Har Choma

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Har Choma

Har Choma ( Hebrew הר חומהwhich means "wall-mountain") is an Israeli settlement on the Jabal Abū Ghnaim (جبل أبو غنيم) in part of the West Bank that Israel occupied in 1967, later annexed, and is now considered part of the parish of Jerusalem (in south- east Jerusalem ). The area previously belonged to the Palestinian town of Bait Sahur .

In 2010, Har Choma had a population of 20,000.

history

In 1991, Israeli Cabinet Minister Yitzchak Moda'i approved the expropriation of the land on a forested hill in southeast Jerusalem. The land belonged to Jewish and Arab owners and was formerly part of the Palestinian village of Bait Sahur and other nearby villages. However, the laying of the foundation stone under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government did not begin until 1997. Har Choma is outside the 1949 armistice line in East Jerusalem, within the urban limits of Jerusalem. This Jerusalem city boundary was drawn unilaterally by Israel after 1967 and is not internationally recognized.

Dispute over legitimacy

The establishment of the settlement led to considerable controversy between Israel and the Palestinians . The US government vetoed two different UN Security Council resolutions calling on Israel to stop construction work. The US government was the only member of 15 UN Security Council members to vote against the resolutions. The UN General Assembly asked Israel in April 1997 by 134 votes to 3 to stop construction. Only the US, Israel and Micronesia voted against. Some Arab states that had established economic ties with Israel, Tunisia , Morocco , Qatar and Oman broke them off in protest.

In November 2010, the US criticized Israeli plans to build 1,300 new housing units in Har Choma and Ramot.

Web links

Commons : Har Choma  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joel Greenberg: Neighborhood seen as an obstacle to Mideast peace . Chicago Tribune , Jan. 13, 2012;
    From Annapolis to Har Homa . Haaretz , December 12, 2007;
    Serge Schmemann: Netanyahu Angrily Cancels Dinner With Visiting Briton . New York Times , March 18, 1998;
    Daniel Ben Simon: Wall-eyed at Har Homa . Haaretz , February 15, 2002.
  2. ↑ Interview with Herzl Yechezkel, head of the Har Homa residents committee . Haaretz , November 10, 2010
  3. ^ Jerusalem Post , March 9, 1997
  4. ^ The Times , April 26, 1997
  5. ↑ Article. In: The world
  6. ↑ Israel. 1300 new apartments planned in East Jerusalem . Focus . November 8, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2011.

Coordinates: 31 ° 43 '  N , 35 ° 13'  E