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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					01/01/2011 &#8211; 04:52 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)&#8211; Suspicious  groups have been creeping into the predominantly Arab Jerusalem  district of Silwan and offering residents to purchase land and claim to  be sponsored by Arab and Islamic funds, the Wadi Halwa Information  Center said, adding that locals uncovered that the would-be buyers were  working to leak land into the hands of Jewish settlers.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Unidentified persons began a few weeks  back handing out cards to register Jerusalemites who wished to sell  property, some of the agents disguised as tool repair technicians who  would enter homes and offer legal aid in cases involving Jewish  settlers.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">A local real estate agent known by Wadi  Halwa residents for buying property was quoted as saying he planned to  build after being issued a permit by Israel&#8217;s Jerusalem municipality.  But the municipality has zoned the neighborhood as a green section and  does not issue building permits there.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Wadi Halwa Information Center reported  two separate incidents in Wadi Halwa and Wadi Batn al-Hawa of agents  constructing there and leaking the property over to Jewish settlers.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Israel has made obvious moves to take full  control of east Jerusalem, placing special emphasis on the targeted  Silwan section. Authorities have announced plans to convert the area  into a national historic park that would become part of the Jerusalem  settlement known as David&#8217;s City.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The occupation authorities had also taken  significant steps in 2010 to separate east Jerusalem from the West Bank  while violating the internationally recognized rights of the  Palestinians, the Israeli rights group B&#8217;Ttselem reported to open the  new year.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">According to the report, Israeli troops  killed a total of 67 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip last  year. In another context, Israel&#8217;s military prosecutor has yet to indict  the soldiers who lethally fired at civilians.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Israel leveled 39 Palestinian homes and 90  more structures in 2010 mostly in the Issawiyya, Silwan, and Suwar  Baher sections of the holy city, the Jerusalem Land Research Center  reported Saturday. 280 citizens were ejected from their homes in the  process and 242 more homes were ordered to be demolished.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The report reads that Jewish settlers  erected 543 residential units that year, while 6,732 units were approved  to be built. There are currently at least 5,458 Jewish settler homes  spread over 17 settlements constricting the holy city of Jerusalem.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7zvhA5gJim18HgvqucKjPap2a2qSB6%2fmcZE2r6NdtGAZ%2bF%2bdFHjNgmZE98KQpC4C2cG6fOmVupagpmlrdCX%2fyaSKh%2b9vTf9%2bTMxA%2f41Mk4P4%3d">Suspicious groups discovered purchasing land in Jerusalem</a>.</p>
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