U.S. Unhappy About New East Jerusalem Housing
The United States said Tuesday it is “deeply concerned” by Israel’s approval of new housing construction in East Jerusalem.
The State Department said in a statement that such “unilateral actions work against efforts to resume direct negotiations and contradict the logic of a reasonable and necessary agreement between the parties.” The department also said it raised its objections with the Israeli government.
Last week, an Israeli planning commission approved 930 new housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, which is within what is defined as Jerusalem’s city limits, but is directly adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bethlehem. Actual building is at least two years off.
For more, see Haaretz.com
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.
Now more than ever, American Jews need independent news they can trust, with reporting driven by truth, not ideology. We serve you, not any ideological agenda.
At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and the protests on college campuses.
Readers like you make it all possible. Support our work by becoming a Forward Member and connect with our journalism and your community.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
