Part of the new Israeli outpost in East Jerusalem (Al-Jazeera Forum - Archive)
Revealed movement "Peace Now" Israel today announced Israel's intention to build a new settlement in East Jerusalem includes more than 2,600 residential units, which angeredthe Palestinians.
The group said that a committee of the municipality and approved the plan earlier last week, after the Commission gave the green light for construction at the site which is located on land occupied by Israel in 1967.
The movement that the neighborhood new settlement called "Givat Hamatos" (meaning"hill" aircraft because of an Israeli plane landed at the site in the War of 1967), the land is located within the limits of the expanded Jerusalem occupied by Israel after the war was not recognized internationally.
The official said the movement Hagat Ofran The legal procedures for this new neighborhood began, and is scheduled to build 1700 homes for Israelis on the public lands, while the other will be built 910 homes on Palestinian land.
IsolateShe noted that the project will isolate when completed "neighborhood of Beit Cefafah for the rest of the West Bank and Bethlehem in particular, makes it impossible to actually make East Jerusalem the capital of a Palestinian state have the geographical unit on the ground."
And granted by the Israeli authorities who want to legally challenge on this project within 60 days. If the rejected these objections, it can be to the protesters filed an appeal to the courts to decide on the matter.
Considered Ofran that "this entire procedure may last year, and in these circumstances can start the business in less than two years", adding that the Israeli government "is still able to freeze the project, assuming they do not want to blow up any possibility of peace."
IgnoreFor his part, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today, "The design of Israel's settlement activities and intensified during the past two weeks, and approval of building a new settlement in East Jerusalem includes the construction of 2610 units indicates that it does not want peace."
Quoted the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, Abbas, who is visiting the French capital Paris now, so saying that Israel "does not take into account the international legitimacy and to hit the wall, and therefore they do not want peace."
And by the chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat condemned for this project, "which assures us that the Israeli government wants to torpedo the peace process two-state solution."
"We ask the Quartet (the United States and the European Union, Russia and the United Nations) that is quick to take responsibility for their efforts during the condemnation of Israeli settlement and to take measures against new Israeli settlements."
The Israeli Ministry of Interior and approved on September 27 / September last the construction of 1,100 homes in the neighborhood of "Gilo" settlement, Fanahalt by Palestinian and international condemnation.
The United States sharply criticized the resolution expressing "deep disappointment", and spoke of the European Union and France for "provocation" and called for Britain to abandon the project, at a time when the Quartet to revive peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
The Palestinian officials have repeatedly said they would not resume negotiations with Israel if it did not freeze settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Source: Agencies