Nir Hasson and Haaretz Service, haaretz
Neighborhoods of Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot included in nation-wide building plan despite controversy over construction in East Jerusalem.

Abe Selig 2/8/2010 JPost
Nir Barkat calls UN building halt ask "racist; illegal."

22/6/2010 Haaretz
Municipality hits back after defense minister slams scheme to demolish 22 Palestinian homes, saying it 'shows lack of common sense and poor timing'.

The Interior Ministry’s Jerusalem District Planning and Construction Committee on Tuesday ratified an existing plan to build 1,600 housing units in the city’s northeastern Ramat Shlomo neighborhood.

By Orly Noy, December 3, 2009, Huffington Post
These are not simply plans for routine construction in an existing urban space. Instead, they are part of a series of construction projects that are intended to form a wide swath of Jewish neighborhoods on the South Eastern parameter of metropolitan Jerusalem.

By Gershom Gorenberg, May 8, 2009, The American Prospect
The pattern of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem is meant to erase the Clinton parameters for peace