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A plan for a new illegal Jewish settlement in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem has been submitted for approval to city hall, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
The plan calls for construction of about 104 units in the Ras Al-Amud neighborhood, currently home to some 14,000 Palestinians, the Haaretz newspaper reported, quoting sources at the occupied Jerusalem municipality.
"This plan for massive construction in a high-density Palestinian area is extremely dangerous for the urban equilibrium," said Yariv Oppenheimer, the head of settlement watchdog Peace Now.
In a report published on Sunday, Peace Now said almost 600 units have been constructed in the West Bank since the start of the year, including 96 structures in outposts.
"The construction continues with government support in the large settlement blocs and in a roundabout manner in isolated colonies," the report said.
About half a million illegal Jewish settlers currently live in settlements in both West Bank and East Jerusalem.
East Jerusalem is considered by the international community to be illegally occupied by Israel, in contravention of several binding UN Security Council Resolutions.
In these resolutions, the United Nations Security Council has also called for no measures to be taken to change the status of Jerusalem until a final settlement is reached between the sides.
Declaring Jerusalem as Israel's capital is an attempt to change this status, and is thus a violation of these Security Council resolutions.
PHOTO CAPTION
A general view of a former Israeli police station in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras Al- Amud, on the foot of Mount of Olives, August 23.
Agencies
