Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07JERUSALEM449
2007-03-06 13:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:  

PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM

Tags:  PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS 
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DE RUEHJMA #0449 0651351
ZNY CCCCC ZZH ZUI RUEWMCE0576 0651340
P 061351Z MAR 07
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0000
INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC
C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000449 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/IPA FOR
WILLIAMS/SHAMPAINE/BELGRADE; NSC FOR ABRAMS/DORAN/WATERS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2017
TAGS: PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM
TARGETED FOR DEMOLITION

CLASSIFIED BY: CONSUL GENERAL JAKE WALLES, PER REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000449

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/IPA FOR
WILLIAMS/SHAMPAINE/BELGRADE; NSC FOR ABRAMS/DORAN/WATERS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2017
TAGS: PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM
TARGETED FOR DEMOLITION

CLASSIFIED BY: CONSUL GENERAL JAKE WALLES, PER REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)


1. (C) SUMMARY: TWO PALESTINIAN HOMES IN A-TUR SCHEDULED FOR
DEMOLITION MARCH 6 RECEIVED A ONE-WEEK STAY ORDER. FOUR HOMES
IN THE SAME AREA WERE DEMOLISHED IN FEBRUARY, AND ACTIVISTS
WITH THE ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOME DEMOLITIONS (ICAHD)
SAID THAT THE HOMES ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR
PROXIMITY TO THE ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM. END SUMMARY.


2. (C) TWO PALESTINIAN HOMEOWNERS PAID A NON-REFUNDABLE
70,000 NIS FEE (ABOUT 16,627 USD) TO THE JERUSALEM
MUNICIPALITY FOR A ONE-WEEK STAY OF DEMOLITION WHILE THEY
FILE AN APPEAL. ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, A TWO-STORY STRUCTURE
HOUSING 12 PEOPLE BELONGING TO MUHAMMAD ZAHTARI, WAS THE
SECOND HOME OF ZAHTARI'S TO BE DESTROYED IN THE PAST YEAR.
BOTH HOMES LACKED LEGAL BUILDING PERMITS.


3. (C) ICAHD COORDINATOR AND FORMER JERUSALEM CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER MEIR MARGOLIT TOLD POLOFF MARCH 6 HE DOES NOT KNOW
WHETHER THE APPEAL WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. HE SAID THAT THE
HOMES, BUILT WITHOUT PERMITS, ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF
THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM. MARGOLIT SAID
BECAUSE THE MUNICIPALITY WANTS TO KEEP THE AREA BETWEEN
NEARBY PALESTINIAN VILLAGES AND THE ROAD CLEAR, HE EXPECTS
THAT THESE HOMES AND OTHERS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY
EVENTUALLY BE DEMOLISHED, ADDING THAT 20 PERCENT OF THE 20
HOMES DEMOLISHED SINCE JANUARY 1 HAVE BEEN IN THE A-TUR AREA.

WALLES