From 1992-2003, the Jerusalem Municipality demolished 240 Palestinian-owned structures. The following chart breaks down the demolition of structures in East Jerusalem by neighborhood. It also indicates the number of buildings demolished in Jewish neighborhoods.
| Neighborhood | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Total
|
|
'Issawiya
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
|
Old City
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
|
Beit Hanina
|
2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 39 |
|
Abu Tor |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
|
Jabel Mukhaber
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
|
Ras al-'Amud
|
2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
|
A-Tur
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
|
Shu'afat
|
3 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 32 |
| Sheikh Jarakh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
|
Silwan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
|
Zur Baher
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
|
Total Palestinian buildings demolished
|
17 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 63 | 157 |
|
Total Jewish buildings demolished
|
4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
The statistics were provided to B'Tselem by the Jerusalem Municipality on 11 March, 2004 following a request based on the Freedom of Information Act.
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