Gilo resident tells Arutz Sheva: "It's our right to build. There's no other country where the world intervenes when it builds."
By Elad Benari
First Publish: 10/3/2011, 8:38 AM
Gilo
Israel news photo: Flash 90
The chairman of the communityadministration in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood, Moshe Ben Shushan, expressed his disbelief on Sunday over the worldwide condemnation of the Israeli decision to build 1,100 new homes in his neighborhood.
“It makes all the residents here angry that the world intervenes,” Ben Shushan told Arutz Sheva. “I do not know of any other country that has to suffer someone's intervention when it builds. This is not the first time that the world has intervened in our plans to build.”
He added that “It is our right to build, it’s our right that our children have a place to live.
In what country is someone prevented from building? We are in the heart of Jerusalem, and there is no impediment to building as much as possible and as needed here. There’s a housing crisis in the Gilo neighborhood just like there is in any other city in Israel.”
The plan to build in Gilo, which was approved by the Interior Ministry last Tuesday, will see 20 percent of the units in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood allotted for young couples.
It will be subject to 60 days of public debate before final approval from Jerusalem municipal authorities, and also includes the construction of a promenade, public structures, and a commercial center. Read the rest on: Arutz7
“It makes all the residents here angry that the world intervenes,” Ben Shushan told Arutz Sheva. “I do not know of any other country that has to suffer someone's intervention when it builds. This is not the first time that the world has intervened in our plans to build.”
He added that “It is our right to build, it’s our right that our children have a place to live.
In what country is someone prevented from building? We are in the heart of Jerusalem, and there is no impediment to building as much as possible and as needed here. There’s a housing crisis in the Gilo neighborhood just like there is in any other city in Israel.”
The plan to build in Gilo, which was approved by the Interior Ministry last Tuesday, will see 20 percent of the units in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood allotted for young couples.
It will be subject to 60 days of public debate before final approval from Jerusalem municipal authorities, and also includes the construction of a promenade, public structures, and a commercial center. Read the rest on: Arutz7
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