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<div class="article-meta"><span class="createdate"> Tuesday, 04 January 2011 14:11 </span></div>
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<p><img title="Report: During 2010, Israel significantly stepped up its Judaisation policies" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/images/article_images/news/middle-east/plo.jpg" border="0" alt="Palestinian Liberation Organisation" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="117" height="133" align="left" />An  official report issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO)  has stated that in 2010, the Israeli authorities stepped up measures  aimed at the judaisation of the Occupied Palestinian territories,  particularly Jerusalem.  It also states that Israel has increased the  rate at which it issues decisions and implements policies toward that  end.</p>
<p>The report, which was issued on Monday (03.01.2011),  stressed that during 2010 the Occupation Authority demolished 335  Palestinian buildings, including 190 residential buildings, 63 of which  were located in Jerusalem. The Occupation also issued a number of  military orders for the demolition of 1,334 buildings, most of which are  homes in the neighbourhood of Silwan in Occupied Jerusalem. According  to the report, the Occupation Authorities also encouraged the seizure of  Palestinian homes and eviction of their legal owners; with direct  assistance from the Israeli police.</p>
<p>In the same context, the Occupation&#8217;s Municipality in Jerusalem  approved a comprehensive master plan to change the character and  identity of the Buraq Square. This includes digging tunnels under the  Square and building Jewish religious centres and police centres  underground in addition to changing the entrances to the Square.</p>
<p>The  PLO added that 2010 saw the issuance of a number of decrees and laws  that fall within the context of Israeli schemes to Judaize the Holy  City, especially the law that makes Jerusalem a Jewish Priority area. In  light of this law, the Occupation Authority has approved the  construction of about 10,000 settlement units inside Jerusalem;  construction has already begun in 1,200 units. Tens of millions of  dollars have been allocated for making changes to the infrastructure of  the Buraq Wall (Wailing Wall) and Wady El Joz.</p>
<p>These measures  come &#8220;in parallel to the escalation in issuing construction orders for  thousands of settlement units, with a high concentration inside Occupied  East Jerusalem and is the result of the confiscation of Palestinian  land in the area and its use in settlement construction and expansion  projects.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the report, the Occupation Authorities  approved the construction of 16,479 units last year, with most of these  units being inside Jerusalem&#8217;s borders. Israeli authorities confiscated  around 4,826 dunums of land, including 750 dunums in Eisaweyya, Beit  Aksa, and Anata in Occupied East Jerusalem.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/1912-report-during-2010-israel-significantly-stepped-up-its-judaisation-policies">Report: During 2010, Israel significantly stepped up its Judaisation policies</a>.</p>
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