Israel reshapes East Jerusalem

Construction is underway on a major new road in Jerusalem as the coalition government begins discussions on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank


Palestinian neighbourhoods

Israeli settlement:
Around 600,000 Jews live in occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem

Ramallah
WEST BANK
Jerusalem municipal boundary
Armistice Line, 1949
ISRAEL
WEST JERUSALEM
Mount of Olives
Old City
“No Man’s Land”
U.S. Embassy
Sur Baher
Har Homa
Bethlehem
EAST JERUSALEM
Tunnel 1.6km
Abu Dis
WEST BANK
E1 – planned settlement
Maale Adumim Pop: Over 40,000
2km 1.2 miles

THE AMERICAN ROAD
Length: 8km 
Cost: Over $250m 
Completion: 2021


LEB.
Tel Aviv
WEST BANK
Jerusalem
GAZA
ISRAEL 
EGYPT
SYRIA
JORDAN
80km 50 miles


New bypass, named after narrow road in southeast Jerusalem, will link Jewish settlements in West Bank to north and south of city 
 
Israel says Jewish and Arab residents will benefit – critics say it undermines possibility of Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital


Sources: Reuters, Jewish Virtual Library
Picture: Satellite imagery via Planet 
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