Jerusalem – The Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee on Wednesday approved 380 construction permits for east Jerusalem homes in Ramot and Har Homa, also known as Homat Shmuel.
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According to the municipality, 307 homes will be constructed in Ramot and 73 in Har Homa.
Construction in Har Homa is part of a large-scale project approved in August 2011 to build roughly 1,000 units in the area, for which tenders were issued in April 2012. Earlier in the month the municipality announced that it intends to invest NIS 50 million into the development of Har Homa.
According to the municipality, which worked in coordination with the Construction Ministry, the funds will be allocated toward improving the neighborhood’s infrastructure, including roads, sidewalks, parks, children’s playgrounds, sporting areas and street lighting.
“In the near future, residents of Homat Samuel will see our great investment in all areas of life in the neighborhood,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said in a statement announcing the investment. Approximately 25,000 Jews presently live in Har Homa.
Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post
Is this really necessary? Why doesn’t Israel put more resources into developing the Negev?
Go on, bloody BIbi. Keep in evoking the wrath of your already wrathful neighbors. Keep on stealing land that is not yours, oh and of course on the expense of the international jewry. Didnt u just declare that Israel is a Jews land? Tragically massacres like Har Nof is a direct catalyst of such reprensable actions. Jews decry!!
This is wonderful news. We daven three times a day that Yerushalayim should be rebuilt, along with the rest of Eretz Yisrael.
ramot is not east jerusalem.