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From the Media

PA funds street repairs in East Jerusalem

Nir Hasson, Haaretz
When city didn't listen, Arab residents turned to Salam Fayyad - and got NIS 1.2 million.
11/10/2010

The Knesset's New Referendum Bill: Dangerous Populism

Orly Noy, Huffington Post
The Knesset Comittee's decision to pass its second and third Referendum Bill, which would condition any withdrawal from East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights on both a public referendum and special majority in Knesset, is populism of the most dangerous kind.
12/8/2010

Rallies mark anniversary of Sheikh Jarrah eviction

Ben Hartman Jerusalem Post
Thousands took part in solidarity demonstrations across Israel.
8/8/2010

House-by-house struggle for East Jerusalem

BBC
Sometimes you can see just why it is so difficult to make peace in Jerusalem.
12/7/2010

J'lem mayor condemns freeze request

Abe Selig 2/8/2010 JPost
Nir Barkat calls UN building halt ask "racist; illegal."

Beit Yehonatan residents take fight to High Court

Abe Selig 19/7/2010 JPost
Residents petition High Court of Justice for new hearing to decide status of seven-story, Jewish-owned structure built without proper permits in Silwan.

State eyes 'legal' takeover of abandoned East Jerusalem properties

Akiva Eldar 19/7/2010 Haaretz
Pending court approval, government could assume control over properties of people who moved to enemy states during the War of Independence, as well as structures that belong to people now residing in the territories.

Sheikh Jarrah, the opening heart of Jerusalem

Avner Inbar 15/7/2010 JPost
Many Israelis are simply not going to let this one slide. In this protest, solidarity cuts across national identities

Force Israel's hand on Palestinian home demolitions

Seth Freedman 15/7/2010 Guardian
Ending a nine-month freeze on demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, municipal workers this week razed three houses in the area, provoking a storm of controversy both at home and abroad.

Leading Israeli figures accuse police of targeting leftist East Jerusalem protesters

Nir Hasson 4/7/2010 Haaretz
A number of prominent jurists, intellectuals, writers and leftist public figures co-sign letter that charges Jerusalem police with 'illegal and inequitable' conduct towards Sheikh Jarrah protesters.

Why Palestinians Can’t Buy Land

Reena Ninan 12/7/2010 Fox News
Despite claims from the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Jerusalem's real estate market is free and open to anyone regardless of race or religion, a new study shows Palestinians do not have equal access to property in Jerusalem.

Price Tag In Silwan

Orly Noy 1/7/2010 Huffington Post
The latest intention of realizing the three-year-old eviction and sealing order against Beit Yohanatan, located in the Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem, led Knesset member Uri Ariel to express his deep concern for the value of equality in the face of the law: in parallel to the eviction and sealing orders against Beit Yohanatan, Ariel demanded that the city destroy hundreds of Palestinian houses in Silwan that also have had demolition orders served against them.
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