Zionist entity excludes from any settlement freeze, plans to Judaize the occupied city of Lod

Jerusalem is excluded from any settlement freeze

[ 19/11/2010 - 09:16 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority stressed that “east Jerusalem” will not be included in any future settlement freeze.

Israeli officials said that the US administration has agreed to exclude east Jerusalem from the US proposed 90-day freeze on settlement building and that no other freeze on settlement building in the West Bank will be asked for by the US after the 90-day freeze is over.

Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, said that any future moratorium on settlement building will no cover Jerusalem adding that Israel differentiates between the West Bank and east Jerusalem and that the previous settlement freeze was not applied to Jerusalem, likewise any future freeze will not apply to Jerusalem.

The right wing Shas party demanded that the US provides written guarantees. The party was promised by the war minister Ehud Barak, that if they refrained from voting on the US proposals, he would approve the building of hundreds of settlement units in West Bank settlements immediately after the end of the freeze.

Reuters reported Friday that the United States is prepared to offer Israel written security guarantees if it would help to restart stalled Middle East peace talks.

Zionist plans to Judaize the occupied city of Lod

[ 19/11/2010 - 07:30 PM ]

Al-Jalil, (PIC)-- The Arab member of Knesset, Ibrahim Sarsour warned of Zionist attempts to Judaize upper Galilee, in northern occupied Palestine, as well as the city of Lod through settlement of Jews in Arab neighbourhoods.

In an interview with “Palestine On Line” He criticised the Israeli government’s approval of a 160 million- shekel Judaization plan which targets the city of Lod under the rubric of solving security issues in the city.

He said that the proposed plan includes reinforcing the police force in the city, renovating the infrastructure and developing the road system.

The plan also includes marketing new flats and implementing the “law” regarding unlicensed buildings, which means targeting Palestinian residents of the city.

Sarsour also said that it was perplexing that the Israeli occupation government is claiming that such a settlement project aimed at improving social, cultural and educational services in Lod, pointing out that most of the help that will be provided will benefit Jewish settlers in the city.


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