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Har Homa

The main road in the village of Nu’man, East Jerusalem, August 19, 2025. (Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel).
August 27, 2025, 9:38 am
In Jerusalem but cut off, Nu’man is an island. It could soon be wiped away for good
Although they live inside the capital’s municipal boundaries, those in the tiny hamlet were never recognized as residents. Now, Israel is threatening to demolish all their homes
By Nurit Yohanan
Illustrative view of a swimming pool in Jerusalem on July 7, 2020.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 25, 2024, 1:55 pm
High Court upholds decision to compel Jerusalem public pool to open on Shabbat
Har Homa Community Administration, which battled against municipal requirement it open on weekends, says ruling is blow to democratic rights of residents, most of whom are Orthodox
By ToI Staff
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
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
An illustrative photo of construction of new apartment buildings in Har Homa in East Jerusalem, October 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 25, 2021, 2:54 pm
UN urges Israel to immediately halt building in West Bank, East Jerusalem
UN Mideast envoy denounces settlements as a ‘flagrant violation’ of international law, says the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers ‘remains very fragile’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli police stand guard in front of a Palestinian home occupied by settlers during a protest on the eve of a court verdict that may forcibly evict Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
May 6, 2021, 11:11 pm
PM said to repeatedly dismiss US objections to building beyond Green Line
Senior Biden officials conveyed disapproval of East Jerusalem, West Bank construction 3 times in past month; in one exchange, Netanyahu responded, ‘Jerusalem is not a settlement’
By Jacob Magid
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at an overview overlooking the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, where he announced a new neighborhood is to be built, February 20, 2020. (Debbie Hill/Pool via AP)
February 25, 2020, 10:02 am
US gave PM green light for Givat Hamatos construction 1.5 years ago – report
Netanyahu said international pressure prevented announcement until less than 2 weeks before elections, but report says he knew White House had already okayed controversial project
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) speaks to the UN Security Council at the United Nations headquarters on February 11, 2020 in New York. (Johannes EISELE / AFP)
February 24, 2020, 11:35 pm
UN Security Council calls for two-state solution to be respected in Middle East
Statement backed by all members, including US, urges sides to ‘refrain from undermining viability of 2-state solution,’ after Israel announces new building plans in East Jerusalem
By AFP and ToI Staff
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, January 31, 2020. (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
February 23, 2020, 11:31 am
EU calls Netanyahu’s plans for East Jerusalem construction ‘deeply detrimental’
Foreign policy chief warns building in Givat Hamatos, Har Homa neighborhoods would ‘isolate Palestinian communities living in these areas, threaten viability of two-state solution’
By ToI Staff
This photo from February 15, 2017, shows the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
February 21, 2020, 8:33 pm
France, Germany slam plan to build, expand East Jerusalem neighborhoods
European nations condemn Netanyahu’s announcement of approval for 3,000 homes for Jews in project that would cut off Palestinian areas in capital from West Bank
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an overview of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa on February 20, 2020. (Debbie Hill/Pool/AFP)
February 20, 2020, 3:42 pm
PM says he’s lifted freeze to build Givat Hamatos neighborhood in East Jerusalem
11 days before election, Netanyahu announces approval for 3,000 homes for Jews in project that would cut off Palestinian areas in capital from West Bank
By Jacob Magid
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