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Many of the residents of Jabel Mukaber are considered inhabitants of [[Jerusalem]], and consequently carry a blue [[Teudat Zehut|Israeli identity card]], which permits them to travel throughout [[Israel]].<ref name="Yaldei">{{cite book|last=Ron-Feder-Amit|first=Galila|title=ילדי קו התפר - (Children of the Borderline)|publisher=אדם מוציאים לאור|location=Jerusalem|date=1994|language=Hebrew}}</ref>. Blue ID holders enjoy the full [[Basic Laws of Israel|civil liberties and rights]] of all [[Israeli nationality law|Israeli citizens]], except for the right to vote in the [[Elections in Israel|Israeli Parlimentary elections]], and the ability to obtain an Israeli passport.<ref name="prospect">{{cite web|url=http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_note_to_hillary_on_jerusalem_disunited|title=A Note to Hillary on Jerusalem Disunited - prospect.org|last=Gorenberg|first=Gershom|date=October 2, 2007 |publisher=The American Prospect|accessdate=2008-09-07}}</ref><ref name="united">{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedcivilians.nl/nl/doc.phtml?p=articles&article=51|title=Developers 'dumping' East J'lem homes on unwitting U.S. Jews - united civilians|last=Berman|first=Daphne|date=22/1/2006|publisher=Haaretz|accessdate=2008-09-07}}</ref> The construction of the [[Israeli-West Bank barrier]], which divides Jabel Mukaber in half, has left some residents on the [[West Bank]] side of the wall, meaning that they hold orange West Bank IDs instead of blue IDs and cannot cross into Israel itself.<ref name=CGNS>{{cite web|title=Like the Berlin Wall...|author=Ghiath Nasser|date=[[17 January]] [[2008]]|url=http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=22402&lan=en&sid=0&sp=0|accessdate=2008-09-09}}</ref> |
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Many of the residents of Jabel Mukaber are quite [[Poverty|poor]], and the neighbourhood lacks proper [[schools]], [[public services]] and [[law enforcement]].<ref name="ynet3">{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3253821,00.html|title=The Jerusalemites Israel doesn't like - ynet|last=Sela|first=Neta|date=05.23.06, 16:19 |publisher=ynetnews.com|accessdate=2008-09-07}}</ref> Jabal Mukaber also has few serviceable [[roads]], no [[sidewalks]], no [[street lighting]] and no [[mail]] service.<ref name="observer">{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.com/2008/luxury-condos-american-jews-arab-east-jerusalem|title=Luxury Condos for American Jews (in Arab East Jerusalem) - observer.com|last=Mitnick|first=Joshua|date=3/1/2003|publisher=The New York Observer|accessdate=2008-09-07}}</ref><ref name="icahd">{{cite web|url=http://www.icahd.org/eng/news.asp?menu=5&submenu=1&item=131|title=DEMOLITIONS AND SETTLEMENTS IN JABAL MUKABER|date=Sunday, December 14, 2003|publisher=Israeli committee against house demolitions|accessdate=2008-09-07}}</ref> |
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Jabel Mukaber (Arabic: جبل مكبر Hebrew: בל מוכאבר, also transcribed Jabal Mukaber, Jabel Muqaber or Jabal Mukkaber) is an predominantly Arab neighbourhood located in southern part of East Jerusalem. It is bordered closely by the Jewish neighbourhood of Armon Hanatziv[1][2] to the West, the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour to the North and the Arab neighbourhood of Sur Baher to the South. Named after Omar Ibn al-Khattab, a disciple of Mohammed and the second Caliph, Jabel Mukaber has a population of approximately 14000 residents.[1]
Like other Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, the fate of Jabel Mukaber is unclear. High-ranking Israeli officials have proposed that Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem that lie outside of the Old City could form part of the capital for the proposed Palestinian state.[3] [4] The Israeli government and some of Jerusalem's Jewish residents consider Jabel Mukaber a hotbed for terrorism and an obstacle to the peace process, citing militant activity and support for terrorism from among some of its residents.[5][6][7][8]
History
During the British Mandate in Palestine, the offices of the British High Commissioner, the representative of British imperial rule in Palestine were located in Jabal El-Mukaber.[9]
Residents
Many of the residents of Jabel Mukaber are considered inhabitants of Jerusalem, and consequently carry a blue Israeli identity card, which permits them to travel throughout Israel.[10]. Blue ID holders enjoy the full civil liberties and rights of all Israeli citizens, except for the right to vote in the Israeli Parlimentary elections, and the ability to obtain an Israeli passport.[11][12] The construction of the Israeli-West Bank barrier, which divides Jabel Mukaber in half, has left some residents on the West Bank side of the wall, meaning that they hold orange West Bank IDs instead of blue IDs and cannot cross into Israel itself.[13]
Many of the residents of Jabel Mukaber are quite poor, and the neighbourhood lacks proper schools, public services and law enforcement.[14] Jabal Mukaber also has few serviceable roads, no sidewalks, no street lighting and no mail service.[15][16]
Co-existence and tension
From its integration into the State of Israel (1967-) up until the mid 1980's, the residents of Jabel Mukaber lived in relative harmony with their Jewish neighbours, often travelling on a daily basis to their jobs in West Jerusalem[1]. The Jewish neighbourhood of Armon HaNatziv was established in 1970 in close proximity to Jabel Mukaber during the upswing of building that followed the Six-Day War.[10][11] However with the onset of the First Intifada many of the residents became embittered with the State of Israel and resorted to violence in order to achieve independence rather than negotiations.[10] Since then, Jabel Mukaber has been the scene of numerous demonstrations, protests and riots, usually perpetrated although not limited to, Israeli Right-Wing activists, in response to militant activites stemming from the neighbourhood.[17][18][19] Although, many of the participants of the recent protests that have been protesting continuous militant activity from the neighbourhood, have come from different sections of Israeli society.[10][20]
From the First Intifada until the present day, the residents of the neighbourhood have been involved in numerous terrorist attacks including:[10]
- Two young residents were convicted for the transportation of a suicide bomber from Bethlehem who perpetrated the Patt junction bus bombing on June 18, 2002, killing 19 people and wounding over 74.
- On June 27, 2006, a Palestinian terrorist from Jabel Mukaber fired at Israeli police injuring one Border Guard. The terrorist was later successfully shot to death.[21]
- Jabel Mukaber is perhaps best known as being the place of residence of the perpetrator of the Mercaz HaRav massacre, Alaa Abu Dhein[22]. Following the attack, which claimed the lives of 8 teenagers, the residents Jabel Mukaber erected a tent in his honour[23], and consequentially hundreds of Israeli protesters tried to break through police barricades outside Jabel Mukaber, in order destroy the attacker's house and tear down the tent. 13 protester were arrested by Israeli Police.[19]
See also
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