Condi Rice arrived in Israel Sunday to berate Israel about its new housing projects in Jerusalem and try to force it to abandon the plans.

Jerusalem Post - Ma’aleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel doesn’t plan to rest on the country’s laurels on its 60th Independence Day. Instead - in a gesture more fitting of settler youth - he is heading to a West Bank hilltop with a protest tent.
Top on his mind is the lack of construction permits, rather than [...]

Nature Preserve near Mei Ami
(Einshalom) On the face of it, it would seem like an Arab application for residence in a small Israeli town should be granted.The custom in moshavim is to apply for residence, and a committee considers the application. Many times Jews are turned down, if they aren’t considered to fit the character [...]

view of Har Choma from nearby hill
Israel wants to build 300 new apartments and condos in Har Choma, and once again the world is up in arms about it.
What is Har Choma, and what’s the big deal? Really, it should be no big deal, but here’s the deal:
Briefly, the Jews have it and the Arabs [...]

Har Choma
Haaretz - The U.S. has requested that Israel provide clarifications on its plan to build more than 300 new homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood, Israeli officials confirmed to Haaretz on Thursday.
The new housing would expand Har Homa, a Jewish neighborhood in an area Palestinians claim as the capital of a future state. The [...]