Ma’ale Adumim
Various obstacles, chief among them international pressure, has kept E1, a 4.6-square-mile area in the Judean Hills, virtually untouched for decades.
The celebration will take place in Mishor Adumim, an industrial zone some 15 minutes east of Jerusalem, next to the city of Ma’ale Adumim.
Typically, “umbrella agreements” are signed by the housing minister, but the prime minister chose to personally endorse the deal.
After decades of attempts to build in E1, local leaders say the latest effort to expand Jewish presence in the area will succeed.
The Ma’ale Adumim mayor lauded the “top-tier Zionist and security move.”
“Approval of construction plans in E1 buries the idea of a Palestinian state,” the finance minister said.
Judean town names planned neighborhood in honor of Trump
“He will promote construction in the region,” Ma’ale Adumim’s mayor said of the new U.S. president.
Mayor Guy Yifrah asked the military to “rule out underground tunnel excavations between al-Eizariya, Abu Dis and Ma’ale Adumim.”
Staff Sgt. Yair Avitan, 20, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Yakir Shmuel Tatelbaum, 21, died as troops were pushing back into Shejaiya.
One of the victims, a pregnant woman, was in stable condition undergoing “significant surgery” • Three Palestinian terrorists slain.
The Palestinian terrorist was shot dead after trying to stab Border Police officers.
Israeli forces reportedly shot and neutralized the terrorist.