Editing Jerusalem (section)

===Urban planning issues===
Critics of efforts to promote a Jewish majority in Jerusalem say that government planning policies are motivated by demographic considerations and seek to limit Arab construction while promoting Jewish construction.<ref>Allison Hodgkins, "The Judaization of Jerusalem—Israeli Policies Since 1967"; PASSIA publication No. 101, December 1996, (English, p. 88)</ref> According to a [[World Bank]] report, the number of recorded building violations between 1996 and 2000 was four and half times higher in Jewish neighbourhoods but four times fewer demolition orders were issued in West Jerusalem than in East Jerusalem; Arabs in Jerusalem were less likely to receive construction permits than Jews, and "the authorities are much more likely to take action against Palestinian violators" than Jewish violators of the permit process.<ref name=worldbank/> In recent years, private Jewish foundations have received permission from the government to develop projects on disputed lands, such as the [[City of David (archaeological site)|City of David archaeological site]] in the 60% Arab neighbourhood of [[Silwan]] (adjacent to the Old City),<ref>{{cite news |first=Meron |last=Rapoport |url=http://news.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=530047&contrassID=1 |title=Land lords |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=20 January 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220142640/http://news.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=530047&contrassID=1 |archive-date=20 December 2008}}</ref> and the [[Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem|Museum of Tolerance]] on Mamilla Cemetery (adjacent to Zion Square).<ref name=worldbank>[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/WestBankrestrictions9Mayfinal.pdf "Movement and Access Restrictions in the West Bank: Uncertainty and Inefficiency"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410135638/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/WestBankrestrictions9Mayfinal.pdf |date=10 April 2010 }}; World Bank Technical Team, 9 May 2007</ref><ref>Esther Zandberg.[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/825662.html "The architectural conspiracy of silence"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050506043837/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/825662.html |date=6 May 2005 }}; Haaretz, 24 February 2007</ref>