam government for ‘destructive measures’ that are a ‘surrender to terror’
By Jacob Magid and Amy Spiro
A view of the Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, January 28, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
July 4, 2022, 9:17 pm
Israel pushes off contentious E1 settlement project amid US pressure
Defense Ministry panel’s meeting on objections to massive housing plan delayed from four days after Biden’s trip until September 12
By Jacob Magid
A Jewish settler looks at the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, from the E-1 area on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem, on December 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Schooner/File)
July 3, 2022, 10:12 pm
Progressive Democrats press Biden on Israeli E1 settlement plans ahead of trip
29 lawmakers urge administration to make clear that project cutting off Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem from Ramallah and Bethlehem is a ‘red line’
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian boy rides a donkey in the E-1 area near the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, December 5, 2012. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)
May 31, 2022, 8:39 pm
Israel puts E1 settlement project back on agenda, weeks ahead of Biden trip
After shelving plan bisecting West Bank in January amid international pressure and assuring US it wasn’t moving forward, Jerusalem places project back on docket for meeting in July
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 2, 2022, 3:25 pm
Putting Mideast on backburner, Biden makes keeping lid on conflict his main goal
Trading Trump’s attempt to hit a grand slam for more modest target of preventing war between Israel and Palestinians, Washington makes humble inroads while keeping focus elsewhere
By Jacob Magid
Then-Israel ambassador to France Aliza Bin Noun, 2015. (CC BY-SA Erez Lichtfeld, Wikimedia Commons)
January 7, 2022, 12:16 am
‘You’re pissing me off!’ Israeli diplomat reportedly yells at European envoys
Aliza Bin Noun loses cool after diplomats from 16 countries use routine meeting on West Bank to present list of concerns regarding Israeli conduct beyond Green Line
By ToI Staff
A picture taken from the controversial E1 corridor in the West Bank shows the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the background, Feb. 25, 2020. (Ahamd Gharabli/AFP)
January 6, 2022, 12:59 am
Plans to move forward with E1 settlement construction reportedly on hold
A meeting to hear objections to the decades-stalled project in the highly controversial area outside Jerusalem has reportedly been indefinitely delayed
By ToI Staff
Israeli firefighters at a ceremony burning chametz, or leaven products, collected by the Jerusalem municipality in a final preparation before the Passover holiday, near the disused runway at the abandoned Atarot Airport, north of Jerusalem, on April 8, 2020. In the background are high-rises in the Kafr Aqab Palestinian neighborhood -- an area formally part of municipal Jerusalem but beyond the security barrier. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 24, 2021, 9:20 pm
Israel advances controversial plan for East Jerusalem neighborhood at old airport
Municipal panel gives initial backing to proposal to build thousands of new homes for ultra-Orthodox in Atarot, adjacent to Palestinian neighborhoods
By ToI Staff
Coalition members pose for a celebratory picture after passing the 2022 budget, November 5, 2021 (Idit Silman, via twitter)
November 7, 2021, 1:32 pm
Even with budget test passed, key challenges threaten unity of diverse coalition
Several contentious issues are stirring passions within the government as it attempts to forge a ‘stable’ life beyond the budget. Here are 4 of the main areas of potential division
By Raoul Wootliff
Workers take a break before European Union officials visit the construction site for the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in East Jerusalem, November 16, 2020. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo/ File)
October 15, 2021, 9:04 pm
Wary of Biden, Israel goes quiet while advancing major East Jerusalem projects
Thousands of homes going up in controversial Givat Hamatos neighborhood, and many more units set for approval in other areas; US says it is formulating reaction
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, Jerusalem (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
October 13, 2021, 6:58 pm
While Lapid in Washington, panel advances expropriation of East Jerusalem land
Local planning committee approves area for public structures and other construction in controversial Givat Hamatos
By ToI Staff
This photo from February 15, 2017, shows the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
April 8, 2021, 12:23 pm
In 1st since Biden inauguration, Israel advances 540 new East Jerusalem homes
Left-wing organizations charge that the construction in Har Homa East would make creating a potential contiguous Palestinian capital in Jerusalem more difficult
By Aaron Boxerman
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks to the media after a meeting on the divisive migrant issue in Paris, France, July 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
January 27, 2021, 8:47 pm
German FM insists nuclear deal is best way to confront Iran’s ‘reckless’ acts
Speaking to INSS conference, Heiko Maas says Tehran’s missiles, proxies must also be addressed; calls for end to settlement construction
By Lazar Berman
A general view of the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in east Jerusalem, on November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
January 19, 2021, 7:07 pm
EU urges Israel to halt plans to build new East Jerusalem neighborhood
Bloc expresses ‘grave concern’ as Israel approves 800 West Bank homes, days before Biden inauguration; Jerusalem urges Europe to focus on Iranian enrichment
By Lazar Berman
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