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Israel issues tenders for building of West Bank, East Jerusalem homes
By Reuters
Tags: East Jerusalem, Israel 

Israel issued on Thursday a tender for the construction of 447 housing units in settlements in the Jerusalem area, drawing fire from Palestinians who accused Jerusalem of sabotaging chances of peace.

The Housing Ministry announced the plan to build the housing units some two months ago, although it only issued the tenders on Thursday.

Under the tender, Israel will build some 130 housing units in Har Homa, an area Palestinians refer to as Jabal Abu Ghneim. The tender also calls for construction of 317 housing units in Beitar Illit, a settlement near Jerusalem.
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Palestinians see the building in Har Homa as the last rampart in a wall of settlements encircling Arab East Jerusalem, cutting it off from the rest of the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians want the land for a future state with Arab East Jerusalem as its capital.

A U.S.-sponsored "road map" for peace calls for Israel to freeze all settlement activity.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the latest tender made clear Israel was "choosing settlements over peace."

"I don't know how many times the Israelis have to do this for the international community to open its eyes. Can't the world see this is destroying the peace process," he said.

Israel considers Har Homa and Beitar Illit part of the broader Jerusalem municipality and has vowed to continue construction there.

Several similar tenders have been issued since Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas launched U.S.-sponsored peace talks last November.

The talks, bogged down from the start by violence and disputes over settlements, have shown little sign of progress.

Olmert, dogged by a corruption investigation, announced last week that he would step down as prime minister once his centrist Kadima party chooses a new leader in September, a move some officials believed could severely hamper the negotiations
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  1.   Of Course We Will Continue Building In OUR Land 21:16  |  Yishai Kohen 07/08/08
  2.   WHAT DOES ERAKAT CHOOSE? 21:50  |  Ian 07/08/08
  3.   Is that news? 22:02  |  Axel 07/08/08
  4.   Erekat surprised? 22:02  |  Boycott 07/08/08
  5.   NO RECOGNITION, THEN NO CONCESSIONS ON BUILDING... 22:36  |  dav zee 07/08/08
  6.   Facing A New Reality 22:37  |  Steve 07/08/08
  7.   Wasn`t security what Israel was looking for? 22:44  |  John 07/08/08
  8.   I Choose What Arafat Chose 23:14  |  Erekat 07/08/08
  9.   Only the US can pressure Israel to cease its Settler Enterprise 23:35  |  Ivar 07/08/08
  10.   If you insist on building a single state for Israelis and 23:47  |  Diane Mason 07/08/08
  11.   Look Well 00:06  |  Bender Dondat 08/08/08
  12.   For each and every islamist terror attack, a dunam of land 00:07  |  Akiva P 08/08/08
  13.   # 6 steve 00:55  |  Axel 08/08/08
  14.   we lose hope 02:11  |  AMIHAI 08/08/08
  15.   Steve, a born colonialist out of self-defense 03:20  |  Mark B. 08/08/08
  16.   10 Diane Mason,if a single state was all that israel is creating, 03:34  |  lakshmi 08/08/08
  17.   #12 Akiva, this is actually happening but the other way around 04:04  |  the Devils Advocate 08/08/08
  18.   Israel intent on drawing US ire... 04:07  |  BBSNews 08/08/08
  19.   More settlements??? 05:01  |  Joe 08/08/08
  20.   To #1 You are absolutely right in the continuation of buildings 05:07  |  JP 08/08/08
  21.   Big Bull Shit News 05:09  |  JP 08/08/08
  22.   18 BBS News,the settlers are the civilian arm of the israeli 05:12  |  lakshmi 08/08/08
  23.   West Bank Jerusalem Homes 05:12  |  Kevin 08/08/08
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