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2,000 New Judea Samaria Housing Units Announced - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News
Israel has advanced constructionplans for over 2,000 new housing units in six Judea and Samaria communities, a defense official said on Thursday.
The official, Guy Inbar, is a spokesman for the Civil Administration, the IDF unit tasked with approving construction in the region.
Inbar told AFP that a Defense Ministry committee on February 19 pushed forward plans on 2,269 housing units that had already been submitted.
The committee approved 1,015 units in the communities of Leshem, Beit El, and Almog, meaning the construction is only waiting now for Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon's final approval. An additional 1,254 units in Ariel, Shvut Rachel and Shavei Shomron were published in the media for public comment before further discussion in the committee.
Lior Amihai of the far-left group Peace Now was quick to criticize the prospect of new Jewish homes, saying the plans "distance us from the two-state solution."
The announcement comes after Jerusalem councilman Yosef Pepe Alalu of the far-left Meretz party reported Wednesday that plans to build 186 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem had been "finalized." The units are planned for the neighborhoods of Pisgat Ze'ev and Har Homa.
Israel is in great need of new housing units, given the ongoing housing crisis. In February, the Bank of Israel revealed that housing prices rose a whopping 8% in 2013.
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For those that can't notice, this site is a right wing Israeli site so they refer to Palestinian land with ancient terminology and they call illegal settlements which the whole world stands against 'housing units'. So just be careful when you're reading such news don't let it carry you off.
Israel has advanced constructionplans for over 2,000 new housing units in six Judea and Samaria communities, a defense official said on Thursday.
The official, Guy Inbar, is a spokesman for the Civil Administration, the IDF unit tasked with approving construction in the region.
Inbar told AFP that a Defense Ministry committee on February 19 pushed forward plans on 2,269 housing units that had already been submitted.
The committee approved 1,015 units in the communities of Leshem, Beit El, and Almog, meaning the construction is only waiting now for Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon's final approval. An additional 1,254 units in Ariel, Shvut Rachel and Shavei Shomron were published in the media for public comment before further discussion in the committee.
Lior Amihai of the far-left group Peace Now was quick to criticize the prospect of new Jewish homes, saying the plans "distance us from the two-state solution."
The announcement comes after Jerusalem councilman Yosef Pepe Alalu of the far-left Meretz party reported Wednesday that plans to build 186 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem had been "finalized." The units are planned for the neighborhoods of Pisgat Ze'ev and Har Homa.
Israel is in great need of new housing units, given the ongoing housing crisis. In February, the Bank of Israel revealed that housing prices rose a whopping 8% in 2013.
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For those that can't notice, this site is a right wing Israeli site so they refer to Palestinian land with ancient terminology and they call illegal settlements which the whole world stands against 'housing units'. So just be careful when you're reading such news don't let it carry you off.