Housing construction announced for eastern Jerusalem
A Jerusalem municipal committee has approved the construction of more than 1,000 Jewish homes in eastern Jerusalem.
A Jerusalem municipal committee has approved the construction of more than 1,000 Jewish homes in eastern Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his forum of top ministers on Tuesday afternoon to debate extending Israel\’s moratorium on construction in West Bank settlements for 60 days.
Construction began on a Jewish housing project in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood.
Israel has frozen new Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s claims that building would not stop, according to municipal officials.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday that Israel would not accept Palestinian demands that it stop building settlements in East Jerusalem.\n\nAppearing in an interview broadcast Monday on ABC\’s Good Morning America, Netanyahu called the Palestinian demand that Israel stop building in settlements \”unacceptable\” and said this long-standing Israeli government position is not his alone, but rather dates to governments led by Golda Meir, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Simon Wiesenthal Center can build is long-planned Center for Human Dignity — Museum of Tolerance on a contested site in the middle of Jerusalem
Construction crews broke ground at the site of the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue (MJCS) last week — two and a half years after the congregation held a gala groundbreaking celebration for the new $10 million building.
\”Building in Malibu is legendary — it\’s very difficult to get through the regulatory process. Thank God, we\’ve made it through all of that,\” said George Greenberg, congregation president.
For more than 50 years, Valley Cities Jewish Community Center (JCC) has served as a magnet for San Fernando Valley Jews, a one-stop shop that offers a panoply of services, ranging from nursery school for the young to lectures for seniors.
\”We\’re moving ahead as originally scheduled,\” said Ralph Stern, of Tustin, who is leading fundraising. In a communitywide appeal in May 2002, he promised a fiscally conservative stance: construction would start when financial goals were met.
These days, Third and Fairfax is pure traffic mayhem. Bulldozers, big rigs and construction workers jam the city streets and block available driveways. Trying to park at Farmers Market, the historical market and eatery that has drawn locals and tourists for 68 years, is like entering a revolving door and not stopping. Not only is the Market going through a $45-million revival, but a new outdoor shopping mall, The Grove at Farmers Market, is being erected, for a projected March 15 opening, amidst a flurry of dissension and exhilaration.