By: Yori Yanover
Published: December 2nd, 2012
An Israeli activist building a stone wall on a hill in the area known as E1, opposite the Jewish town of Maale Adumim.
Photo Credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90
Pisgat Ze'ev, named after Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the ideological forefather of the Likud movement, is the largest residential neighborhood in Jerusalem, with a population of more than 50,000. The neighborhood was established by Israel as one of the city's five ring neighborhoods on land that was annexed after the 1967 Six Day War.
Most of the international community considers Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this as per the Edmond Levey report which determined that Judea and Samaria rightfully belong to Israel. This report, while not yet officially state policy, is turning into a guiding document for Israeli policy.
The U.S. opposes construction in the area because it effectively sabotages a contiguous Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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