Barring last minute surprise, the Jerusalem Planning Committee on Wednesday 24 Iyar will be approving the construction of another three-story building in Shiloach, known more frequently in the media as Silwan.

The new building will be constructed near Beit Yonatan, the seven-story structure that was built as part of Ateret Kohanim’s ongoing reclamation effort, to renew the Jewish settlement of Arab-occupied areas of the capital. Yeshivat Ateret Kohanim has been spearheading buying out local Arabs to resettle Jews in the areas that were Jewish prior to 1930, before they were driven out by the Arabs.

Even before the structure is approved the left-wing is releasing condemnatory statements lamenting the “threat” to the local Arab population.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)