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7 new demolition orders handed out for Palestinian-owned houses in Eas... Jul 01 09 Israel forces Palestinian cultural festival to shut down on its final ... May 29 09 Archbishop Hanna: “Palestinians in Jerusalem are natives, not strang... Apr 10 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryJerusalems Israeli mayor announces plan for annexation of East JerusalemThe Israeli mayor of Jerusalem (the city has two mayors: one Israeli, one Palestinian) Uri Lupolianski announced Wednesday that his municipal government would engage in a ‘development plan’ for East Jerusalem, a plan which Palestinian residents of Jerusalem claim is actually annexation of Palestinian land for Israel. Lupolianski presented the plan at a City Hall news conference Wednesday, stating that it is a ‘way to keep Jerusalem united’. His statement conveniently left out the fact that Jerusalem is, in fact, a city under Israeli military occupation since 1967.
"Today, unfortunately, people are busy talking about Jerusalem," Lupolianski said. "Through our actions, we will unify and strengthen Jerusalem."
His plan will involve developing a commercial center, creating new parks, and building more hotels, homes and businesses in east Jerusalem – the last part of the city from which the Palestinian population has not yet been expelled.
Lupolianski called the $50.9 million program a "Marshall Plan for east Jerusalem". Residents of East Jerusalem, however, call it a land grab for Israel. The move comes just days before a ‘peace summit’ is set to be held in Annapolis, MD, in the US, between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. |