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Statistics on building starts in East Jerusalem

Building starts in Jerusalem

Area Entire City (East & West) Jewish Neighborhoods Palestinian Neighborhoods
2006 2,082
(100%)
1,366
(65.6%)
716
(34.4%)
2005 2,830
(100%)
2,395
(84.6%)
435
(15.4%)
2004 1,519
(100%)
1,030
(67.8%)
489
(32.2%)
2003 1,749
(100%)
1,279
(73.1%)
470
(26.9%)
2002 1,686
(100%)
1,373
(81.4%)
313
(18.6%)
2001 1,444
(100%)
839
(58.1%)
605
(41.9%)
2000 3,162
(100%)
2,832
(89.6%)
330
(10.4%)
Total 14,472 11,114 3,358

 

Building starts in East Jerusalem

2004-2006

Neighborhood 2004 2005 2006

Givat Hamivtar & Ramot Eshkol (including west), Ma'alot Dafna & Kiryat Ariyeh, Ramat Shlomo

16 13 23
Jewish quarter
0 0 0
Ramot Alon
39 60 24
Pisgat Ze'ev
3 1 3
Har Homa & Givat Hamatos
108 795 429
Neve Ya'akov
1 2 0
French Hill & Student dormitories
72 460 4
East Talpiot
159 0 0
Gilo
2 36 1
Total
400 1,367 484

2001-2003

Neighborhood 2003 2002 2001
2000

Givat Hamivtar & Ramot Eshkol (including west), Ma'alot Dafna & Kiryat Ariyeh, Ramat Shlomo

4 90 53.5 1,766
Jewish quarter
0 0 0 0
Ramot Alon
0 11.5 1.5 0
Pisgat Ze'ev
47 85.5 88 233
Har Homa & Givat Hamatos
417 0 0 100
Neve Ya'akov
0 0 0 0
French Hill & Student dormitories
59 0 19 0
East Talpiot
0 0 22 13
Gilo
0 0 0 0
Total
527 187 184 2,112

Building starts in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem

2004-2006

Neighborhood 2004 2005 2006
Christian quarter
0 0 0
Armenian quarter
0 0 0
Muslim quarter
0 0 0

Kafr 'Aqeb, 'Atarot, Beit Hanina, Nusseibeh, Shu'afat, Ras Hamis

210 197 291
'Issawiya, a-Tur, Wadi Joz, a-Sawaneh
108 114 89

Sheikh Jarrah, Nablus Road, Central Command Street, Bab-a-Zahareh, American Colony

24 26 39

City of David, Silwan, Har Hamashhit, Ras al-'Amud, Wadi Qadum, Abu Tor, Khirbet Beit Sahur

41 31 73
'Arab a-Sawahreh, Umm Lison, Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, Beit Safafa (South), Sharfat, A-Zohur, Karmizan, Jabel Mukhaber
106 67 224
Total
489 435 716

2000-2003

Neighborhood 2003 2002 2001
2000
Christian quarter
0 0 0 0
Armenian quarter
0 0 0 0
Muslim quarter
0 0 0 0

Kafr 'Aqeb, 'Atarot, Beit Hanina, Nusseibeh, Shu'afat, Ras Hamis

96 44 27 52
'Issawiya, a-Tur, Wadi Joz, a-Sawaneh
103 0 219 87

Sheikh Jarrah, Nablus Road, Central Command Street, Bab-a-Zahareh, American Colony

30 29 43 23

City of David, Silwan, Har Hamashhit, Ras al-'Amud, Wadi Qadum, Abu Tor, Khirbet Beit Sahur, Jabel Mukhaber (Jabel Mukhaber until 1997)

38 67 61 58
'Arab a-Sawahreh, Umm Lison, Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, Beit Safafa (South), Sharfat, A-Zohur, Karmizan, Jabel Mukhaber (Jabel Mukhaber since 1997)
203 173 255 110
Total
470 313 605 330
 
Background
Legal status
Separation Barrier in Jerusalem
Family unification and child registration
Revocation of residency
Revocation of social rights
Planning, building and expropriation of land
Neglect of infrastructure and services
Data on revocation of residency
Data on demolition of houses built without permits
Data on land expropriation
Data on building starts
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