FIVE PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000348

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE. NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/22/2017
TAGS: KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: FIVE PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM ON
FEBRUARY 25

REF: A. 07 JERUSALEM 02542

B. 07 JERUSALEM 02500

C. 07 JERUSALEM 02476

D. 07 JERUSALEM 0717

Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, per reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad
Halevy, the Jerusalem Municipality executed five demolitions
of parts of homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem on February

25. Halevy said that in all five cases the construction was
done without permits. He added that the builders did not
request permits before beginning construction, so the
Municipality did not turn down requests for permits. Of the
five, Halevy said only two were populated at the time of
demolition.


2. (C) According to Municipal reports, the Municipality has
demolished at least 18 structures in East Jerusalem in the
first two months of 2008. Halevy pointed out that one of
those homes was located in the Jewish neighborhood of Neve
Yaacov.
WALLES