New York (United States), 18.11.2009 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon deplored Israel's decision to allow a further 900 homes in East Jerusalem. This would "undermine efforts to promote peace and raise doubts about the viability of the two-state solution". Speaker of the U.S. government and the British government joined the criticism.
The White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: "We are dismayed by the decision of the Jerusalem Planning Committee, . Accelerate the approval process for the development of Gilo in Jerusalem "The British Consulate in Jerusalem said the Foreign Secretary David Miliband disapproval:" The Foreign Minister has made it very clear that a credible agreement includes Jerusalem as a shared capital. The expansion of settlements in the occupied areas in East Jerusalem makes such an agreement more difficult. Therefore, the decision to Gilo wrong and we are against them. "
According to the newspaper" Die Welt "about 200,000 Jews live in East Jerusalem. Gilo is located on Mount Slaiyeb in the southwestern part of Jerusalem. The English version of Wikinews detailed report on the current situation.
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