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Illustrative: The construction site of the new Israeli settlement Amichai, to be established as the new home for the evacuated residents of Amona, on October 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 18, 2017, 7:30 pm
As new homes okayed, EU says settlements undermining peace efforts
Turkey also slams new West Bank construction, decrying it as ‘violations’ of the ‘rights of the Palestinian people ‘
By TOI staff
View of caravans in Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem on July 05, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
October 16, 2017, 3:11 am
Israel breaks ground on new units for East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood
Some 1,600 apartments to be built in Givat Hamatos, over the Green Line; project was previously frozen amid tensions with Obama administration
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Illustrative image of construction of new apartment buildings in Har Homa in East Jerusalem, seen on October 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 28, 2017, 5:53 am
Israel said pushing for massive East Jerusalem expansion as Trump visits
Announcement of scheme for 25,000 units across city, including new neighborhoods put on ice by international pressure, may come on Jerusalem Day
By TOI staff
Sunset over a construction site next to the Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo on November 21, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
December 26, 2016, 10:47 am
In wake of UN measure, hundreds of East Jerusalem homes set to be okayed
618 housing units in capital reportedly expected to be green-lighted for construction, while another 5,600 will be considered
By TOI staff
Homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo on December 17, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
November 11, 2016, 9:14 am
After Trump win, officials seek Jerusalem building spree
City Hall official says he is ready to approve 7,000 housing units in neighborhoods over Green Line
By TOI staff
A view of the settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the southern West Bank, adjoining the city of Hebron. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
July 6, 2016, 11:13 pm
After terror surge, Israel to funnel NIS 50m. to Hebron settlements
Plans for West Bank city include development of heritage and bike trails, new signage for Tomb of Patriarchs holy site
By TOI staff
A picture taken on July 4, 2016, shows a mobile cabin in the Jewish neighborhood of Givat Hamatos, in East Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
July 6, 2016, 6:53 pm
EU joins criticism of Israel’s East Jerusalem, West Bank building plan
Brussels follows the US, UN in saying move calls into question Israel’s commitment to peace with Palestinians
By TOI staff and AFP
A worker at a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim in March 2011 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
July 5, 2016, 11:35 pm
US accuses Israel of systematically seizing Palestinian land
State Department says plans for new homes in East Jerusalem, West Bank raise questions about Israel’s commitment to peace; Netanyahu: Palestinian incitement is the problem, not Israel building
By TOI staff and AFP
The West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, July 29, 2015. (Garrett Mills/Flash 90)
July 5, 2016, 1:20 am
UN ‘deeply disappointed’ by Israel’s new West Bank construction
Ban Ki-moon urges Jerusalem to ‘halt and reverse’ plan for hundreds of new homes that ‘raises questions’ about its intentions
By AFP and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 13, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
July 4, 2016, 10:31 pm
Kahlon to PM: Step up Jerusalem construction in response to terror
Finance minister and Kulanu chief says Israel ‘has no choice but to build now and build a lot’ in wake of deadly attacks
By TOI staff
A mobile home in Givat Hamatos, seen in 2014. (Flash90)
July 4, 2016, 1:50 pm
Netanyahu draws fire from right for okaying Arab construction in Jerusalem
Decision to build 600 housing units in Beit Safafa criticized by Bennett as ‘Palestinian arrow in the heart’ of the capital
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
May 9, 2015, 10:28 am
Report: US, EU pressing for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Senior official in Ramallah says Western diplomats pushing for urgent meeting between Netanyahu and Abbas
By TOI staff
Bird's-eye view of Ramat Shlomo, March 1, 2013 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 8, 2015, 2:54 am
New E. J’lem homes ‘damaging, disappointing,’ US says
As new Israeli government takes shape, State Department concerned about green light for building 900 units in Ramat Shlomo
By AFP and TOI staff
January 30, 2015, 11:08 am
NGO: Israel to build 450 new units in West Bank
Housing Ministry says tenders were approved in the past, reissued automatically after construction did not take place; PLO condemns ‘war crime’
By AFP and TOI staff
December 4, 2014, 12:13 pm
White House said to mull settlement sanctions
Obama administration reportedly meets to discuss tougher stance on Israel’s West Bank construction policies
By Adiv Sterman
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