Meir Sheetrit

Israel: No more Arab bulldozer drivers in Jerusalem, says gov’t official

Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Good idea. Jerusalem, 23 July ( AKI ) - Israel's Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit said on Wednesday that bulldozer drivers coming from Arab East Jerusalem should not be allowed to work in the city's western and mostly Jewish neighbourhoods. Sheetrit spoke a day after a Palestinian man aboard a bulldozer was shot dead by Israeli security forces in Jerusalem after he went on a rampage...

• Calls mount for Israel to destroy attacker's home - Alarabiya.net

Israel to build new Arab city

Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

21/7/08 Israel plans to build a new city for Arab citizens in the Galilee region, the first housing project of its kind since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. The proposal for the city, whose location has still to be determined, was made by Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit and approved by the cabinet yesterday, [...]

Modern Arab city being planned for Galilee

Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

The Israeli government plans to build a new city for Arabs in the northern region of Galilee to meet the needs of a growing population, the press reported on Monday. The proposal for the city, whose location has still to be determined, was made by Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit and approved by

Calls mount for Israel to destroy attacker's home

Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

"Sanctions should be applied against the families of terrorists in cases where it is proved that they collaborated in attacks, or did nothing to stop them," Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit told public radio."If it is determined that there is a real tendency among Palestinian workers from east Jerusalem to use heavy equipment to perpetrate attacks, then replacements should be found in...

Israel to build new Arab city

Infidels Are Cool (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

I bet you would never see any muslim country do the same for Jews. ISRAEL plans to build a new city for Arab citizens in the Galilee region, the first housing project of its kind since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. The proposal for the city, whose location has still to be determined, was made by Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit and approved by the cabinet yesterday, local media...

• Israel to build new Arab city - Mission & Justice
• Modern Arab city being planned for Galilee - Alarabiya.net

Governmental committee to discuss new Arab city

Ynet News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

The government decided Sunday to task an inter-ministerial committee with advancing the establishment of a new Arab city in the Galilee. The committee is scheduled to submit its recommendations till the end of 2008, Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit announced. Fourteen ministers supported the decision and four voted against it. The committee will be chaired by Interior Ministry Director-General...

Government expected to approve construction of new Arab city

Ynet News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Arab minority to get new city: The government is expected to approve Sunday the establishment of a new Arab city in the Galilee region, in a bid to resolve the housing crisis faced young Arab couples in northern Israel. The new city's establishment has been promoted by Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit. In a recent visit to Arab-Israeli town Umm al-Fahm, Sheetrit said: "We are aiming...