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Dangerous Liaison Supplement 1
Policy Papers
The first update in a series of supplements to Ir Amim’s comprehensive report, Dangerous Liaison: The Dynamics of the Rise of the Temple Movements and their Implications. This paper provides detailed information regarding the ongoing erosion of existing arrangements on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif.
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Education Report 2014: Shortage of Classrooms in East Jerusalem
Reports
Ir Amim’s monitoring focuses on the number of East Jerusalem classrooms still to be allocated and analysis of the progress of construction in the last 13 years since the issue was first brought before the Court. Regrettably, despite its recognition of the severe shortage and despite the commitment of professionals in the Jerusalem Municipality, the pace of classroom construction is not keeping up with population growth and, as a result, the number of required classrooms is actually growing each year.
A summary of this year's monitoring data indicates:
- At least 8,100 East Jerusalem children are not presently enrolled in any known educational institution.
- A total of 3,055 classrooms is required to close the gap: 408 school classrooms, 330 kindergarten classrooms, 681 classrooms to replace existing substandard ones and another 1,636 classrooms needed for children attending unofficial schools due to insufficient slots in the public school system.
- In September 2014, 57 new classrooms are expected to open. Another 69 classrooms will be rented.
- From 2001 until the opening of the upcoming school year, the Municipality will have built a total of 438 classrooms, which amounts to a bare 14% of the number required to close the existing gap.
Education Report 2013: The Failing East Jerusalem Education System
Reports
This report focuses on the severe shortage of classrooms in East Jerusalem, putting the number of missing classrooms at 2,200 - double t
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Dangerous Liaison - Dynamics of the Temple Movements
Reports
Recent tensions on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif are not isolated events but part of the growing rise of Temple movements-organizations and groups committed to challenging existing arrangements on this most contested of holy spaces. Despite Israel’s chief rabbis recently reinstating the ban on Jews ascending the Temple Mount, ascents are on the rise, along with a range of activities to realize the Mount as the site of the Third Temple. The steady advance of these movements - and the permeation of their values into the public discourse - represents one of the most volatile issues in the Middle East conflict today. Ir Amim’s comprehensive report analyzes the dynamics of the growth of the Temple movements, their increasing acceptance in the political center in Israel and the nature and depth of ties between Temple groups and the Israeli political establishment.
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The Old City Master Plan: From Professional Planning to Political Execution
Policy Papers
On December 19, a master plan for the Old City came under discussion by the Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee.
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E-1 is not just another settlement. If there is one place that can singlehandedly put an end to the two-state solution, E-1 is it.
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Tearing a Neighborhood in Two – The Begin Highway in Beit Safafa
Policy Papers
Right in the heart of the neighborhood of Beit Safafa, massive construction is currently underway to transform an internal road into a six-lane highway.
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The E1 Report
Reports
Ostensibly, the E1 controversy pertains to the city of Ma’aleh Adumim to the east of Jerusalem. But E1 is, in fact, not part of Ma’aleh Adumim. The proposed construction in E1 differs from Ma’aleh Adumim both topographically and in terms of its political ramifications. It constitutes a new autonomous 4,000 unit-strong (roughly 20,000 people) settlement that will separate East Jerusalem from the West Bank and prevent any future territorial continuity between the two in any meaningful way. Alongside a plan for a large commercial area with hotels, the intent of this construction is to make facts on the ground. Its “successful” implementation has the potential to thwart any just and stable political solution.
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Ostensibly, the E1 controversy pertains to the city of Ma’aleh Adumim to the east of Jerusalem. But E1 is, in fact, not part of Ma’aleh Adumim. The proposed construction in E1 differs from Ma’aleh Adumim both topographically and in terms of its political ramifications. It constitutes a new autonomous 4,000 unit-strong (roughly 20,000 people) settlement that will separate East Jerusalem from the West Bank and prevent any future territorial continuity between the two in any meaningful way. Alongside a plan for a large commercial area with hotels, the intent of this construction is to make facts on the ground. Its “successful” implementation has the potential to thwart any just and stable political solution.
The Giant’s Garden
Reports
In June 2010 the Local Planning and Building Subcommittee recommended the Jerusalem Municipality’s plan for "The King's Garden" in the heart of the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan for deposit to the District Committee. Presently, the Municipality is pressuring the District Planning and Building Committee to expedite discussion of the plan. Meanwhile, the Municipality continues to pursue court proceedings for the demolition of dozens of houses in the neighborhood.
The City of David site in the center of Silwan—managed by the Elad settler organization—and additional settlements located throughout the neighborhood have intensified tension with local residents. This report finds that a much larger number of buildings in the al-Bustan neighborhood are expected to be demolished than the number originally declared by the Municipality. Furthermore, the solution offered by the Municipality—a kind of evacuation-construction plan according to which new houses will be constructed before the old ones are demolished—is not feasible; moreover, the Municipality is simultaneously working to cancel the plan.
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Education Report 2012: Failed Grade – East Jerusalem's Failing Educational System
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Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in East Jerusalem will continue to receive second-rate education, if any, during the 2012 school year despite their basic right to education. Most will find themselves in dysfunctional public schools, lacking adequate resources and personnel, including many operating out of residential apartments. Of those who will have access to education, 40% will drop out by the time they reach 12th grade. Many families will be forced to fund informal education programs, often entailing thousands of NIS per year, in crude violation of their right to free education. Such expenses are especially detrimental to residents of East Jerusalem, in which poverty has reached an all-time high: 78% of the general population and 84% of children in the area are below the national poverty line.
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Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in East Jerusalem will continue to receive second-rate education, if any, during the 2012 school year despite their basic right to education. Most will find themselves in dysfunctional public schools, lacking adequate resources and personnel, including many operating out of residential apartments. Of those who will have access to education, 40% will drop out by the time they reach 12th grade. Many families will be forced to fund informal education programs, often entailing thousands of NIS per year, in crude violation of their right to free education. Such expenses are especially detrimental to residents of East Jerusalem, in which poverty has reached an all-time high: 78% of the general population and 84% of children in the area are below the national poverty line.
Officially Out of Order: The Education System in Silwan
Reports
This report reviews the condition of educational infrastructure in the neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, and demonstrates how statistics indicating the state of the educational system in East Jerusalem as a whole manifest in the lives of children and their parents. This report was written alongside Ir Amim’s and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel’s annual monitoring report, published in August 2012, and it serves as a case study for understanding the stories behind the statistics.
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