42. 2020 年 2 月 24 日宣布对东耶路撒冷南部 Giv‘at Hamatos 一个新定居点的1 077 个住房单元进行招标。83 标书原定 5 月 3 日公布，现已被推迟至一个到本报告所述期间结束时仍未知晓的日期。以色列总理还宣布打算推进扩建附近的 Har Homa 定居点，增加 2 200 个住房单元。84 这一建设将进一步巩固耶路撒冷南部周边的环线定居点，将该市的巴勒斯坦地区与伯利恒和西岸南部隔开。
42. On 24 February 2020, tenders were announced for 1,077 housing units in a new settlement in Giv‘at Hamatos, in the southern part of East Jerusalem.83 Publication of the tenders, initially scheduled for 3 May, has been delayed to an unknown date as at the end of the reporting period. The Prime Minister of Israel also announced his intention to advance the expansion of the nearby Har Homa settlement, with 2,200 housing units.84 Such construction would further consolidate the ring of settlements along the southern perimeter of Jerusalem, separating the Palestinian areas of the city from Bethlehem and the southern West Bank.