Israeli authorities have given preliminary approval for
construction of 300 new homes in east Jerusalem — a move that could ratchet up
already-heightened tensions in the holy city.
Amnon Arbel, the deputy head of planning in the Jerusalem
municipality, said a planning committee approved the project Wednesday in the
Ramot area.
Arbel said the project needs to clear other hurdles and
construction is years away.
The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as their capital, and
the international community opposes Israeli construction in the area.
An attack against a mosque in a West Bank village earlier
Wednesday ignited a fire that destroyed its first floor, an assault the
village's mayor blamed on Jewish settlers. The attack came against the
background of competing claims to a holy site in Jerusalem's Old City.
[AP]
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