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<div class="article-meta"><span class="createdate"> Monday, 10 January 2011 20:00 </span></div>
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<p><img class="caption" title="Intention of the occupation authority is to build settlements on the ruins of Palestinian-owned buildings in a way that will isolate Sheikh Jarrah from the Old City of Jerusalem" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/images/article_images/news/middle-east/shepherd-hotel-demolition.jpg" border="0" alt="Israel demolishes historic hotel in occupied East Jerusalem" /><em>Intention  of the occupation authority is to build settlements on the ruins of  Palestinian-owned buildings in a way that will isolate Sheikh Jarrah  from the Old City of Jerusalem</em></p>
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<p>Israeli bulldozers have started  to demolish the historic Shepherd Hotel in occupied East Jerusalem. The  hotel, originally owned by the then Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin  Husseini, is in the Sheikh Jarrah district; the Israeli occupation  authorities are pulling the building down to make way for illegal Jewish  settlers.</p>
<p>According to Israeli sources, the demolition started  in the early hours of Sunday 9 January following approval from the  Construction and Planning Committee of the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem  Municipality. The Israeli organisation Peace Now revealed the  authority&#8217;s plans to build 20 homes for settlers last June. In its  statement at the time, Peace Now also revealed that the intention of the  occupation authority is to build settlements on the ruins of  Palestinian-owned buildings in a way that will isolate Sheikh Jarrah  from the Old City of Jerusalem.</p>
<p>Following its illegal annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967, Israel took  control of the Shepherd Hotel under its so-called “absentee landlord”  legislation. It was sold to American millionaire Irving Moskowitz who  transferred the deeds to the right-wing settlers&#8217; group Ateret Cohanim.  Commentators have questioned how long the US administration will allow  American individuals and organisations to support illegal activity such  as this in the occupied territories.<br />
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