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Ban Ki-Moon: Israel plan to build homes in East J'lem 'unhelpful'
By The Associated Press and Reuters
Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Jordan, Israel 

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon slammed on Thursday Israel's plan to build more than 300 new homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood.

"This new tender for 300 new homes in eastern Jerusalem, so soon after the Annapolis Middle East peace conference, I think is not helpful," Ban said, noting that the United Nations had a consistent position on the illegality of such settlements.

The new housing would expand Har Homa, a Jewish neighborhood in an area Palestinians claim as capital of a future state. The Palestinians call the area Jabal Abu Ghneim.
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The future of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues facing Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in peace talks that are supposed to resume this month, following the landmark Middle East conference in Annapolis, Maryland.

An Israeli government spokesman has said the plan does not contravene Israel's commitment under a U.S.-sponsored "road map" for peace with the Palestinians.

Palestinian officials say it could damage the peace process re-launched under U.S. patronage at the peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland last week. Palestinian officials have appealed to the U.S. to block the project.

Under the road map, Israel has committed to stop settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, but distinguishes between that area and Jerusalem, whose municipal boundaries were expanded after the 1967 war and included a number of Arab neighborhoods and villages around the city.

The site of the new building lies between Arab East Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Bethlehem to the south.

Jordan also condemned Israel's housing plan, the official Petra news agency said.

Jordanian State Minister for Information, Nasser Judeh, said the Israeli measure contravenes international resolutions that consider the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as occupied territories.

He said the Israeli move would increase tension and threaten efforts to start direct negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis, build confidence between them and push the peace process forward leading to the establishment of a viable Palestinian state and a just and lasting peace in the region.

Judeh urged the Israelis to immediately halt the buidling plans.

Judeh added Jordan totally rejects the Israeli action and believes that the Jewish state's failure to meet its obligations under the road map peace plan and persistence in building settlements, are major obstacles to achieving serious progress in the peace process.

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      1.   Not just jordan 18:38  |  Fares 06/12/07
      2.   Arabs want everything,a greedy ,bloodthirsty nation 18:46  |  Absolute Sweden 06/12/07
      3.   Why is Israel doing this? 18:47  |  Rafa 06/12/07
      4.   Jordan correct: All such building contradicts the peace proccess 19:00  |  Ivar 06/12/07
      5.   Double Standard 19:01  |  MichaelF 06/12/07
      6.   Further proof that Israel does not want peace 19:07  |  American Christian 06/12/07
      7.   Rafa; Jewish people ahve the right to live in Jerusalem 19:11  |  Steve Randolph 06/12/07
      8.   I thought that Jordan gave up on dealing with the 19:17  |  Roger 06/12/07
      9.   THESE PEOPLE TREAT TRUTH LIKE A CONDOM!!!!! 19:26  |  Ben Uziel 06/12/07
      10.   #3 - Rafa 19:30  |  MichaelF 06/12/07
      11.   Har Homa Jewish-owned since 1930`s, not in E. J`lem 19:37  |  Dr. L. Brnd 06/12/07
      12.   I condemn Israel too 19:38  |  POP 06/12/07
      13.   Building new settlement-houses in East Jerusalem 19:41  |  Hermann Kuntz 06/12/07
      14.   I find the reactions totally hilarious and... 19:51  |  Steve 06/12/07
      15.   Well, of course.... 19:57  |  Silvienne 06/12/07
      16.   Rafa - these home wont make any difference 20:11  |  Jewboy 06/12/07
      17.   Jerusalem NEEDS to be shared...Avarice is an awful feature 20:14  |  Shylock 06/12/07
      18.   Jordan? What is it to them? They had it and built stables and lat 20:14  |  Figaro 06/12/07
      19.   Rafa, A Historical Reality Check 20:25  |  Erik 06/12/07
      20.   Israel creates Anti-Semitism by doing this! 20:25  |  Mark 06/12/07
      21.   #4 Are you kidding 20:28  |  Aaron 06/12/07
      22.   Jordan Crap 20:55  |  Brod 06/12/07
      23.   Silvienne 21:44  |  Alain 06/12/07
      24.   #3 22:17  |  Cheops 06/12/07
      25.   Brod the thief 22:19  |  Jacob 06/12/07
      26.   Next year in Jerusalem... 22:48  |  Jim 06/12/07
      27.   #16 Right on!!! 22:49  |  Andreia 06/12/07
      28.   Brod (#16) 22:56  |  democrat 06/12/07
      29.   Fares: The Whole World Knows 23:10  |  Brad 06/12/07
      30.   # 29 Brad 23:29  |  Jim 06/12/07
      31.   @6, amer. christian aka khaled 23:29  |  vladimir 06/12/07
      32.   @12,put your condemnation to your tuches. 23:35  |  vladimir 06/12/07
      33.   #20, mark, you are antisemite already. 23:41  |  vladimir 06/12/07
      34.   #27 for response to #22 (Brod`s comments) re: Jordan Crap 23:45  |  Andreia 06/12/07
      35.   Jews will live in Jerusalem even if Jordan has anti-Jew laws 23:45  |  Efox 06/12/07
      36.   jordan is palestine time for reality check 23:49  |  victor hardman 06/12/07
      37.   re: Jim 23:50  |  Efox 06/12/07
      38.   #20 mark in la la land and posted garbage 23:53  |  victor hardman 06/12/07
      39.   Andreia - Lets see how devout you are 23:59  |  Christian Jew 06/12/07
      40.   Hermann Baldur Kuntz,meek on Köningsberg and Breslau,but 00:25  |  Absolute Sweden 07/12/07
      41.   SHUT UP! 00:27  |  The Teacher/Instruct 07/12/07
      42.   all in the family 00:28  |  A. relative 07/12/07
      43.   whose land are you squatting on Brod 00:43  |  Labhras 07/12/07
      44.   And they want Palestinians to stop firing Qassams... 00:47  |  Dutch 07/12/07
      45.   The common reproach against the PA is ... 01:04  |  Axel 07/12/07
      46.   #15 sylvienne 01:18  |  duncan 07/12/07
      47.   Jacob #25, Democrat #28 01:18  |  Brod 07/12/07
      48.   They Slam the State of the Jews for Bulding Its Country 01:21  |  Joseph E . 07/12/07
      49.   New Homes in E. Jerusalem 01:29  |  Elliott Miller 07/12/07
      50.   Anti-semites say unhelpfull but keep quiet about Sderot Civilians 01:32  |  Joseph E . 07/12/07
      51.   11Dr.Brnd,wrong!the Partition Resolution is the UN 181 Resolution 01:50  |  lakshmi 07/12/07
      52.   #32 01:57  |  danny 07/12/07
      53.   #49 02:11  |  danny 07/12/07
      54.   NOW, HE KNOWS 02:18  |  indrajaya 07/12/07
      55.   ISRAEL`S SUICIDAL POLICY 02:56  |  indrajaya 07/12/07
      56.   #22 Brod 02:57  |  Boycott 07/12/07
      57.   #21 Aaron re: Ivar 03:00  |  Boycott 07/12/07
      58.   I love that diplomatic language...... 03:15  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/07
      59.   44Dutch,and while they continue with their Illegal Presence in 03:20  |  lakshmi 07/12/07
      60.   Brod #47 04:44  |  democrat 07/12/07
      61.   NR 6 is a Mohamedan in Christian`s clothing 04:49  |  cristo 07/12/07
      62.   #56 04:52  |  danny 07/12/07
      63.   TO Ben Uziel #9 08:34  |  Steve Beikirch 07/12/07
      64.   #8 You thought wrong, Roger 09:31  |  Johnboy 07/12/07
      65.   In that case you too should shut up because you`ve no say 20:02  |  Serenity 08/12/07
      66.   one state one people go ahead and build 22:41  |  Ben 08/12/07
      67.   MORE SETTLEMENTS, WEST BANK 04:53  |  sulshe pope 13/06/08
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