Contested park becomes flashpoint between Israeli Jerusalem city government and Palestinians whose houses face demolition as nationalist Jewish group moves in.
FILE - In this April 17, 2019 file photo, Palestinians watch a family house destroyed by Israeli authorities in east Jerusalem's neighborhood of Silwan. Scores of Palestinian-owned residences in east Jerusalem now face demolition by Israeli authorities after the Supreme Court dismissed residents' appeal on the grounds that the houses were built illegally in a city park.
“God willing, we won’t be next,” said Kashour, who claims she built the neighborhood’s first house, a stone cottage ringed with rose bushes, on land her family has owned for 50 years. Although city regulations forbid construction of any kind in designated parks, the municipality confirmed it was working to alter zoning restrictions and retroactively authorize City of David’s construction and facilitate its expansion.
The Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case brought an end to the residents’ costly decade-long legal battle to get their houses, in many cases built decades ago on inherited family land, authorized by Israel. Israel captured east Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast War and annexed it, a move not internationally recognized. Since then, Israel has boosted the Jewish presence there, building neighborhoods where over 200,000 Jews now live.
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