The Ministry of Housing is reviving a plan that would provide 10,000 Jewish housing units in Atarot, in the northern capital. The project calls for building on state land next to the area industrial zone, where the no-defunct Atarot Airport once operated, near PA (Palestinian Authority) controlled Kalandia.

The district planning committee, supported by Jerusalem City Hall, is seeking to move ahead with the plan in an expeditious fashion, apparently timed to coincide with the expected PA (Palestinian Authority) announcement of statehood at the end of the month.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)