Israel approves building plan in illegal Jerusalem settlement
Al Jazeera
The plan would cut off the neighbourhood of Beit Safafa from Palestinian villages while linking Israeli settlements.
Occupied East Jerusalem – Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem have approved a plan to build housing units in an illegal settlement on the Palestinian neighbourhood of Khirbet Tabalya.
On Wednesday, the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality’s local planning committee approved the plan to construct “public buildings and roads” in the Jewish caravan settlement of “Giv’at Hamatos”, according to Israeli media. It came a day after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met United States Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC.
According to Jerusalem map expert Khalil Toufakji, the area upon which the new infrastructure will be built was confiscated in the 1990s for Ethiopian settlers, and includes the caravans that were placed there to house them at the time.
