Posts Tagged: Givat Hamatos
Israel Promotes Housing Plan in Sensitive Eastern Jerusalem Area
Israel moved ahead on Sunday with a settler housing plan in a sensitive area near eastern Jerusalem, a step critics said was aimed at shoring...
Amid Re-Election Campaign, Netanyahu Announces New Israeli Home Construction in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu said on Thursday that thousands of new homes would be built in two areas of Jerusalem where construction has long...
Is Peace Now Leader Profiting From Opposition to Jerusalem Building?
During Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent White House meeting with President Obama the conspicuously impatient Israeli organization known as Peace Now seized the opportunity to make...
US Jewish Leaders Slam Obama Administration’s Attack on Israeli Residency in Eastern Jerusalem
Leading Jewish personalities in the United States have reacted angrily to the Obama Administration's blistering attack upon Israel's announcement - based on a plan already...
Israeli Minister: Peace Now ‘Poisoning the Atmosphere’ With New Settlements Claim
Israeli Transportation Minister Israel Katz on Thursday came out swinging against the US Administration's scathing comments that Israeli construction in a disputed Jerusalem neighborhood would...
Israelis Pessimistic About Peace Amid U.S. Goal to Restart Mideast Talks in 2013
Forty-five percent of Israelis do not believe that a two-state solution will bring an end to the conflict with the Palestinians, compared with 40 percent...
Israel-EU Tension: The View From Europe
By Jacob Kamaras, Alina Dain Sharon and Sean Savage This month some of Israel's strongest friends in Europe—Britain, France, and Germany—summoned their ambassadors to...
Israel Defends Construction Plans Amid EU, UN Pressure
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended his government's approval of 2,600 new housing units in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, while...