The Middle East Quartet said Tuesday that they were alarmed by Israel\’s latest announcements about new settlement plans in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved a plan to build 277 apartments in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, including 100 for families evacuated from the Gaza Strip.
The Israel Lands Administration Council has approved a plan to offer more affordable housing to some Israelis.
Israel\’s interior minister gave final approval to a project to build 1,600 housing units in a Jewish neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem.
The Reform movement\’s international arm is supporting social justice protesters in Israel.
Israel\’s Knesset will meet in a special session on the rash of protests sweeping the nation despite being on summer recess.
Israel\’s prime minister established a committee to examine the demands of leaders of the social justice protest movement following one of the largest demonstrations in Israel\’s history.
The wave of protests sweeping Israel is about much more than the lack of affordable housing: It’s a grass-roots demand for the major redistribution of the nation\’s wealth.
On Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv’s version of Park Avenue, a burgeoning tent city has sprung up amid crowded cafes and its canopy of ficus trees.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to further free up the housing market after thousands of Israelis demonstrated against high living costs.\n
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