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Israel Promotes Jerusalem Settlement Project, Bid Ends Two Days Before Biden Takes Office

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-issues-building-tenders-for-jerusalem-neighborhood-beyond-green-line-1.9309561

Deal for bidding process comes two days before Biden assumes presidency, as government seeks to pre-empt renewed U.S. pressure to freeze settlement construction

Port cabins in Givat Hamatos, February 20, 2020.Credit: AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
By Nir Hasson. 15 November 2020       Haaretz

The Israel Lands Authority issued a call for tenders Sunday for construction of a new neighborhood in Jerusalem beyond the pre-1967 border after being suspended for years.

The plans for the neighborhood, which would cut off the Palestinian town of Beit Safafa from surrounding towns, were drawn up several years ago, but were frozen following international opposition.

The final date for submitting a tender is January 18, 2021, two days  before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Under former President Barack Obama, the United States strongly opposed construction at Givat Hamatos, located in southern Jerusalem, arguing that it would make a future division of Jerusalem impossible.

 

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