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The ongoing construction of and in Jerusalem cannot yet be taken for granted. Just this week, an IDF officer was critically wounded in a combination firebomb-car ramming Palestinian terrorist attack, 20 kilometers northwest of the capital – and the attack was promptly linked to the city’s construction growth. Hamas declared, “This proves that the Palestinian nation [sic] will not sit idly by in the face of the Judaization of Jerusalem…”
What Judaization are they referring to this time? It could be just “in general…” Or it could be the recent municipal approval of 23,000 new housing units in Jewish neighborhoods, including 8,000 in religious areas…
But the most likely reason for the Hamas rage is that the “Mukhtar Procedure” has apparently been stopped. This means that Arab neighborhood leaders can no longer arbitrarily assign “ownership” of Jerusalem land to whomever they choose. “Israel has decided to begin registering all lands in eastern Jerusalem. This will end the theft or takeover of private lands, belonging to both Jews and Arabs, and of state-owned lands.”
Yet another development in the capital: The U.S. is closing its famous consulate on Agron St., which has provided consular services to Arabs in Israel and the PA-controlled areas, and will merge it into the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. In short, an institution long considered a symbol of American recognition of the PA has been closed and merged into the more Israel-focused Embassy.
… This is our own home-grown butterfly effect: every house built in Jerusalem affects something in Washington, Moscow, Gaza… Jerusalem is truly the center of the world.