Posts Tagged: Maaleh Adumim
E1: The Construction Plan Everyone Wants to Block
JNS.org - The Americans are concerned about Tuesday’s ruling by the Jerusalem District Court that ordered Defense Minister Benny Gantz to hold deliberations on construction...
PA Condemns Israeli Plan to Build 20,000 New Settlement Homes
JNS.org - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli plans to build thousands of new housing units in the settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem. In a statement...
Jewish Home Party Leader Bennett Announces Plans to Annex Ma’aleh Adumim
JNS.org - The head of Israel's HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) announced Monday plans to draft a bill to annex the Jerusalem suburb of Ma’aleh Adumim. The community...
Maaleh Adumim Dedicates Cultural Center Just Hours After Palestinian Car Bomb
JNS.org - Just hours after an attempted terrorist attack rocked the Jerusalem suburb of Maaleh Adumim on Sunday, a new culture center was inaugurated in the...
Germany Warns Visiting Sports Delegation Not to Visit Ma’aleh Adumim
The German Embassy in Tel-Aviv attempted to prevent a delegation from visiting the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement bloc, east of Jerusalem, citing as its reason that...
Israeli Security Guard Moderately Wounded in Stabbing Attack
JNS.org - A Israeli security guard was stabbed by a Palestinian man at the entrance to Maaleh Adumim on Tuesday. The 60-year-old guard was...
Palestinian Envoy to Britain: PA Should Recognize Jewish State
JNS.org - The Palestinian envoy to Great Britain has partnered with an Israeli professor to argue that the Palestinian Authority (PA) must recognize Israel...
Heartland of the Homeland
For the Jewish People, the ancient tribal territories of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and west Menasheh - a.k.a. "Judea & Samaria" or the "West Bank" -...
Netanyahu Freezes Planned Construction in Controversial E-1 Zone
Israel's Housing Ministry has published tenders for 20,000 new homes across the Green Line, including 1,200 in the contentious E-1 zone, which links Jerusalem and...
Arab Activists Stage Wedding in Effort to Return to Illegal E1 Outpost
After being removed by the IDF from a makeshift demonstration outpost, Palestinian Arab protesters got creative in an effort to return to the area. Activists erected a makeshift...
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...
Jerusalem Mayor: No City Regulated by the U.S. President
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat expressed support on Monday for the Israeli government's plan to build 3,000 additional housing units in the E1 section between Jerusalem...