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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/21/jewish-housing-crisis/
State Department Doesn't See Both Sides of Middle East Conflict
[Washington Times] Editorial - The latest threat to Middle East peace is not a rocket from Gaza or a terrorist bombing. It is a Jerusalem apartment project - at least that's the view in the State Department. The State Department's fit over 20 new units on the site of the Shepherd Hotel, which stands on the edge of an Arab neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, contrasts with the official silence of the U.S. on the vast number of Palestinian dwellings being constructed illegally in Jerusalem. According to the 2003 book, Illegal Construction in Jerusalem, by Justus Reid Weiner, a senior Palestinian official boasted that they built 6,000 homes without permits in four years. Some of these homes have been funded by foreign sources with little interest in promoting peace.