Just after the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday morning, 30 October, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced the establishment of 1,500 new settler homes to be built on expropriated Palestinian property in Ramat Shlomo, East Jerusalem.
Just a couple of days later, the total amount of homes to be built now adds up to 5,000 new units.
Last week’s prisoner release is the 2nd part of a 4 stage deal secured last July aimed at releasing a total of 104 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the PLO’s return to peace negotiations – the events following have proved to be an almost exact recurance of last August, when Israel announced the construction of 2,000 new settler homes just after releasing the first group of 26 prisoners .... http://www.palestinemonitor.org
