Israel to expand Quds rail line in Neve Ya’akov settlement

Israel’s local and district planning committees in the occupied old city of al-Quds ('Jerusalem') approved a plan to expand the light railroad line in the illegal settlement of Neve Ya’akov, in addition to the construction of two new train and bus stations.

According to the weekly Hebrew newspaper Kol Ha’ir, the Neve Ya’akov railroad will become three and a half kilometers long with five stop stations after building an additional half-kilometer line and a new passenger stop.

The project is part of a large-scale railroad plan in east Jerusalem, which had been prepared and submitted about four years ago by Israel’s municipality in the holy city and its transportation ministry.