Israeli municipality decides to build 930 housing Units in Jerusalem

The Building and Planning Committee of the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem, Thursday approved building 930 new  housing units in the settlement of 'Har Homa' on the lands of Abu Ghneim Mountain, south of Jerusalem, according to Israeli seventh channel. The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem said that it will be bidding for construction to the contractors in the upcoming days. The Israeli seventh channel website, said that approving this decision came after freezing biddings to build new housing units in this settlement two years ago. The site also said that the Israeli Interior Minister, Eli Yishai, gave his instructions to the ministry’s staff to speed up the necessary permits for construction, in order to allow the construction of several settlement units in various locations, to resolve what he called the problem of housing and high costs in the settlements.