Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Jerusalem’s Gilo Neighborhood Up in Arms over De Facto Freeze

Gilo construction project
Gilo construction project
Israel news photo: Flash 90

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
 
Gilo neighborhood officials are up in arms over Jerusalem’s decision to slap a de facto freeze on a new building project because of “political considerations.”
Moshe Ben Sasson, Gilo community liaison with the municipality of Jerusalem, said the postponement of the project for 130 new housing units is unreasonable and discriminatory, while neighboring Arabs build without interruption.
A Jerusalem committee removed from its agenda a discussion on the project in order to prevent another crisis between Israel and the Obama administration while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is trying to sell the idea of a new building freeze in Judea and Samaria.

 Read the whole story on: Arutz7

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