Source: Reuters, 11-5-2007
JERUSALEM (AL-QUDS) - "Israel" plans to build 20,000 homes for Jews (Zionists) in a settlement in Arab East Jerusalem (al-Quds), angering Palestinians who want the land for a future state.
An "Israeli" official said that the plan foresees three Jewish neighbourhoods being set up on land that "Israel" annexed after the 1967 Six-Day War in a move that has not been recognised internationally.
About 200,000 Jews already live in the eastern part of Jerusalem among an estimated 230,000 Palestinians, who, under an agreement forged after "Israel`s" capture of the city, are legal residents.
Yehoshua Pollak, a deputy mayor and chairman of the Jerusalem's planning and construction committee, said that the proposed units would provide housing mostly for young "Israeli" couples.
Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat condemned the plan, saying: "This destroys the efforts exerted to revive the peace process."