Iran Press/Europe: Zionist regime Housing Ministry on Wednesday by issuing a tender announced its plan for the construction of 805 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem, beyond the 1967 borders.
EU on Saturday said it is 'strongly' opposed to Israel's settlement policy, including in East Jerusalem, which is illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace, Wafa reported
The units will be constructed where a Jewish neighborhood had been built beforehand beyond the Green Line in East Jerusalem Al-Quds.
The EU's spokeswoman for foreign affairs, Maja Kojijancic, said: "The policy of settlement construction and expansion in East Jerusalem continues to undermine the possibility of a viable two-state solution with Jerusalem as the future capital of both states, which is the only realistic way to achieve a just and lasting peace."
The Israeli move comes as the US administration prepares to roll out the first part of its Middle East peace plan, which the Palestinian leadership opposes, in an economic conference in Bahrain later in June.
'Peace Now' an Israeli NGO, which monitors Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories, said Thursday that tenders were published for 460 housing units in the neighborhood of Pisgat Ze'ev, about half of them for assisted living, and 345 in Ramot.
These tenders, however, are based on plans approved over the last two years for areas that are already built, and are only "intended to add housing units in a way that increases density of neighborhoods, Peace Now said.
It also condemned "continued construction in East Jerusalem," saying "As long as we have not reached a permanent agreement with the Palestinians on Israel’s borders, building beyond the Green Line is illegitimate and only harms the prospects for peace and trust between the sides."
The planned construction is the largest since 2014.
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