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Statistics on building starts in East Jerusalem

Building starts in Jerusalem

Area 2003 2002 2001
2000
Entire City (East & West) 1,749
(100%)
1,644
(100%)
1,444
(100%)
3,234
(100%)
Jewish Neighborhoods 1,279
(73%)
1,331
(80%)
839
(58.1%)
2,904
(89.8%)
Palestinian Neighborhoods 470
(27%)
313
(19%)
605
(41.9%)
330
(10.2%)

Building starts in East Jerusalem

Neighborhood 2003 2002 2001
2000

Givat Hamivtar, Ramot Eshkol, Ma'alot Dafna, Kiryat Ariyeh, Sanhedria Murchevet, Ramat Shlomo

4 90 53.5 1,766
Jewish quarter
- - - -
Ramot Alon (North)
- - 1.5 -
Ramot Alon (South)
- 11.5 - -
Pisgat Ze'ev
47 85.5 88 233
Ne've Ya'akov
417 - - -
French Hill
- - 19 -
East Talpiot
59 - 22 13
Gilo
- - - -
Total
527 187 184 2,112

Building starts in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem

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

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

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

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

30 29 43 23

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

38 67 61 58
'Arab a-Sawahreh, Umm Lison, Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, Beit Safafa (South), Sharfat, A-Zohur, Karmizan, Jabel Mukhaber
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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