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Headlines : Government

Summary:

What was all that fuss about in Annapolis? Israeli government officials announced yesterday that the disputed East Jerusalem housing developments, Har Homa and Ma’aleh Adumim, would go ahead as planned.

Condoleezza Rice protests:

We have told the Israelis repeatedly that the settlement activity is both against US policy and against the road map obligations.

Palestinians could be forgiven for thinking that the withdrawal of America’s annual $4 billion aid handout to Israel might send a more sincere message.

Back to square one?

[Posted By Watson]

By Herb Keinon
Republished from Jerusalem Post

Back to Square One on the Road Map

Israel will allocate nearly NIS 100 million toward infrastructure work for the construction of 750 new apartments in Har Homa and Ma’aleh Adumim, officials said Sunday.

The 2008 budget includes NIS 50m. toward the construction of 500 apartments in Jerusalem’s Har Homa neighborhood and NIS 49m. for the building of 250 new homes in Ma’aleh Adumim, Construction and Housing Ministry spokesman Kobi Bleich said.

The 500 new units in the Har Homa project include more than 300 apartments that have recently been marketed and have been the subject of Palestinian criticism and US condemnation, and nearly 200 more that will only be marketed in the coming years “as needed,” Bleich said.

The 250 apartments in Ma’aleh Adumim needed the authorization of Defense Minister Ehud Barak before they were marketed, he said.

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