Olmert shows defiance, but it is no substitute for crushing military force. Via Haaretz Service and News Agencies: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that Israel would keep expanding a neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. The premier was speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In one of the highlights of Merkel’s three-day visit marking the 60th...
Disputed Jerusalem Neighborhood Built on Jewish Land
Jewish land bought and paid for. From Disputed Jerusalem Neighborhood Built on Jewish Land: Israel’s Ministry of Construction and Housing this week invited contractors to bid on a contract to build 307 new housing units in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. Har Homa is a neighborhood inside the Jerusalem city limits, at the edge of PA-controlled Bethlehem, that has more than...