Israel approves new Jewish enclave in East Jerusalem; UN renews demand that Israel comply with international legitimacy resolutions on occupied Golan; Israel approves border fencing to block migrants from Africa
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    • According to reports, Israel approved construction of a new Jewish enclave in the heart of a Palestinian neighbourhood of annexed East Jerusalem. The 14-home project, to be named Maale David, was approved by the Jerusalem city council's planning committee and was likely to spark fresh international condemnation of Israel's settlements policy. It is to be sited in the Arab neighbourhood of Ras Al Amud, near an existing Jewish settlement of 1,000 people. 1

    In another development, reports noted that during the adoption of a draft resolution entitled 'the Occupied Syrian Golan' by the UN General Assembly, the UN renewed its demand that the Israeli authorities comply with the international legitimacy resolutions, particularly the Security Council Resolution No. 497 for 1981 which considers Israel's decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan as null and void and without international legal effect. Israel also demanded to stop imposing the Israeli nationality and the Israeli ID cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Golan and to halt its suppressive measures taken against the Syrian people in the Golan. 163 countries voted in favour of the resolution, while only Israel voted against it and the US, Canada and nine other countries abstained. 2

    In other develoepmts, according to the office of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Cabinet approved a $160-million programme designed to block the flow of illegal African migrants into Israel. The plan called for speeding up construction to complete a border fence with Egypt within next year. The programme also involved the construction and expansion of detention facilities to hold the illegal migrants. 3

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