‘My dream was destroyed’: Home demolitions soar in East Jerusalem

Ir Amim researcher Aviv Tatarsky cited an “astonishing” gap between what the municipality has approved in the Jewish and Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. This year, he said, some 12,000 housing units were approved for Jewish neighborhoods, compared to a mere 1,500 in Palestinian neighborhoods.
“It is chronic discrimination and one of the issues most hurtful for Palestinians,” said Tatarsky. “The problem is we tend to focus too much on the issue of settlements and we forget that Palestinians are marrying and need homes, regardless of the big political issue.”