The Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv released on Sunday a document prepared by the Jerusalem municipality revealing that the municipality will build 60,718 housing units in the next 20 years—of which 52,363, or 85%, would be in Palestinian East Jerusalem.
The Dome of the Rock, part of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem (Brendan Work, PNN).
According to the document, of 23,628 housing units approved by the construction and organization committees, just 3,365 units will be built in West Jerusalem. The remaining 20,263 units will be across the Green Line in settlements like Pisgat Ze’ev, Neve Yaakov and Arab neighborhoods like Beit Hanina and Shu’fat, as well as settlements further outside the city like Gilo.
According to municipality data, the Old City and the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan will receive 10,934 units, half of which have been approved.
Construction across the Green Line is illegal under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Conventions, to which Israel is a signatory, prohibiting the transfer of civilian populations to occupied territories. While Israel claims the right to settle in Jerusalem as its capital, no other state in the world recognizes the legitimacy of the claim.
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