TEL AVIV, September 7, 2009 (WAFA)- Hundreds of people, including ministers, MKs and Yesha Council heads attended symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for 'Mevaseret Adumim' neighborhood in disputed area outside Jerusalem, Ynet reported.

'We won't be the world's sucker anymore,' Deputy Minister Porush says, 'This is our answer to international pressure on settlements'

'This is our answer to the international community's demand that Israel halt construction in the West Bank,' Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) said Monday during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new residential neighborhood in E1, a sprawl of land connecting Jerusalem to Maaleh Adumim.

The US is opposed to any construction in the area, claiming that it hinders peace negotiations with the Palestinians.