Executive Summary |
Introduction |
I. Relevant Jerusalem History |
A. | The Israeli Vision: A Reunited City as Israel's Eternal Capital |
B. | The Arab Vision: A Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its Capital |
II. Impediments to Providing Quality Public Services in the Arab Neighborhoods of Jerusalem |
A. | The Palestinian Boycott of the Municipal Political Process |
B. | A Comparison with the Ultra-Orthdoox Impact on the Municipality |
C. | The Impact of the Development Environment |
D. | Differential Funding Patterns |
III. Israel Planning Law and Illegal Building |
A. | Israeli Planning Law |
B. | The Character of Illegal Building in Jerusalem's Jewish Neighborhoods |
C. | Identified Causes of Illegal Building in Jerusalem's Arab Neighborhoods |
| 1. Poverty |
| 2. Cultural Factors |
D. | Discrimination in Enforcement |
E. | Arab Complaints to City Regarding Illegal Arab Building |
IV. Claims that Jerusalem is Being 'Judaized' |
A. | Demographic History and Projections |
B. | The 'Judaizing' Canard |
C. | The Implausibility of the 'Judaization' Claim |
V. Planning and its Discontents |
A. | Justification for Non-compliance with Urban Planning Law |
B. | The City has Authorized Plans to Meet the Housing Needs of the Arab Population Until the Year 2020 that Excede the Demands of Faisal Husseini and Sari Nusseibeh |
C. | Extensive Palestinian Authority Subsidies for Widespread Illegal Building |
D. | Illicit Profit: The Role of Criminal Elements in Illegal Building |
VI. The Controversy over Building Permits |
A. | Allegations that the Municipality does not Issue Building Permits to Arabs |
B. | The Process of Obtaining a Building Permit |
C. | Administrative Demolitions by the Jerusalem Municipality |
| 1. Media Coverage of the Demolitions |
| 2. Palestinian Objections to Demolishing Illegal Structures |
| 3. Analysis of the Criticism of Demolitions by NGOs |
| 4. Additional Objections to Demolitions by Amnesty international |
| 5. The Demolition Process |
| 6. The Role of the Courts |
D. | Palestinian Attitudes Regarding 'Treaties' and the East Ring Road |
E. | The 'Tipping Point' Theory as Applied to the Epidemic of Illegal Building |
VII. The Long Term Consequences of Illegal Building |
A. | The Effects of Illegal Building Upon Brown, Red, and Green Areas |
B. | The Hindrance to Capital development |
C. | Retarded Regional Development |
VII. The Global Epidemic of Illegal Building and Demolitions |
A. | The Global Threat Posed by Illegal Building |
B. | Examples of Demolitions World-wide |
| 1. Examples from Western and Developing Countries |
| 2. U.S. Laws on Demolitions |
| 3. Demolitions by the Palestinian Authority |
Conclusions |
Appendix 1 - Potential for Construction (Inside Front Cover) |
Appendix 2 - List of Approved Plans in the Arab Sector |
Appendix 3 - Examples in East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem |
Appendix 4 - Aerial Photographs of Arab Neighborhoods |
Appendix 5 - Aerial Photograph of Planned Jewish Neighborhoods |
Appendix 6 - Graphs |
Appendix 7 - Tables |
Appendix 8 - Documents |