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Ramat Shlomo

Ramat Shlomo(Hebrew:רמת שלמה,lit. Shlomo's or Solomon's Heights) is anIsraeli settlementinEast Jerusalem.[1][2]The population, mostlyultra-Orthodox,is 21,000.[3]

View of Ramat Shlomo

Ramat Shlomo was built onland occupied by Israelsince its capture fromJordanin the 1967Six-Day Warand is considered by the international community to be anIsraeli settlement.[4][5][6]The international community considers Israeli settlements in East Jerusalemillegal under international law,but the Israeli government disputes this.[7]

History

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Ramat Shlomo

According toARIJ,Israel confiscated land from the nearbyPalestinianvillages in order to construct Ramat Shlomo:

Ramat Shlomo was founded in 1995. It bordersRamotto the west,Har Hotzvimto the south, andShuafatto the east. Initially calledReches Shuafat(Shuafat Ridge), it was later named for RabbiShlomo Zalman Auerbach.[11][12]

Teddy Stadiumwas initially planned for Ramat Shlomo, but in the wake of Haredi protests[12]the stadium and sports complex was moved to Jerusalem'sMalhaneighbourhood.[13]

Less than 200 meters separate the neighborhood's furthermost houses from the first row of homes in Shuafat andBeit Hanina.[11]

In June 2008, Israel's interior ministry approved construction of an additional 1,300 apartments in Ramat Shlomo.[14]Israel says that most of the building is on land annexed by the state and thus does not violate its commitment not to build on disputed land.[15]

In March 2010, theJerusalem municipalityapproved the construction of an additional 1,600 apartments in Ramat Shlomo.[2]The announcement coincided with the visit of U.S. Vice-presidentJoe Biden,angering the U.S. government[16]and prompting thePalestinian Authorityto pull out of US-brokered indirect "proximity talks" intended to revive theIsraeli–Palestinian peace process.[17]TheEuropean Unionwas also critical of the decision.[18]Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahureplied that Israel's policy on building in Jerusalem was the same policy followed by all Israeli governments over the past 42 years, and had not changed.[19]

In October 2014, Netanyahu approved the construction of 660 additional units,[20]followed by an additional 500 in November.[21]In November 2015 Netanyahu gave approval to begin marketing the 1,000 properties.[22]

Political status

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The neighborhood is across theGreen Line[23]on land occupied by Israel since its capture from Jordan in the 1967Six-Day Warand annexed to Israel in a movenot recognizedby the international community.[4][5][6]As such it is considered anIsraeli settlementinEast Jerusalemby the international community.[24][16][25]Israeldisputes this and considers Ramat Shlomo to be a neighborhood within the Israeli designated borders of Jerusalem.[5]TheNew York Timesprinted an article referring to Ramat Shlomo as a settlement in the West Bank and two days later issued a correction, stating that "[i]t is a neighborhood in East Jerusalem, not a settlement in the West Bank".[26]

The international community considers Israeli settlements to be illegal under international law, violating theFourth Geneva Convention's prohibition on transferring civilian population into territory held undermilitary occupation.Israel disputes that East Jerusalem is occupied territory and rejects that settlements are illegal.[27][28]

Archaeology

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Aquarryfrom the period of theSecond Templewas found at Ramat Shlomo. KingHerodis believed to have used stones from this quarry for his massive construction project to expand theTemple Mount.Giant stones extracted from the quarry weighed several tons.[29][30]Jewish tombs have also been discovered in Ramat Shlomo dating to this period.[31]

Landmarks

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Chabad center in Ramat Shlomo

The facade of theChabadSynagogue in Ramat Shlomo is a replica ofLubavitch World Headquarters,known simply as "770" at770 Eastern ParkwayinBrooklyn,New York.[32]

Notable residents

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  • Zvi Kogan(1996-2024), Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates

References

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  1. ^US presses Israel over East Jerusalem settlement rowBBC News. 15 March 2010
  2. ^ab"'We'll prevent future embarrassments'".The Jerusalem Post. 2010-03-14.Retrieved17 March2010.
  3. ^Terror Attack in Jerusalem’s Ramat Shlomo Neighborhood- Retrieved 28 August 2014
  4. ^abButt, Riazat (2010-02-12)."Israeli settlements plan angers archbishop of Canterbury".The Guardian.London.Retrieved17 March2010.
    "Ramat Shlomo, built 15 years ago, is on land captured in the West Bank in 1967 and annexed to Israel in a move not recognised by the international community."
  5. ^abc"U.S.-Israel rift 'historic'".National Post. 2010-02-16.Retrieved17 March2010.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ab"Joe Biden attacks Israeli plan for East Jerusalem homes".BBC. 2010-03-10.Retrieved14 April2010.
    "The international community considers East Jerusalem occupied territory. Building on occupied land is illegal under international law, but Israel regards East Jerusalem – which it annexed in 1967 – as its territory."
  7. ^"The Geneva Convention".BBC News. 10 December 2009.Retrieved27 November2010.
  8. ^Shu’fat Town Profile,ARIJ, 2013, p. 14
  9. ^Beit Hanina Town Profilepp. 13-14
  10. ^Beit Hanina al Balad Village Profile,ARIJ, 2012, pp. 16-17
  11. ^abBad walls make bad neighbors,Daniel Ben Simon,Haaretz,February 3, 2002.
  12. ^abRamat Shlomo on the Jerusalem Municipality site
  13. ^YNet news article
  14. ^Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Outrage over Jerusalem housing plan
  15. ^Teibel, Amy (14 June 2008)."Palestinians balk at Israel's east Jerusalem building plan".The San Francisco Chronicle.
  16. ^abFrenkel, Sheera (2010-03-16)."Anger in Ramat Shlomo as settlement row grows".The Times.London. Archived fromthe originalon August 14, 2011.Retrieved16 March2010.
  17. ^"US 'may not veto UN resolution on Jerusalem'".BBC. 2010-03-28.Retrieved30 March2010.
  18. ^"PA sources: Talks will take place despite housing plan".The Jerusalem Post.2010-03-11.Retrieved7 April2010.
  19. ^"Netanyahu and Obama to meet Tuesday in Washington - Haaretz - Israel News".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-04-13.Retrieved2010-04-11.
  20. ^PA on east Jerusalem building: Such unilateral acts will lead to an explosion,The Jerusalem Post.Retrieved 27 October 2014
  21. ^Israel approves construction of 500 more housing units in east Jerusalem,The Jerusalem Post.Retrieved 4 November 2014
  22. ^Netanyahu approves 454 housing units in controversial east Jerusalem residential complex,The Jerusalem Post.
  23. ^"Estimate: De-facto freeze in J'lem".Ynet. 2010-03-15.Retrieved17 March2010.
  24. ^Hancocks, Paula (2010-03-26)."East Jerusalem: A tale of two neighborhoods".CNN.Retrieved30 March2010.
  25. ^"Brazil President in West Bank: I dream of a free Palestine".Haaretz. 2010-03-17.Retrieved17 March2010.
  26. ^Landler, Mark; Cooper, Helene (14 April 2010)."Obama Speech Signals a U.S. Shift on Middle East".The New York Times.
  27. ^U.S. demands Israel scrap building planAssociated Press. 15 March 2010
  28. ^Obama aide condemns 'destructive' Israeli homes planBBC News. 14 March 2010
  29. ^Haaretz: Quarry used in Second Temple found in central Jerusalem.
  30. ^ROSENFELD, Amnon, et al. "BUILDING STONES FROM A QUARRY IN NORTHERN JERUSALEM PROBABLY USED IN THE TEMPLE MOUNT: 5 YEARS AFTER THE DISCOVERY." 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. 2014.
  31. ^Rachel Hachlili (2005).Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices And Rites In The Second Temple Period.BRILL.ISBN9789004123731.A Second Temple Period Tomb on the Shuafat Ridge, North Jerusalem
  32. ^Ramat Shlomo residents don’t understand what all the fuss is about

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