Ramat Shlomo

Israeli settler violence – with IDF complicity – is becoming more and more commonplace, even targeting elementary schools. The government has also approved extensive Israeli settlement expansions and Jewish-only roads to be built on Palestinian land, which will result in isolation of Palestinian communities and loss of olive trees. In addition, Jerusalem has seen an […]

The Har Homa neighborhood, an illegal Israeli settlement in occupied east Jerusalem. (AP/Dan Balilty)
The Israeli Planning and Construction Committee has approved the construction of 212 new settlement units in Pisgat Ze’ev and Ramat Shlomo settlements in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
The Israeli army radio said the project is part of a “large settlement plan to be implemented during the new US administration era”.