Rights group: Israel puts Jerusalem settlement plan on hold

2 months ago

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Israel informed Biden administration officials on Thursday that it has shelved a controversial plan to advance a massive housing project in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Atarot following pushback from Washington, a senior Israeli official confirmed to The Times of Israel.

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Rights group: Israel puts Jerusalem settlement plan on hold

Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem on hold, at least for now, a rights group said Thursday. Plans for the Atarot settlement called for building 9,000 housing units marketed to ultra-Orthodox Jews in an open area next to three densely populated Palestinian communities, one of which is behind Israel's controversial separation barrier. Israel captured east Jeru…

2 months ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

Rights Group: Israel Puts Jerusalem Settlement Plan On Hold

Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem on hold, at least for now, a rights group said Thursday.

2 months ago·India

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Rights group: Israel puts Jerusalem settlement plan on hold

A rights group says Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem on hold, at least for now

2 months ago·United States

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Rights group: Israel puts Jerusalem settlement plan on hold

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem on hold, at least for now, a rights group said Thursday. Plans for the Atarot settlement called for building 9,000 housing units marketed to ultra-Orthodox Jews in an open area next to three densely populated Palestinian communities, one of which is behind Israel's controversial separation barrier.

2 months ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Rights group: Israel puts Jerusalem settlement plan on hold

A rights group says Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem on hold, at least for now

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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Haaretz