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Jerusalem court halts Silwan settler funds
The government funding allocated for the establishment of a Jewish settlement center in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, Jerusalem, has been canceled based on a ruling by the Jerusalem Central Court. The court decided that the agreement between the Benvensi Endowment and the Yeshivat Kdavat organization could not proceed due to a conflict of interest between the endowment's trustees and the settler organization. The Israeli Ministry of Heritage had allocated approximately three million shekels for the project. It is worth noting that this project aimed to transform a property, from which five Palestinian families had been displaced, into a tourist center serving settlement ambitions. Meanwhile, the trustees continue procedures to evict hundreds of Palestinian families from the neighborhood as part of efforts to strengthen settlement presence. The rulings, which came after years of legal struggle by the "Ir Amim" organization and local residents, were influenced by the trustees' connections with the "Ateret Cohanim" organization. The court indicated that such relationships could be used to exploit the property for settlement purposes, emphasizing the need to address conflicts of interest in any future procedures. Additionally, there are still other legal cases against Ateret Cohanim's control of the endowment, considering the ruling an important step in countering plans to displace residents and strengthen settlement activity in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood.
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