MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A Jerusalem municipal committee approved on Wednesday the construction of a three-storey building for Jewish settlers in a neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, located close to the Old City, a local non-profit organization engaged in monitoring of settlement policy said.
"A local committee approved today the construction of a three-storey building for Ateret Cohanim settler organization in the Silwan neighborhood," Ir Amim, also known as City of Nations, said on its Twitter page.
This comes several days after the UN Security Council passed a resolution in a 14-0 vote, with the only abstention from the United States, condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The resolution states that Israel should immediately and completely cease all settlement activities on "occupied Palestinian territory," including in East Jerusalem.
