اورشلیم (AP) - اسرائیل آخرین مانع را قبل از شروع ساخت و ساز در یک پروژه شهرک سازی در نزدیکی اورشلیم که عملاً کرانه باختری را به دو نیم می کند، بر اساس یک مناقصه دولتی برطرف کرده است.

این مناقصه که به دنبال پیشنهاد توسعه دهندگان است، راه را برای شروع ساخت و ساز پروژه E1 مانیتورینگ اولین

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هموار می کند. مناقصه یونی میزراحی، که بخش نظارت شهرک‌سازی این گروه را اداره می‌کند، گفت که کار اولیه می‌تواند ظرف یک ماه آغاز شود.

توسعه شهرک‌سازی در E1، زمینی باز در شرق اورشلیم، بیش از دو دهه است که در حال بررسی است، اما به دلیل فشارهای ایالات متحده در طول دولت قبلی

متوقف شد.

جامعه بین‌المللی اکثراً شهرک‌سازی اسرائیل در کرانه باختری را غیرقانونی و مانعی برای صلح می‌داند.

یک پروژه بحث‌برانگیز

پروژه E1 به‌ویژه بحث‌برانگیز است زیرا از حومه اورشلیم در اعماق کرانه باختری اشغالی جریان دارد. منتقدان می گویند که این امر از ایجاد یک کشور فلسطینی به هم پیوسته در این سرزمین جلوگیری می کند.

وزیر دارایی اسرائیل بزالل اسموتریچ، یک سیاستمدار راست افراطی که بر سیاست شهرک‌سازی نظارت می‌کند، مدت‌هاست که برای تحقق این طرح تلاش کرده است.

در ماه اوت، زمانی که اسرائیل طرح را تأیید نهایی کرد، گفت: «دولت فلسطین نه با شعار، بلکه با اقدامات از روی میز حذف می‌شود». "هر شهرک، هر محله، هر واحد مسکونی میخ دیگری بر تابوت این ایده خطرناک است."

این مناقصه که در وب‌سایت اداره سرزمین اسرائیل قابل دسترسی است، خواستار پیشنهادهایی برای توسعه 3401 واحد مسکونی است. Peace Now می‌گوید که انتشار مناقصه «منعکس‌کننده تلاشی شتاب‌زده برای پیشبرد ساخت‌وساز در E1 است.

اسرائیل و سوریه مذاکرات با میانجیگری ایالات متحده را در پاریس از سر می گیرند

مقامات سوریه و اسرائیل روز سه شنبه در پاریس برای گفتگو با میانجیگری ایالات متحده با هدف میانجیگری یک توافق امنیتی برای کاهش تنش بین دو کشور دیدار کردند. A joint statement issued after the meeting said it “centered on respect for Syria’s sovereignty and stability, Israel’s security, and prosperity for both countries.”

It said the two sides have agreed to establish a joint communication cell “to facilitate immediate and ongoing coordination on their intelligence sharing, military de-escalation, diplomatic engagement, and commercial opportunities under the supervision of the United States.” The cell would serve as a platform to address disputes and “prevent misunderstandings,” it said.

In December 2024, insurgents led by Syria’s now interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted the country’s longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, in a lightning offensive.

Al-Sharaa said that he has no desire for a conflict with Israel. But Israel was suspicious of the new Islamist-led leadership and quickly moved to seize control of a formerly U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in southern Syria set up under a 1974 disengagement agreement. Israel has also launched hundreds of airstrikes on Syrian military facilities and periodic incursions into villages outside the buffer zone, which have sometimes led to violent confrontations with residents.

Syrian officials have said their priority in the talks is the withdrawal of Israeli forces and a return to the 1974 agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement Tuesday that Israel “stressed the importance of ensuring security for its citizens and preventing threats on its border” and of protecting the Druze minority in Syria, which also comprises a substantial minority in Israel.

U.N. says aid groups have enough food for Gazans for the first time in two years

The United Nations said that aid groups have enough food on hand to sustain people in Gaza for the first time since the war began more than two years ago.

“The January round is the first since October 2023 in which partners had sufficient stock to meet 100% of the minimum caloric standard,” U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Monday.

More aid has been reaching Gaza since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on Oct. 10.

However, the flow of humanitarian aid remains challenging amid Israel’s recent decision to revoke the licenses of more than three dozen organizations, including such prominent groups as Doctors Without Borders, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Oxfam.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Tuesday called on Israel to lift the restrictions to avert deaths from exposure, hunger and a lack of medicines, as thousands of displaced Palestinians return to what is left of their homes.

“To deliver aid rapidly, safely and at the scale required, international NGOs must be able to operate in a sustained and predictable way,” Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, said in a statement from the 27-nation bloc, referring to non-governmental organizations.

Israeli troops fire at university protesters in West Bank

The Palestinian Red Crescent said Tuesday that 11 people were injured during an Israeli raid at a university in the West Bank.

The president of Birzeit University, speaking at a press conference, said a group of about 20 Israeli military vehicles had stormed the gate and entered the campus. Video obtained by The Associated Press confirmed their presence on campus.

“Unfortunately, targeting the university is a recurring event,” said Talal Shahwan, the school’s president, who said the forces displayed “clear brutality.”

Israeli officials said military and border troops were sent to break up an anticipated gathering and soon found themselves facing a crowd of hundreds of people, some allegedly throwing rocks at them from rooftops.

They said they used targeted fire toward the “main violent individuals.”

Foreign journalists press Israel for entry into Gaza

A group representing major international media organizations on Tuesday criticized the Israeli government’s latest refusal to allow foreign journalists into Gaza, despite a three-month ceasefire.

Israel has barred the foreign media from entering Gaza since the war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023.

The Foreign Press Association has asked Israel’s Supreme Court to end the ban. After months of delays, the Israeli government this week told the court that it remains opposed to allowing international journalists into Gaza, citing security reasons.

The FPA, which represents dozens of major media organizations, including The Associated Press, expressed “its profound disappointment” with the government’s position and said it hoped judges would soon end the ban.

___ Sewell reported from Beirut. Associated Press journalists Josef Federman in Jerusalem, Koral Saeed in Herzliya, Israel, Toqa Ezzidin in Cairo and Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia contributed to this report.