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New Israeli Housing Plan Near Jerusalem Slammed as ‘Disguised Annexation’
Israeli plan proposes 2,570 housing units linking West Bank land to East Jerusalem, marking the first boundary expansion since 1967, officials say.
- This month, the Israeli state unveiled a plan to build 2,570 housing units tied to Geva Binyamin settlement on land separated from Adam and nearer Neve Yaakov, pending approval from the Higher Planning Committee of Israel's Civil Administration.
- Palestine's Jerusalem governorate said the plan hides annexation behind misleading titles, and Israel's security cabinet approved control expansion on February 8 and land registration on Sunday.
- According to the proposal, several hundred housing units would sit distant from Adam and lack direct access, while a planned access road starting and ending in Neve Yaakov would push Jerusalem beyond its pre-1967 boundaries.
- The Palestinian presidency said the move is `a de facto annexation` and eight Muslim countries condemned it for trying to impose `a new legal and administrative reality` to accelerate `illegal annexation and displacement`, according to UN data showing at least 694 Palestinians displaced in January.
- More than 700,000 Israelis in West Bank settlements and about 3.3 million Palestinians in the territory live amid a NIS 244 million initial budget and 35 government positions for Area C work, with officials saying the project could move forward in a few years.
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Israel plans to extend Jerusalem for first time since Six Day War
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