New plan for Sheikh Jarrah housing
The article concerns a new settlement plan aimed at establishing 122 residential units in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, with the goal of transforming the Palestinian neighborhood into an Israeli settlement as part of efforts to Judaize the city. The project involves constructing residential buildings up to 12 floors tall on the site of the historic Shepherd Hotel, covering approximately 5.8 dunams, following the demolition of existing structures. The project is overseen by the settler movement "Amana," which is government-supported and employs legal tools to transfer Palestinian lands into their ownership, aiming to expand settlements in the area. This comes within a broader policy designed to change the demographic makeup of Jerusalem, confronting Palestinian residents' resistance, as part of a plan by the Israeli government to establish a continuous geographical link between settlements and divide Palestinian areas in the West Bank.
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