Israel invites tenders for contentious settlements
- Published: 11 Dec 2012 at 23.46
- Online news: World
Israel has invited tenders to build 92 homes in the Maaleh Adumim settlement near Jerusalem where construction plans have already sparked international protest, a settlement watchdog said on Tuesday.
A Bedouin camp is seen in the E1 area between Jerusalem and the Israeli West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on December 3. Israel has invited tenders to build 92 homes in the Maaleh Adumim settlement near Jerusalem where construction plans have already sparked international protest, a settlement watchdog said on Tuesday.
"There is a new tender for 92 housing units in Maaleh Adumim," Peace Now spokeswoman Hagit Ofran told AFP, saying the invitation to tender -- which was published overnight -- had been approved in October ahead of the UN vote on upgrading the Palestinians' status.
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