20141006 Land Controversy in Israel
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A view of the neighborhoods Bet Tzafafa and Giloh through the ruins of a pre-1967 Jordanian military bunker on Givat Hamatos. A major development plan published for the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in 2005 and recently expanded with an announcement for an additional 2,610 housing units, has caused worldwide condemnation of the Israeli government casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.
DAVID PERL, Head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, argues in support of a recent Israeli reconfirmation as to the status of 400 hectares in Gush Etzion in the forested background as 'state land' after determining it was not privately owned by Palestinian Arabs, a move criticized internationally as a 'land grab' and casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.
The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, which houses Russian and Ethiopian immigrants in caravans, overlooks the capital Jerusalem. A major development plan published for Givat Hamatos in 2005 and recently expanded with an announcement for an additional 2,610 housing units, has caused worldwide condemnation of the Israeli government casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.
The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, which houses Russian and Ethiopian immigrants in caravans, overlooks the capital Jerusalem. A major development plan published for Givat Hamatos in 2005 and recently expanded with an announcement for an additional 2,610 housing units, has caused worldwide condemnation of the Israeli government casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.
DAVID PERL, Head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, argues in support of a recent Israeli reconfirmation as to the status of 400 hectares in Gush Etzion in the forested background as 'state land' after determining it was not privately owned by Palestinian Arabs, a move criticized internationally as a 'land grab' and casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.
Prof. EUGENE KONTOROVICH, a leading expert on international law and issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict and advisor to US and Israeli governments, denies claims of Israeli occupation on the Givat Hamatos neighborhood, overlooking the capital Jerusalem. A major development plan published for Givat Hamatos in 2005 and recently expanded with an announcement for an additional 2,610 housing units, has caused worldwide condemnation of the Israeli government casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.
A man prepares a sukkah for the Jewish holiday of Sukkoth, the Feast of Tabernacles, at the Givat Hamatos neighborhood, which houses Russian and Ethiopian immigrants in caravans, overlooking Jerusalem. A major development plan published for the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in 2005 and recently expanded with an announcement for an additional 2,610 housing units, has caused worldwide condemnation of the Israeli government casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.
The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, which houses Russian and Ethiopian immigrants in caravans, overlooks the capital Jerusalem. A major development plan published for Givat Hamatos in 2005 and recently expanded with an announcement for an additional 2,610 housing units, has caused worldwide condemnation of the Israeli government casting a dark shadow on a recent Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.