Israeli TV, Channel 10, has reported
that, despite an Israeli decision to release 104 Palestinian detainees
and resume direct negotiations with the Palestinians, the Israeli
Housing Ministry approved a new settlement “neighborhood” in the heart
of occupied East Jerusalem.
Direct peace talks, mediated by the United States, are supposed to start on Monday evening.
Channel 10 said that Israeli Housing Minister, Uri Ariel, approved the
plan, and added that various Israeli political analysts believe this
decision is a sharp blow to efforts to resume and maintain direct talks.
The plan was first presented by the Israeli “Construction and Planning
Committee” in 2004, but the application was voided because the planned
constructions have high walls that violate the construction code of the
Jerusalem City Council.
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