What a sick nutty government.

and 700 was approved in pisgat zeev and other settlements in east jerusalem! What a fake govt to the right and the left they have no idea what they are doing!

In the thirties, Silwan was a shantytown dwelled by poor Yemenite jewish immigrants. The British governor ordered the neighbouhood to be erased and the Jews to be expelled.

Make E. Jerusalem a part of Jerusalem and finalize the re-unification already. Stop talking about it, stop letting the Left attempt to treat this once Jewish area (before being ethnically cleansed) as a separate entity. Annex the region and the citizens, throw in tons of security and infrastructure, and be done with it already. All this political rangling only hurts Israel by giving "pals" a chance to demand Jerusalem as their capital (though it never was) and puts the residents of E. Jerusalem (Jewish and Arab) in a tough position.

"Quick - someone stop Israel from building houses for Arabs because we are too inept to do so. If Israel continues to build houses for families, we will not be able to use them as angry fodder for our eternal war against the Jews." How typical of any Arab leader. It was Arafat that threatened to demolish any housing that Israel built in Gaza or West Bank, and to kill anyone who tries to occupy them back in the 1980s. Thanks to Arab leaders, average citizens MUST sit in refugee camps and squallor until they succeed in totally destroying Israel, or they die. Guess which will happen first. Israel - do the right thing - ignore the Arabs, build for everyonem, then shut the door behind you, locking out "pals" from West Bank.

Since The U.S. Gov,t, Is Authorizing & De-Authorizing Construction in Other Countries, Maybe It Should Also Authorize Const., In N.Korea, Russia, And Iran. Oops, I Forgot, The U.S. Gov't, Does Not Hold An Ounce Of Authority In These Soverign Countries. Nor Should It In The Soverign Country Of Israel Either.