[Ynet] Jerusalem's municipal planning committee authorized 50 homes in Har Homa and 28 in Ramot; Paleostinians accuse Israel of trying to 'cause more tension, push towards further escalation.'
| Of course they do. They see no connection between their refusal to bargain for peace and Israel's decision to move ahead as if there won't be peace. |
Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 78 new homes in two settlements on West Bank land adjacent to Jerusalem, likely to aggravate Paleostinian anger at a time when violence has flared, including a deadly attack on a synagogue.
Jerusalem's municipal planning committee authorized 50 new housing units in the Jewish neighborhood Har Homa and 28 in Ramot, a municipal spokeswoman said.
Jerusalem has seen unrest in the past few weeks over access to the city's most sacred and politically sensitive site, holy to both Jews and Moslems. On Tuesday, two Paleostinians killed four rabbis and a [Druze] policeman at a Jerusalem synagogue, the worst attack in the city since 2008.
The Paleostinians have also been angered by a recent slew of plans Israel has advanced for about 4,000 housing units on West Bank land adjacent to the city.
The Paleostinians want to establish a state in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gazoo Strip, territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. They fear the Israeli enclaves will deny them contiguous territory.
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