Construction Zone
Plan for controversial Jerusalem neighborhood halted, but conversation on settlement building will continue
The proposal is for the construction of 9,000 housing units on the site of Jerusalem’s former airport in Atarot
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A construction site where Israel plans to build a massive Jewish settlement on the site of an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem.
Plans for the building of a controversial new Israeli neighborhood in East Jerusalem were delayed this week, but questions remain about why Israel’s new government, which has sought to avoid clashes with the U.S. on sensitive issues — and which...