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Jerusalem Thaws the Freeze, Approves New Housing
inn ^ | 7/12/10 | Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Posted on 07/12/2010 8:29:18 PM PDT by Nachum

Jerusalem’s planning commission ended the de facto building freeze Monday night by approving building 32 new housing units in Pisgat Ze’ev, where 50,000 Jews lives in the northeastern part of the city. The Palestinian Authority claims the areas as part of its proposed new Arab country within Israel’s post-1967 borders.

The approval puts a stamp of approval on Israel’s determination not to surrender to PA pressure, backed by U.S. President Barack Obama, to stop all construction for Jews in parts of Jerusalem where PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas demands sovereignty. President Obama has labeled the Jewish neighborhoods as “settlements” although approximately 300,000 Jews live in the neighborhoods, which are part of the municipality.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: approves; freeze; israel; jerusalem; thaws

1 posted on 07/12/2010 8:29:26 PM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 07/12/2010 8:30:07 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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3 posted on 07/12/2010 8:31:28 PM PDT by magritte ("There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself "Do trousers matter?")
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To: Nachum

Well done indeed!

!כל הכבוד לממשלת ישראל, וביבי בפרט

4 posted on 07/12/2010 8:50:39 PM PDT by leebee vmizrach
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5 posted on 07/13/2010 4:55:28 AM PDT by SJackson (most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it, M Sanger)
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To: Nachum

Good news! BiBi does His own thing and Bo has zip clout to interfer...love it!


6 posted on 07/13/2010 10:12:18 AM PDT by caww
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