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| From the Media |
| | | | | By Nir Hasson, September 27, 2009, Haaretz
With a new master plan for Jerusalem about to be approved, efforts are underway to secure approval for building a large new Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem. | |  |
| | | | | By Efrat Weiss, September 7, 2009, Ynet
Hundreds of people, including ministers, MKs and Yesha Council heads attend symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for 'Mevaseret Adumim' neighborhood in disputed area outside Jerusalem. 'We won't be the world's sucker anymore,' Deputy Minister Porush says, 'This is our answer to international pressure on settlements' | | |
| | | | | August 10, 2009, JPost
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin broke his usual silence on diplomatic matters to deliver a sharp warning Monday to US President Barack Obama that any policy of halting construction in Ma'aleh Adumim could lead to a failure of the peace process | | |
| | | | | By Amos Harel, July 14, 2009, Haaretz
Seven years after construction work began on the West Bank separation fence, the project seems to have run aground. Work has slowed significantly since September 2007, and today, after the state has spent about NIS 9.5 billion, only about 60 percent of the more limited, revised route has been completed.
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| | | | | By James Hider, April 4, 2009, Times
E1 is the most controversial development project in the region.According to reports in the Israeli media, the area has been earmarked for development under a secret accord between Binyamin Netanyahu, the new, conservative Israeli Prime Minister, and his ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman.
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| | | | | By Amos Harel, February 1, 2009, Haaretz
Israel has invested close to NIS 200 million during the past two years in preparing infrastructure for construction of housing units to create a contiguous block between Ma'aleh Adumim and East Jerusalem. | | |
| | | | | By Gail Lichtman, August 16, 2008, Jerusalem Post
"The only future land we have for residential building is E-1. There is simply no other land in Ma'aleh Adumim for this. In E-1, we can build 3,500 new residential units." | | |
| | | | | By Ross Oakland, June 15, 2008, The Star
Welcome to "E1," possibly the most controversial parcel of land in a part of the world where land and controversy are never far removed. | | |
| | | | | By Etgar Lefkovits, May 19, 2008, Jerusalem Post
A new police station has quietly opened in EI, an area between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim that has been a subject of continuing controversy. | | |
| | | | | By Tovah Lazaroff, May 6, 2008, Jerusalem Post
Palestinians and the US have long opposed construction in that hilltop area, saying it would disrupt the contiguity of a future Palestinian state. | | |
| | | | | By Efrat Weiss, May 6, 2008, Ynet
Ma'aleh Adumim Municipality sets caravan in disputed territory leading to Jerusalem. Mayor says move was coordinated with Defense Ministry. | | |
| | | | | By Jonathan Lis, April 28, 2008, Haaretz
In the middle of nowhere, far from any community, stands the new headquarters of the Samaria and Judea Police District. The access road to the building is long and wide, and connects to the Ma'ale Adumim-Jericho road. | | |
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