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Following American pressure: East Jerusalem construction plan not approved - Walla! news

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The Jerusalem District Committee has decided not to approve the plan for the establishment of the new neighborhood in Atarot, claiming that the Ministry of the Environment must first carry out an inspection. The plan has provoked strong political opposition in the United States and Europe for years, and in the past has been frozen and delayed by order of the Prime Minister's Office.


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Following American pressure: The construction plan for East Jerusalem has not been approved

The Jerusalem District Committee has decided not to approve the plan for the establishment of the new neighborhood in Atarot, claiming that the Ministry of the Environment must first carry out an inspection.

The plan has provoked strong political opposition in the United States and Europe for years, and in the past has been frozen and delayed by order of the Prime Minister's Office.

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Yael Friedson and Barak Ravid

Monday, 06 December 2021, 16:04 Updated: 16:31

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Simulation of the new neighborhood in Atarot (Photo: Walla !, Ministry of Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee)

Against the background of American pressure and opposition from within the coalition, the district committee decided today (Monday) not to approve the plan for the establishment of the new neighborhood in Atarot in East Jerusalem.

The committee's decision stated that the Ministry of the Environment should first carry out an inspection.



The construction plan for 9,000 housing units in Atarot was approved last week by the local committee of the Jerusalem Municipality.

It changes and expands the borders of Jerusalem and crosses between Palestinian villages.

Therefore, it has aroused strong and widespread political opposition in the United States and Europe for years, and in the past has been frozen and delayed by order of the Prime Minister's Office.



"After reviewing the plan documents and hearing representatives of the plan submitters and local committee recommendations, the committee was impressed that the plan proposes proper utilization of unused land reserves to date, through planning that includes mix of uses and public skeleton, addressing programmatic and transportation needs," the committee said in a statement.

"After hearing the position of the representative of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the committee determines that an impact assessment on the environment should be prepared in the matter of the plan as is customary."

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Atarot neighborhood (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

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According to the chairman Awakening Jerusalem district committee member Ofer Berkovich, "This program is very important historically and solve the housing shortage in Jerusalem." He added, "There is no greater land reserves to build ten thousand housing units."



"I welcome the promotion, but I resisted the committee pause The plan, "he continued." It was possible to entrust the plan at the same time as promoting the environmental survey, and not to suspend it.

I sincerely hope that the government does not use the environmental issue as an excuse. "

Did not want to hold the ceremony in parallel with the approval of the plan.

Mobile (Photo: AP)

Yesterday, the US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Mobils, submitted his charter to President Yitzhak Herzog, in order to avoid holding the ceremony while approving the construction plans for a new Jewish neighborhood in Atarot in East Jerusalem, Walla !.



Mobile, who arrived in Israel late last month, was due to present his charter at an official ceremony at the president's residence this morning, along with the new ambassadors of Switzerland, the European Union, Rwanda and Italy.

According to diplomatic sources, in order to avoid embarrassment, the United States Embassy sought to advance the ceremony.

"The Israeli government's policy regarding construction will be determined by the Israeli government."

Torch (Photo: Flash 90, Olbia Fitoussi)

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid today referred to the advancement of the construction plan in Atarot and said that "the Israeli government's policy regarding construction will be determined by the Israeli government. We will deal with it as we deal with any other issue, all together and with full consensus. It will become a confrontation with the US administration. "



The chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, Avigdor Lieberman, also addressed the issue and said that "Atarot is an integral part of the municipal area of ​​Jerusalem. "The guidelines are from the ombudsman and we must not interfere in the planning and construction process, and we act in accordance with the law. The US administration also understands that everything is conducted in accordance with the law. I do not think the political echelon can intervene in such a procedure. .

After the plan was approved last week, the Prime Minister's Office sent clarification messages to the United States that the plan would be halted later, but the Biden administration is angry about its promotion.

In a conversation between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Thursday, Blinkan called for not promoting the new construction plan and called on him to "avoid unilateral measures that would increase tensions, including promoting settlement construction in the settlements."

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