OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's Committee for Planning and Construction will discuss on Tuesday a plan to build 1,600 housing units in the East Occupied Jerusalem settlement of Ramat Shlomo, Haaretz reports Friday.
The construction at Ramat Shlomo caused a crisis in Israel-US relations in 2010, when 1,600 units were approved just as US Vice President Joe Biden was flying to Israel on an official visit.
The plan was temporarily frozen in response to United States pressure, but in late 2012, after the UN General Assembly recognized Palestine as a nonmember observer state, it was unfrozen, and tenders were issued for construction of the new units. (QNA)
