Israel issues E. J'lem settlement tenders as violence spikes

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/israel-issues-e-jlem-settlement-tenders-as-violence-spikes/105998/

Pisgat Ze’ev is located near Shuafat and Hizma, and with 50,000 residents is Jerusalem’s largest residential neighborhood. It is serviced by the Jerusalem light rail, which winds through East Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods before arriving at the settlement. Neve Yaakov is located north of Pisgat Ze’ev, with 30,000 residents.

Both settlements are among Jerusalem’s “ring neighorhoods,” which fan out around the edges of East Jerusalem, sitting between it and the rest of the West Bank. The E1 area, where settlement activity is also underway, is the last remaining corridor through the ring that allows access between the northern and southern parts of the West Bank.

Today’s tenders are significant because they are the first such decision taken by Netanyahu following his election victory, explained Daniel Seidemann of Terrestrial Jerusalem, an Israeli NGO that tracks any developments in the city that may affect the political process. “These tenders could not have been published without the prime minister’s supervision, and represent Netanyahu testing the waters.”

The announcement is also a possible indicator of how settlement activity in East Jerusalem will proceed, Seidemann continued: “Large-scale construction in East Jerusalem has been pretty much exhausted. We’re now likely to see more tenders of this type – tens of units here, tens of units there.”

And when the Palestinians react to this the Bibi the baby killer will act with outrage and fan the hysteria of the right wing and gangsta settlers.

[Very Orange]

1. Do you post ANYTHING positive in this forum?

All you post is negative negative negative posts designed to inflame...

[Scootaloo]

2. Welcome back n/t

[Very Orange]

3. Welcome back?

I've been watching this forum for MONTHS and I don't see one iota of a nice post about Israel from Mr. Olivaw... and I have never posted up until recently

Try the word "Welcome to DU"... make people feel inclusive, and not so suspicious.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. Woh...whaa..err...

Enjoy yer stay.

[Scootaloo]

6. Well, it's not Daneel's job to cater to you

And i'm sure you've been 'watching for months." Long-time listener, first-time caller, cool.

Anyway. You want to see someone fluffing for Israel, maybe stick to blogs and sites dedicated to the principle.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. I post the truth with the intent to inform.

[Israeli]

7. Well.....

....over here if you are " very orange " new settlements are extremely positive




See: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/disengagement,settlers

ref: http://www.haaretz.com/news/pen-ultimate-seeing-orange-1.168822

http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/000416.html