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Jerusalem municipality said to shelve plan for Palestinian neighborhood after 15 years of planning
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View of caravans in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem, on July 5, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
The Jerusalem municipality has withdrawn its support for a project to build a new neighborhood for Palestinian residents in the northern part of the capital, Haaretz reports.
Tel Adaseh would have been the first Jerusalem neighborhood built for Palestinian residents since 1967, when Israel took over East Jerusalem after the Six Day War. The area for the neighborhood sits on land owned by Palestinian residents of Beit Hanina, Haaretz reports.
Citing a source familiar with the matter, the paper says that Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion ordered his office to shelve the plan amid fears that its advancement would harm him ahead of the municipal election this fall.
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