Israel ramps up its activities from the settlement in East Jerusalem

Israel ramps up its activities from the settlement in East Jerusalem



At a time when the Israeli government announces its' temporary freeze 'to build the settlement of hundreds of housing units in Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem because of ongoing negotiations with the Palestinians, the movement of the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz Yair Mai, director of the city of Jerusalem that there are plans to move forward in building 10000 housing units In Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem despite statements from the Israeli government freeze on construction. And from within the residential units above-mentioned, 7300 and announced the settlement units built by the Ministry of Construction and Housing Israeli January 23 last year in the Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the Ramot, Pisgat Ze'ev, Neve Ya'acov, east of Tel Piot, Har Homa and Gilo, in addition to 440 new settlement units in the settlement east of Tel homes south of the city of Jerusalem were announced in the month of December thirty-first of the year 2007. As you board the Jerusalem Municipality of settlement procedures to include the settlement of Ramat Shlomo and Givat Hmatos situated north and south of the city of Jerusalem, respectively, where the newspaper uncovered about 4000 plans to build a new settlement units in the settlement of Givat Hmatos and is under planning by the Planning Commission and Israeli construction of the Jerusalem Municipality Israeli settler, where it would sprawl on the territory of the settlement area of 3000 acres north of the city of Bethlehem, the wall had been completely isolated from their owners.

He also denied the Construction and Housing Minister Zeev Boim Israeli in an interview with Israeli Army Radio the morning yesterday, Tuesday, that the Israeli government decision to freeze settlement take effect in East Jerusalem, saying that 'a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, a freeze on all settlement construction activity applies only On Israeli settlements in the West Bank ', adding that' there is no delay, reduce or suspend the building of new Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem '. Boim, added that there are plans to issue tenders for the construction of new 1100 and new settlement units in East Jerusalem, of which 350 settlement units in the Har Homa settlement south of Jerusalem and 750 in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev north of the city.

He was Mayor of Jerusalem Uri Iblunsky may also praised the statement by the Minister for Housing and Building on the issue of freezing Israeli settlement building in Jerusalem, saying that he 'would not allow Jerusalem to convert the centre of an illegal''s clear once again the legitimacy of construction in the city and its continuation despite the chairman's statements Israeli cabinet following the Annapolis held in the state of Maryland America on 26 November 2007 to freeze settlement construction, adding that any settlement activity in the city is legal and does not require the approval of the Israeli government until it is. Following is a table and tender and the schemes that were issued after the conference in Annapolis, the twenty-sixth of the month of November of 2007 by the Municipality of Jerusalem, Israel Lands Administration, the Ministry of Construction and Housing Development Authority and the Israeli Jerusalem to add a new settlement units in Israeli settlements in Jerusalem, especially the eastern part of them:


Israel has no legitimacy to sovereignty over Jerusalem, not East and West. The decision to partition of November 29, 1947, making the city part of a political unity particularly under the guardianship of the United Nations and separate from the two proposed Arab and Jewish communities.

Therefore, the Israeli Government's decision to annex East Jerusalem and the application of Israeli law after its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967 is illegal and unrecognized by the international level. International laws and norms were formulated to prevent such things as the text of the Charter of the United Nations at its core obligation of States against the use or threat of force to resolve tendencies. The Hague Convention in 1907 stipulates the inadmissibility of confiscating private property and to be regarded as an occupying Power director of real estate only to the territory it occupies. The Fourth Geneva Convention stipulates the inadmissibility of any transfer of parts of the property under occupation to sovereignty of the State of the occupied territories. And issued numerous resolutions of the United Nations to condemn Israel, including perpetrated violations of international law:

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In issued in 1968 Security Council resolution No. 252, which denounced the Israeli government decision to annex Jerusalem and asked to refrain from all actions that would change the status of the city.
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In 1971 issued in the UN Security Council Resolution 298 which recommended the Secretary General of the United Nations investigation of Israel's compliance with Security Council resolutions and to report on it within 60 days.
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In 1979 issued in the UN Security Council Resolution 446 which declared the illegality of Israeli settlement policy in occupied Arab territories including Jerusalem. It also formed a committee to study the status of settlements. Of course, Israel did not cooperate with the committee will issue a Security Council resolution No. 452, which denounced Israel for its failure to cooperate.
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In 1980 and in the Security Council demanded in Resolution 465 that Israel stop settlement activity and to refrain from building new settlements and dismantle those built then. It also called upon Member States not to assist Israel in building settlements.
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In the same year a Security Council resolution No. 478, who believed the Israeli Knesset to annex East Jerusalem in violation of international law and called on Member States which have embassies in Jerusalem transfer its embassy to Tel Aviv