Bibi Said He Would Expand Jerusalem – Then Came the Elections
One of the main battles in the fight to prevent the narrow strip that makes up the State of Israel from being carved up to include yet another Arab state, is being fought in and around Jerusalem.
Just ten days before these last Israeli elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu made a bombastic announcement: “I’ve given instructions to immediately publish for deposit the plan to build 3,500 housing units in E-1.” What he meant was that the long-delayed implementation of the plan to build up an area between the cities of Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim would finally begin. This would stop the creeping encroachment of illegal Palestinian Authority construction on the Maaleh Adumim area, and would all but prevent the formation of a contiguous Arab state in the area.
Netanyahu has basically recycled announcements of this type for many years.
Also regarding Givat HaMatos, Netanyahu recently said that the long-frozen plan for 3,000 Jewish homes and 1,000 Arab homes there would now be implemented. But this is something he has already said in the past – and the plan has not materialized.
It’s unpleasant for us to hit a man when he’s down, and Netanyahu is truly under attack from many quarters, despite his many great accomplishments. But – had he actually taken the steps he has so often verbalized, Israel would not now be under the gun not to take the steps so necessary to ensuring full Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land.
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said, “All settlements are illegal under international law. ”This frontally contradicts a ruling by the Court of Appeal of Versailles in January 2017, that “West Bank settlements” and “occupation” of Judea and Samaria by Israel are unequivocally legal under international law.
We remind Binyamin Netanyahu that fulfilling his promises regarding the development of Jerusalem might be a good first step towards overcoming the hardships he now faces.