Israel's apartheid housing policy faces legal challenge*

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الصحف المصرية والعربية

Israel has been forced to make concessions*to*its apartheid housing policy, which for the first time could see Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem enter*a lottery for buying rights*to*government housing. Jewish citizens of Israel are the only group eligible*to*enter such lotteries,*but a legal challenge by Palestinian residents of*East Jerusalem's Beit*Safafa*neighbourhood*could*see them also enter the bidding race. The challenge followed a highly controversial settlement project in the new adjacent neighbourhood of Givat Hamatos. Plans to build 1,250 Jewish only homes for illegal settlers were*denounced by the UN*as well as the*EU.*The*territory lies*beyond Israel's 1967 borders, where the state is currently advancing extensive building plans for Jews*only. The decision to go ahead with the development of the neighbourhood and to invite bids on residential […]

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