District committees of Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem endorsed on Thursday a plan to construct a tunnel network around the holy city at the pretext of reducing traffic congestion east and west of occupied Jerusalem.
Quds Press news agency pointed out that the plan will establish a vital infrastructure for future settlement projects and facilitate the traffic of settlers from east and west Jerusalem to downtown.
Director of Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Department of the Arab Studies Society Khalil Tufakji told al-Araby al-Jadeed news website that the tunnel network is associated with regional economic projects including al-Buqai’a Airport East of Jerusalem and a regional road to connect Israel to Jordan.
