EU HOMS Jerusalem 2012

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EU H!ads of Mission Jerusa!tm Btport2012El(ecutive Summaryl Jerusalam Is amongst the most complex fil'\11 sunus ltsues to resolve In the peaceOlocess Whilst the City's tlalus lemains unre$01ved and wtlh the Eastern part of the otyunder occ:upat.on. tu1ta11'\1b'& and COf'YIC)reMI'\sflle p u ~ between !smellSPales:iruatls w nol be posslb'e For the two-state toiUtlOn to be nt:aliec:S. Jervs.a em -.,nneed io become h.ture C.!)'tal of two sta!es. m a e . ~ and Patestne If the m p \ e m e n l ! ~ offi e " ' " " " ' r.,..t, oo"


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become lhe Ciplt.tl of rwo &tates. k wHI be Cl1fftcull If not imposstble 10 ensure tetniOMIcon!'SIJtly betwoen Eol l Jrvst'S.m and the soultlornWet! Benk As tl'\ese settltments, growi1 will requ1re ever more poMicel will end c a p ~ t a i i O either evacuate them or find a . . 1 e m a ! i V 6 ~

SEITLEMENTSn Suc:ceSSNe l l tHl go._..mmtnls have pursued I poky of transfernng Je.v&hpopulaucw'l 1nto lhl oPt tndud.ng EaSI.Jetusallm n vdat.on ol 1'\lltna:.ooal h u l ' n & r w ~ n law SI)Odocaly 11>e Fou,., c;.,.,.Cc n - Toclly ..... 800.000 . , . ,....., ,.,.Jerusalem munoapa bou'ldonos as un.lar.oraly -Mel by lsnlel aile< 1967 Alouttd 37oen;:ent of tle lnhlbOnrt are Paantnan Ouc of a total ol tnON '*" 500.000 fstMi aelt..,_lvlng .n th6 oPt. 200.000 now rrve'" setaements nlolde Ee1t Jerusalem.7 Following th l aurge In 201 1 settlement acwtty thre was a remponll'y diP 11 L"'llbegirvung of 2012 durtng political talks talong place.., ArYWnln bet'Nten the Pa)estin.an endtsraeti negotiators. tn Apnl 2012, h c Y N e v e ~ selttement IC11V1ty resumed and oonllnued on ohigh Jevel 1n partlculr 91 the cnucal southem flenk of Ent.Jtrusatem. Any settlement acti!Jirytakes place alMOst 1nvari.abty Wtth the support of the govom menl of Israel ano meMunicipality of Jeruulem The shon suspensQn of setUement actiVity from January untlMarch 2012 shows thel the brae state dOes nave lM bil.tty to s.top any serJemen1expanson. S1m1tar1y. the suroe .n 5e-tlerl'lel,t acivity . , ate 20 2 alsowa$ a matterot politiCalc:t101ee as ege.n dtrnonsuailtd r60ef'llly by me O"f!CaaiJnnololfle6f'MIU ot3000 se:uemen1 u r t ~ t t and che . s u b M Q ~ . J t ~ M ~ " ' ' of an unprec:eden.&ed f"'Umblt of plans_ mos.:Jy . , and ilrOII'dEast Jerusaaetn.. tollow1ngh t Peilesb:'Uan upgrade tn ne UN

Ne.t 10 WCUimtnl lfldaves 'A,thn the Ok2 Ccy 1 nc1 111 surrouncMg Pale-st.-..nnetghbeomooos ~ . , , . t w o fT19S of seruemenrs - INAde end outside th e lstaehodefmeamutw:lr'll'll hnundJin. t t - l t l ( f w a ~ J y ISOtati"'I Ea-stJ.,\I&altm frotn lhe rest of the West Batikand !hereby erodtnQ the l)t'O$pect of a viablE! IWI>State solutiOnSetflomcnt$/n the OldCity- His toric Buln9. The Old C1ty end " ' l m r M d l . 3 ~ environs are commonly rertmed tocollect1vety es theHls1onc s.a,., Set11ement end8voa ' " the His1ono Battn, which n c ~ Y d o - s the maJOn1y ot thehisloocal and ho l y ' " " of Jerus.alem. ar e predom.n.anlly lnhebded by ldeoiOgicalty motivatedaettlcrs 9y e s t a b ~ l \ g V'MtM aensemenw 1n N m.dst of PMKtnan n e ~ g l ' l b o u r t . o o d s tn t.eUler$ "" ' auetnpU>g 10 . ,-


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erc:haeologteal sites and IOurist comptexes. These settlet'nent aellvMS effecl!vely eneii"CWIand contM'l lh t Hlttorie Besn. cut of f che tenitorial conhgutY betw&en the Palestn1anneighbourhoods of East Jerusalem and the Old C11y and separate the Muslim and Chr15tiat1holy plaoes from tho rest of Ea.st Jervsafem. Part of th1s It the ~ C i t y o1 Dewier complex InSlwan whiCh Is adjac:en t to the Temple Mount / Hamm al Sl\lnf Plans to add a new vlsnorcenlet were epproWMI by the Dstriet Planrw.g Cotnmmee In February2'012 At tM same t1methe MuniOIP81tty cont.hues 10 pursue Its t


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lq TM ovtor nng oonslcta of u n lements outside JetVtaltm' m Y n ~ ~ ~ boundary bYttargety on the w.,.t lido of tho barrier. which OJts deep mto d'le West Bank 1n U'lese areasThese ~ e t t l e m e n t s futther itolate East JeNs.alem from the rost ot the Wost Son.c. The)'nclude the three ma.n "Ht1 .ment btocks in the Jerusalem periphery GN'at Ze'ev, a r e AAumm ancllht Gush Etl.IOn block. home toapptQXI""Ity 100000 HUIOi'$

In 2012 wtUemenlaCtiVlty h u continued In NM arots 10 Beitar llht (Gush EtzJOn}tender$ for 379 h o ~ un.ts and tn G1va1 Ze'ev tendel"l tor 1aD ~ I ' ) Q \.lnits v.oete 1ssuedOl.nlg a . , . . 10 lhO ....- o1 Elnol (Gush Etz.oonl on August 2012 I'Mlo """ ' '" 'N e ~ - lhos polocy by IM>dorlonong " " noloOn d o lo'ljer metn:lpl.lan . , . . .ai'OU'ld Jerusa1tm "'._._he Ntd -efral and GJsh Ewon are an \n-.gntl. l\l'lda.ment:al and.-- olGru10r--.21 CotK:ems remain lbOIA areas that have bMn dtS9'1Gted for furtnet senlementexpai"$JOn. suc::n as the E1 erea SJtuatecl between Jtruulem and the Ma ale Adum.msens.emen t In 1n1s e r e . ~ . tnere is a klngstandl9 ~ ~ n ICJ buU\J ""w :.cwcmcnt w o ~ n 3.500t . . ~ br around 14 .500 seniors Thew concems have been aubslanhated by lhe most reotnloffiaa announcementlo advance the E1 planning !)


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hlston:-atehaeotogeef h l l to ltlc same place The ovttBrd11ng putpose of s:uc:h a pre .p r o g r o ~ n u , , . d pproech to the presentatiOn of a r c h ~ l o g a l .wlldence in U'\e a1ea seems 10be a concerted effort by the pro-se ller groups to use archaeok>gy to enhance an exckistvelyJewish nantiw on JeruaolemPLANNING. DEMOUTIOHS. EVICTIONS and DISPI.ACEMEHTl i . The plamtng regjme ~ ! h e Jl.tvsalem L1unictl,paitry rtiTWinl asouftl l of conoern as 11places 5e\ '$te restnc:IO'IS on P a 1 e . s ; ~ o n . a n buildng acw.t.es. thtA cnt*"Q a hoos,ng 5honagelor h Paluunen . . . .-u as- as dOYOiopmont con.,..,,. M>und 57% olP-areas in Ent Jttuta'em rema,n l.q)lalnned and &.nu'ld 35% are defned 8$ open s.pece_.1 -..' 'Midi ,..trlcls lho possb"ty ol builo.-,g As a , . . . , lou lhan 9lo. can 1>0used forcons-Moved befott bng.l9 In 2012 there w11 .n .rw:ftas6 (52%) 111'1 dtwnobhO'\S (&C). but m.a.Jnty of nonresiiEnlial Slruc:U'el (.00). &O less . . . . . , . . . . , SIIUCIIJM _,. - daM> (oul ol 24r e s d e t ' l b i i ~ U U C * . ! r e a . oNy S Wife . v . ~ ) . 1$ of N l tNdl f t l were demOt'Shed oy u.w.,..,. lo ly . lhe s


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ACCESS AND MOVEMENT34. The route of lhe &eparatlon barrier and tts a s s o ~ t e d pttmlt regime continue to havea sewus neg1111wo .oc:.111. n ~ n l t o n : a n ond ooonomlc l m p ~ C l Of! E J o r u s ; ~ The b.amerdisootmects Ent Jerusalem from the res1 of the West Bini( and physically sepatatJtsPale:Sltuan commvn 101 within E:H>I Jerusalem'5 The cortruCIIOn of th e separatiOn bamer 1n E.nt ;.ruutem_ whttch started If'! 2002contruod mroughoul 2012 In 1he JenJsalem area. lhe t>omoIJc:al 01-.y 33 newdo_. . - buil be ,_ . . ,

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201 1 end August2012, while 1.100 d8S$100ms are ttOW requirtd In &ddltiOI't many childrtt 'ls.bll 11ttend schoot 1n cwererowded butlchngs many of wt'lteh are aub--ttandard-12. Th$S& ~ ) ' & l e a l condltlons t ~ t h e r with shonage of trahed toachers are seen as theman reason foe tho high end .,crea sing dropout rete of students In East Jerusalem. Thedropout rateln East Jtrvwlom resched about 30% In 2011, W'tlh similar forecasts tt'lis yur,and tml dropout OCQ.Irl mo$lly at tenth, e ~ v e n t h and twelfth gredes. Art e$tunated S.OOOchildren in Eas.1 ..letuNiem,,. not in $Chool a1 a l'- ' Meuly students end ~ r s eross atlieis;t o n e ~ every day or. ther way toand from SChOOl The '*"'1 poky tOf' teacnera to e n ~ & r East Je1uSIIetn remeNloomed. witl mony ntponed caMs of OOfl1lomlbe 11 certan 5etondary ndterliart care is not available in lh& West Sank end Gaza Pabenlt hold1ng West Batik 10-~ r d s , whO make up abOY I half ot all adm is,ions to the Eal' Jerusalem hospitals. r e q u ~ r e permits from S i a ~ l l a u t l ' o n t i .o access health cere In East Jerusalem They are 16qulred tocros.s p r e ~ o f l n e d berrler check.POint l ether on too1or n special hosp.tal.provicJed shutt'n In2012 almost 20% of petmtt requests were either dented on 9foundS ot sec;un'!y or permitswere obtained " ' Ume to receive sc:hechJled tre1tment FOI' certut caegone$ of c:hron.cpatierts tsrae.l h ll &11111ed to tswe longer'!.erm peiTnlts.&8. PaMnrs need.ng etnetgefiC)' treatmet'A ava.lltble onty 1n JwusaJem are MCliOII'tyHedsd by the 1s111....... tMV>Cioons Enlly ol PIM.......,,._,.IOd a ~ l a n c e s from N

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West Sank co East Jervutem contAJes oo be very limllt! 8o ~ e y - . perrnls lo t ""'"'V o t ~ H conbe r a ~ p&tmJ'IS fof new atafl can only be obcalf'led f they rep:ace exl5tl"'g J ~ f f memter$ Permtholdng mechcal p e ~ W R ' i e l wt10 IIY I in me West Sank are onty allowed toaoss on foot thteugh thrM very c o ~ e s t e d cheO:I)Ointl {Oa'-NI')'a. Gllo end Zaytoun)50. AI SIX test JeruSIItem nospitals ano tn41 Four Honn of M ~ t : n ~ y continuo to bo~ v a t t l y a f f e c u ~ d by the rinGn.caal loabllty or ltw: PA to pey ltlt costs of treatment of t r ~ e pabents whk:h are reto"ed from the West Bank and G a ~ PA debts towards EntJerusalem hospllalt arct around 10 million EUR Thete . . growing concem that serviOitSproVJOed by tM hoap1t&ls could soon be jeopard.sed I debts CO"'Unue to inerene.ECONOMY, TRANSPORT ood INFRASTRUCTURESl The barntf has" ' etfec:t 4SOII1e:d East Jenn;alem botn nt tell of the We-sl Ban,;. DJitto 1t e e.xt'1M'IIelry i rMid acceu the ccy ceased to be tM n ; s . o n e ~ Pelestinsn ecoc11Df1'*:.urban and conmercer C'letltfe The c u r r e n ~ tstae1t trace teguiii iOnt MYerefy hilnder .npon olgood.! en d ser.ces ~ n u t a d u r e d r the rest of the Pale'lr.niln terrtUit)'. paruculart> for Nagr'nftural ptoduc:tl Owt'IQ to me eomDtned effKI. of 1M Q)Wng edtranistrabve bt.ln:lon$and the gbbal flt"'anttal cns11. n&ing food and commoch'Y pnc:es harm lhe competd.JYeness ofthe Pa1es11nian buSif'IOIMI In East Jerusalem As a result Patlnlln busincS$mon movetheir i w e ~ m e n l to olher W e ~ t Ba.nk urban centres. The YJDbilrly of the ol\fy indu.stnalarea ofEast Jerusalem if'1Wad1 Jo l in danger due to the W'IC:r.. od fitlet t ~ t ~ d OYtetion ordets afterbeing categorized as rasldenbal area by the lsraeh Municipally ol Jerusalem.52 The lo$$ of b u ~ ~ A e s s e s resu'ts . , lessen-ed employ!'l"et\t opponunities. leaving tl ec:no.ct 101 th e P a t o l l . n ~ o ~ ~ n s from EaR Jerusalem to fnd Mewnere .n 'lt'le West Sal\11. lorlower .saloines cw taoe dlffiCUitie$ on lh e lstaeM fOb Nr1\et U r : 1 t o 7 n ~ . a IS IYghest Within1he you l g poptA;ItJOn, IN odUcawsd . . . .0 AIUW14 GOP l f ' l U5 t JeNN'om . .tugte tnan " ' 1M IH! of ,.,. WeS! Bank. East Je. . . . -m Palotlon..,. muo1 01J11S " " " hq le tpooet 8tld hiQNr taXOI 'The nuff'ber ol Paleal.-...na in E.U J e ! ' \ I U ~ frvng under "'*lsr.aei-defned I>O'M"Y lono conslal\lly (from 64'lf. in 2006 0> 78'!1."' 2012)53 Afh>UOh Paltsllnan.s constitute a p p r o X t m e ~ t e t y 37% C'l Che populaton"' Jerusatem,the MuniCipality do . . no t more than 10% of ita toel budget in PaJesltnian eteasPalestinian are:as are cherectensed by poo.r roads, llltle Of 110 ttteet cleanng, limited sewageSYitems and an abHnoe ot wellnlaintained pubtlcspaces In sharp conllast to areN W'hertlsraels live (tn both Weal .lei'Usaklm and Ea$t J e n . ~ s a ' e m M ttlement1).S-1. A number of . n f ~ s t r v c h . r r e l l r a n s p o n . ~ c t s strengthen the Israeli control over E&11Jerusalem TN llghl ,.. which conl"ttQs lstaei $ettlemenla In Ea11 Jeru$81em wrth th l contre1t1 West .Jen.1$11Mm ndud""Q rew slops n the Patesuuan nlllghbOur'hOOdsot Shu"afa1 and8e c Jia,n.na began Pt-lllnoet' Mf'olOO dunng summer 2011 A year end h.aff afler fl:openng,hl sensdNe Jnl,.lttudWI&ctaaos a source oltltt\Mnl On July 4. 2012. Nloc:al1'11"""'9 eonm.... - plan oJCIOndng i l l n:l< " ' Jenlsalem s SOUihotn

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neighboumoods (E1n Ke,..m). a lthrd sediOn befWMin the n o r t t ~ m sen..ement5 of P1sg1tZeev and Newh Ve .cov being lso contemplated If II WI$ ,mplem&f'llad. lh1S ltl!rd secuonNOukl s g n f ~ C a n t l y ncreaso thlsltg.ht ra11'$ contnbt.lt1on to the unlflcabOn" of Jeru.selemn. In Februa!'y. 2012. the ls.rael MuniCipality of Jerusalem end the lsraeb GovernmMtannounoed a 500 m1lllon ILS plan aming at m o c t e m ~ n g Within five years the transportation.,fra$ttvctute '" ' E111 Jerusalem and ctosng "d6Cad&l ot gep" (Mayor Bart.at) between ElstJerusa1em and ti e rn t of the Oily O....nng reQef\1 ~ a r s , 1 M1>8,.,. attd lt'lfti'IOfset of bypassroaes for Pale'*"lant t\lt been se t up ar'OI..nd JetusaM. In order to connect Pe\estn.nneoghboullloods OYIOm Ramaloh to Beu--.n through East Jerusalem ""lnout potmol50. At least lhroe C)t()jee:tl e.xempllfy 1M Me l l IUChorlbe.s' i ' l l e t ~ t i O n to consolidate theconneeuon bel'o\'Hn mojor settlements and Jerusalem. 1'hl f1rtl one neanng completiOn . r tRoote 20. a lateral bypeas roed Cfeatlng a drect link between 6&glt1 Highway (Jerusalemmain traffic rtery) and Pisgat Zeev sotuement. Tile MCOnd It Route 21. a North-Soultl roaddes.gned K> connect R . o n U ~ t Shklmo to the centre of Jerusalem ' " th& framework of newhous1119 plans f' l the notthem sattlotnellts. The tturd one It an eeklrtional access road south ofMa'ate Adurnlfn. fenrvd for I S ~ ~ J e t i use. taC-itltatJng traffic and ac:ces$ to Ma"ale AdumimPALESTINIAN INSTITUTIONSs- Th6 muuc;or.el .no INCiel'lhP vaCII..U'n ll"' E.HI Jerusalem an t e d by lhe prob.gectotosu


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1,000 to 3,000 n Gaza Pakl.stH'IIatl Ouis1ien emlgt'llll has been contwlucus buteeeelereted 2001, rodve.-ng tl\o numberof Chnat t ~ n l ' " JtrutaMm and in lhe rest of ttt.oPt resuttng In the progressive ero5ion of the Chtls11an presence aM of the Chrlsh&ncharacter of the Holy City Church leaders cde I I i tOA.ctnl lor lncteasod orr;grat10n Golimposed famllyreunltloaHon resttlcuons. t ie lfnlted ability of ChrlstJ.an c:omm xuties 1n theJeruulem ,,., o Olq)lnd due to oonfiseat10n of church properties lt'ld building restnct10n1,ta.Xal)Ofl pt'Oblems and dlffic:utbe.5 1n obtaining residency permrl.$ for Chr4tran ClergyMor.cve'_ l o ~ ' O I ' bd'l ra11 among Palesbnian Chn,tlana OOI'l1nbute to 1he decline n lht1tnumbers. The Chnsz.an PaleStruan population IS ttew eme!ed 11 ._ss 1han 9 000. doM'If r o m ~ OOOn 1948b l . The Gol t t t 101M acx:oc.,M)da:Jons for P . t n t t ~ e ~ n C h ~ ... 1\t West aa. .-.espeoalty from tM B e ~ a r e a ao access J&!'usa .m on th e occasion of ft l'nCIIPvnporlant Omlbln ,.IIO.OUS festiViMs (Christmas and EIIW) The:H .ooommodatiCW'sbased on perm1ts , , . lin'lte numbelof 1amoly pormol$. olcMing W e" Ban.10 td:fe" to enter J t t u ~ m 0\l'etal, dunng Ramadan. lOme &20.000 P'ales:.niiOS efOIMCIEast ~ e r u s a i e m et'leekPCiints. ~ ~ g n l f a : : a n t t y above parellat f.gure-1 tn preY'IOVS year$-THE HARAM AL-SHAR IFIT EMPLE MOUNTb ~ . The Hamm a'-Shan(l Temple Mount is a holy site kit' both Jev.'S and Muslims. The site'' under de fac1o Israeli control but admin1sterod by f l t JQ(dAn.an l:sl.amte Waqf. Anyperc:eved lhreat to ta lnlegnty and to the stan.rs quo nol onty 1'81Sos tensions localty btJt hasth e ~ t e t ~ t l a l 1 o Drovoke tu:tremo reactions regJonally and gtobllly

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REINFORCING THE EU POLICY ON EAST JERUSALEM

Recommendations have boon drawf'l up wM tile objeclJVe to m8il!lain the poS$ibJ!ity of a two-.srate solution as set our in fltunerous Sl:Jlementsby the EU. not l e t ~ $ ! tt.e CounCil Conclusi


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6 . Prevent, disooursge and raise ew3tMess ~ b o o l problemahc m p l i c . ' l t l o l ' ~ $ of inanciat transactions, tnelud1no foreign direct tnvestmen ls, fromWithin the eu., s ~ p o r 1 ol s e t t l e m e n 1 ~ ; J c i l v i 1 i e s . infras1ruclura and servletts.1. tnfonn EU citizens and corrcwnies of the nnancial and legal nsks ll"lvotved '" purehas1ng property or 1)(0vidlflg services in settlements andrecall lho EU positiOn thJt settlementsere i llegal under lntemabonal Law.8 DevelOp and promote voluntary guidefines fo r EU lour operaiOfs to prevent Sl.4)pOI1 for settlemenl b u ~ n o S & G s in East Jerusalem .9. Increase monitoring of settler v'IOIMco. l'l


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18. Support ha- health i(JCI.Ors as a way to improve btJ$Ic social services lo Palestinian resdenta in EJ(ir'ICiuchng suppoc -llo EJ hospit als and theFour Homes of Mercy).

19. Motutor an d report on the ievet or puJiic expendture in East Jerusalem nelghboll'hOOOs compared to the Israel authonties' pubhcexpendturo in Wost Jerusalem.

20 Stress in htgh love! moetings and. , sta:emcnts lhe ifll)Ortance of m a i n t ~ t n i n g lhe Pateshnm- CtlrtiCllla ul Eam Jorusatom schoolS. Stressthe EU's serloc.ls concems with. regard to the tack ot schoolnlrastlucture, lhe ddhculties ol the SChOOls to Obtaln buildtng pernllts, accessdifficohiesand the shortage ol trained tcachors.

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29. Suppor1 presei'VIng lhe rich OJitural hentaQG or EJ. whiCh Is at clslt of further degradatioo Restoral:ton of historical Mos. and artofacts helppreserve the cultural dhretsity of Jervsale, and lhe Palestinian identity.30. Promote and facthlate the deYelopment of new ilineranes of cultural toutism wilh a view 10 highli{tlting the nch Q..lltural hentage of EJ andthe Bank. thus drYOtsl fytog lhe tourist ofter beyond the usual tourist rooiG-s oontmd oo West Jerusalem 3nd Israel31. Encourage a speedy agroomon1 between the parbes to enable necessary ropaus a11d maintenance as dcntified by the Wa


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