Today, Monday, the so-called Israeli Planning and Construction Committee is scheduled to discuss the plan to approve the construction of the “Kadamat Zion or Zion” settlement neighborhood, which will be built in the town of Abu Dis in occupied Jerusalem.

According to the website of the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, the plan relates to building 400 settlement units near the separation fence that passes through the town of Abu Dis.

This settlement neighborhood will be part of a comprehensive plan to connect the settlements established east of Jabal Mukaber with each other. Its goal will be to control the entire eastern part of Jerusalem, and will overlook neighborhoods including Ras al-Amin, Wadi Qaddum, Silwan, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Old City.

In the Deal of the Century, the administration of former US President Donald Trump considered Abu Dis to be the future capital of Palestine, which was rejected by all Palestinians.

According to the Maariv newspaper website, it is not expected that the construction of a Jewish neighborhood in Abu Dis will be welcomed by the Joe Biden administration, especially a week before Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States.