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Jerusalem Committee Debates Controversial Gilo Settlement Expansion

4/23/2025

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The Planning and Building Committee in Jerusalem is set to deliberate on a controversial plan to expand the Gilo settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, proposing 1,900 new housing units on 176 dunams of land. With nearly a third of the area deemed private property, critics are raising alarms over Israel's reliance on the Absentee Property Law to push these developments forward.

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The Planning and Building Committee in Jerusalem is set to deliberate on a controversial plan to expand the Gilo settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, proposing 1,900 new housing units on 176 dunams of land. With nearly a third of the area deemed private property, critics are raising alarms over Israel's reliance on the Absentee Property Law to push these developments forward.