Building starts in Jerusalem 2000-2008
| Year | Entire City (East & West) | Jewish Neighborhoods | Palestinian Neighborhoods |
| 2008 | 1,599 (100%) |
1,094 (68.4%) |
505 (31.6%) |
| 2007 | 2,169 (100%) |
1,794 (82.7%) |
375 (17.3%) |
| 2006 | 1,977 (100%) |
1,342 (67.8%) |
635 (32.2%) |
| 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 | 18,135 (100%) |
13,978 (77.1%) |
4,157 (22.9%) |
Building starts in settlements in East Jerusalem
2004-2008
| Neighborhood | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|
Givat Hamivtar & Ramot Eshkol (including west), Ma'alot Dafna & Kiryat Ariyeh, Ramat Shlomo |
16 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 7 |
|
Jewish
quarter |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Ramot Alon
|
39 | 60 | 64 | 1 | 15 |
|
Pisgat Ze'ev
|
3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
|
Har Homa & Givat Hamatos
|
108 | 795 | 429 | 463 | 511 |
|
Neve Ya'akov
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
|
French Hill & Student dormitories
|
72 | 460 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
|
East Talpiot
|
159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Gilo
|
2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Total
|
400 | 1,367 | 524 | 485 | 551 |
2000-2003
| Neighborhood |
2000
|
2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|
Givat Hamivtar & Ramot Eshkol (including west), Ma'alot Dafna & Kiryat Ariyeh, Ramat Shlomo |
1,766 | 53.5 | 90 | 4 |
|
Jewish
quarter |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Ramot Alon
|
0 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 0 |
|
Pisgat Ze'ev
|
233 | 88 | 85.5 | 47 |
|
Har Homa & Givat Hamatos
|
100 | 0 | 0 | 417 |
|
Neve Ya'akov
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
French Hill & Student dormitories
|
0 | 19 | 0 | 59 |
|
East Talpiot
|
13 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
|
Gilo
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Total
|
2,112 | 184 | 187 | 527 |
Building starts in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
2004-2008
| Neighborhood | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|
Christian quarter
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
|
Armenian quarter
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Muslim quarter
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Kafr 'Aqeb, 'Atarot, Beit Hanina, Nusseibeh, Shu'afat, Ras Hamis |
210 | 197 | 321 | 162 | 81 |
|
'Issawiya, a-Tur, Wadi Joz, a-Sawaneh
|
108 | 114 | 26 | 16 | 48 |
|
Sheikh Jarrah, Nablus Road, Central Command Street, Bab-a-Zahareh, American Colony |
24 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 11 |
|
City of David, Silwan, Har Hamashhit, Ras al-'Amud, Wadi Qadum (Including the Jewish neighborhood of Armon HaNaziv), Abu Tor, Khirbet Beit Sahur |
41 | 31 | 55 | 11 | 60 |
|
'Arab a-Sawahreh, Umm Lison, Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, Beit Safafa, Sharfat, A-Zohur, Karmizan, Jabel Mukhaber
|
106 | 67 | 215 | 182 | 179 |
|
Total
|
489 | 435 | 635 | 375 | 414 |
2000-2003
| Neighborhood |
2000
|
2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|
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 |
52 | 27 | 44 | 96 |
|
'Issawiya, a-Tur, Wadi Joz, a-Sawaneh
|
87 | 219 | 0 | 103 |
|
Sheikh Jarrah, Nablus Road, Central Command Street, Bab-a-Zahareh, American Colony |
23 | 43 | 29 | 30 |
|
City of David, Silwan, Har Hamashhit, Ras al-'Amud, Wadi Qadum, Abu Tor, Khirbet Beit Sahur, Jabel Mukhaber |
58 | 61 | 67 | 38 |
|
'Arab a-Sawahreh, Umm Lison, Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, Beit Safafa, Sharfat, A-Zohur, Karmizan, Jabel Mukhaber
|
110 | 255 | 173 | 203 |
|
Total
|
330 | 605 | 313 | 470 |
* Source: The Jerusalem Statistical Yearbooks, published jointly by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and the Jerusalem Municipality.
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