Communicated by the Cabinet Secretariat Jerusalem, 26 February 1997 Ministerial Committee on Jerusalem Affairs Communique The Ministerial Committee on Jerusalem Affairs met today (Wednesday), 26.2.97 and decided as follows: The Ministerial Committee on Jerusalem Affairs decided today, unanimously, to approve construction of the Har Homa neighborhood, and also decided to approve construction for the Arab population in Jerusalem, subject to the directives and procedures required by law. The Har Homa neighborhood is to encompass some 6,500 housing units, with 2,500 to be built in the first stage. The first stage of building for the Arab population will comprise about 3,000 housing units in ten different Jerusalem neighborhoods. Infrastructure work on the Har Homa site and the building sites for the Arab population will commence after the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, who is authorized to sign the Har Homa plans, does so.