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EU Condemns Israeli Building in Jerusalem's Jewish Neighborhoods

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton called on Israel to reconsider and reverse the Jerusalem Municipality Planning and Building Committee's decision to approve building permits in three Jewish neighborhoods in the city. Permits were approved for 386 new units in Har Homa [today a neighborhood of 25,000] in southern Jerusalem, and 136 for Neveh Ya'acov [pop. 30,000] and 36 for Pisgat Ze'ev [pop. 50,000] in northern Jerusalem. Ashton has been increasingly criticized by Israeli government officials for swiftly condemning every building announcement beyond the 1967 lines but not similarly protesting Palestinian incitement or violence.
2014-02-07 00:00:00
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