a slight victory: 930 Homes Approved for Har Homa

[Meerkat]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/146390

good job to the nationalists. slight victory, but it looks like our foot is in the door on this one. the nationalists need to continue their activities in turning the tide in these protests and maybe, be'ezrat hashem, we will get 20 000+ houses in Samaria as actually needed to ease the housing crisis.

The Interior Ministry on Thursday authorized sale and construction of 930 new housing units in the Har Homa neighborhood in the southern part of the city. The plan, first approved by a local committee two years ago, was authorized by the Ministry for marketing by the contractors who won development tenders, and for eventual construction.

The Ministry announced that at least 20% of the units to be built will be small, suitable for young families. The size and number of rooms were not announced, however. Speaking to reporters, Interior Minister Eli Yishai said that “we continue to build in Jerusalem and all around the country. The housing crisis is a a serious one, and we shall not stop building new projects.” Yishai added that he had instructed Ministry employees dealing with building plans to give priority to plans that include smaller apartments “in order to enable all Israelis to purchase a home,” he said.

In a statement, the Ministry stressed that the delays in moving forward with the plan were strictly bureaucratic, and had nothing to do with the building freeze in Judea and Samaria. Har Homa is in an area of Jerusalem liberated in the 1967 Six Day War.

Observers said that if the government, by approving the apartments in Har Homa, hoped to reduce the pressure from tent protesters demanding more and affordable housing, they were likely to be disappointed. “As we all know, the New Israel Fund and other leftist groups are among the main organizers of these protests. They certainly will not be appeased by constructions of homes in an 'occupied' place like Har Homa. I think they would prefer to live in a tent than in Har Homa,” the observer said.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

This is a joke. Millions of new homes need to be built all across the so-called "nations" of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt that are all actually Eretz Yisrael. And if any kapo Israelis do not support that, they should go live in those countries and see how they like it.

[Meerkat]

building all over eretz israel hashlema is preferable. but for this housing crisis to go away 10 000s of houses will do. there isnt demand for millions yet. be'ezrat hashem aliyah will skyrocket and israel will reach the 2 rivers and we will be building millions of houses all over the eretz.