A view of the mostly empty Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem, just minutes from the city’s center. Credit: Josh Hasten.
The decision by the Israel Lands Authority last month to award contracts to several building companies allowing them to begin marketing 1,257 new housing units in Jerusalem’s 42-acre southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat Hamatos has been applauded by some, while also garnering international attention, including rousing condemnation from others.
The European Union and others in the world community who are against Israel’s right to build in parts of Jerusalem, are losing their minds over Israel’s approval of 1,257 housing units in the capital’s Givat HaMatos neighborhood. Despite a pandemic, wars and conflicts raging, and all other issues the world-over, Israel building homes, kindergartens, and parks in it’s capital city still dominates front-page headlines. On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten shares the truth behind the building project, and then discusses the other latest news from the Jewish State.