Arutz Sheva - Israel National News: "Arabs Warn: War over New Jewish Homes in Moslem Quarter

13:19 Jul 29, '05 / 22 Tammuz 5765
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Arabs have blasted plans for 21 new Jewish homes in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter. 'When the first tractor puts down the first stone, it will lead to the next uprising,' warned an Arab official.

The planning board of the Housing Ministry has approved the project for the new homes and a new synagogue in the Old City.

Yousef Alalu, a moderate Jerusalem city council member who sits on the municipality's Planning Board, warned, 'It is clear that when the first tractor puts down the first stone it will lead to the next uprising and could have international impact. The plan... is similar to [Ariel] Sharon's visit to the mosque [on the Temple Mount] in September 2000, which inflamed the Intifada.'"