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For an Equitable and Stable Jerusalem with an Agreed Political Future

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Ir Amim's new Executive Director: Yudith Oppenheimer

In July 2008 Yudith Oppenheimer became Ir Amim's Executive Director, replacing Amos Gil. From 2000 Yudith served for six years as Executive Director of Kol Ha-Isha - the Jerusalem Feminist Centre - where she advanced women's rights and a just society. Yudith holds a Masters degree in Development Administration from the University of South Africa, and she is a Doctoral candidate at the Department of Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies at Bar Ilan University. Yudith has recently finished a two-year fellowship at the Mandel School for Educational Leadership.
 
For the letter of Ir Amim's new Executive Director, Yudith Oppenheimer


Jerusalem's Planning and Construction Committee accepted Ir Amim's main objections to the Mughrabi Gate plan

In a meeting held two weeks ago, Jerusalem's planning and construction committee accepted our demands that archeological remains from the later periods - including Mughrabi quarter remains - be preserved, and that utilization of the space under the bridge for prayer must be prohibited. The committee also accepted our recommendation that the bridge design follow the original plan.

Panel nixes expansion at Western Wall By Akiva Eldar, August 4, 2008 


2500 new housing units approved for Givat Hamatos

On July 15th Jerusalem's planning and construction sub-committee approved a plan to construct a new section of Givat Hamatos, a neighborhood located west of Derech Hebron Road and Beit Safafa, and south of Talpyiot. The newly approved plan includes an area with 2500 housing units. A total of 4000 housing units are planned for the Givat Hamatos neighborhood. The proposed neighborhood,  drwan up by the Israel Land Administration, has been sub-divided into four different plans, which have been variously suspended in the last 18 years. Ir Amim has submitted objections against two of the four plans. 


 
News
Visits to east Jerusalem sites up dramatically
Shelly Paz, August 20, 2008, Jerusalem Post
What Lies Beneath
Adina Hoffman, August 18, 2008, The Nation
Numbers game
Gail Lichtman, August 16, 2008, Jerusalem Post
Islamic group condemns plan to expand Western Wall prayer site
Etgar Lefkovits, August 13, 2008, Jerusalem Post
Porush blasts gov't on Jerusalem
Etgar Lefkovits, August 13, 2008, Jerusalem Post
Palestinians reject Olmert proposal as 'waste of time'
Avi Issacharoff, August 13, 2008, Haaretz
Judge orders man jailed for not leaving J'lem home
Akiva Eldar, August 11, 2008, Haaretz
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