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Bookmark or Share- Israel and the Territories - Disappearance - Middle East ForumMeanwhile, the greater Muslim birthrate and expansion of Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries to include the Muslim village of Silwan, further diminished the Christian percentage of the Arab population from 49 percent in 1944 to 18 percent in 1961. (See Table 3.)
- “The Hell of Israel Is Better than the Paradise of Arafat”‘Abd ar-Razzaq ‘Abid of Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood pointed dubiously to “what’s happening in Ramallah, Hebron, and the Gaza Strip” and asked if the residents there were well off. A doctor applying for Israeli papers explained:
- The Battle over Silwan - Middle East ForumThe SCC [Silwan Community Center] will also focus on providing for the children of Silwan with a brand new infant care center … a day care center, and seven classrooms for extracurricular programming. … For the growing senior citizen population, the SCC will have a special wing devoted to senior citizen programming ...
- The New Battle for Jerusalem - Middle East ForumFor example, the Jerusalem Municipality recently decided to develop a tourist plaza near the Gihon Spring in the City of David section of Silwan, a project that eventually will require expropriation of waqf (mortmain) land near the Temple Mount.
- What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your ...After fretting about whether and what to bring the killer’s children—and astoundingly, about what to wear—he travels to their home in the East Jerusalem village of Silwan. Relatives reaffirm the bomber’s regret over the attack (but fail to explain his refusal to meet), and Harris-Gershon drops in some bromides about peace.
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