ISRAEL APPROVES 278 NEW HOUSING UNITS IN JERUSALEM

MHNB,J,MN — **A general view of the settlement of Ramot, most which lies over the Green Line.** (Photo: ALRAY)

Gaza,13 Muharram 1436/5 November 2014 (MINA) – Committee of Planning and Construction of Israeli occupation municipality in occupied Jerusalem approved Wednesday the construction of 278 new housing units in settlements over the green line.

The Israeli web site noted that the plan includes the construction of 216 units in “Ramot” settelment, and the construction of 62 housing units in “Har Homa” settlement south Jerusalem, Alray quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The committee approved last Sunday to build 500 units in “Ramat Shlomo” settlement north Jerusalem, within the plan includes the confiscation of more land for the benefit of a new incision street of settlement.

The Israeli channel 2 recently unveiled the occupation government’s approval of constructing more than one thousand housing units, mostly in Jerusalem, as part of the deal that includes the construction of more than two thousand units in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Israeli municipality stated that it will not freeze construction of settlements in occupied Jerusalem. (T/P003/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)