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Israeli Court Halts Government Funding for Settlement Visitor Center in Silwan
An Israeli court has canceled government funding for a settlement visitor center in Silwan, East Jerusalem, following a lawsuit by the Ir Amim organization and local residents. The court cited a conflict of interest involving the Benvenisti Trust and the Ateret Cohanim settlement group.
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- 01An Israeli court canceled government funding for a settlement visitor center in Silwan, East Jerusalem.
- 02The court cited a conflict of interest involving the Benvenisti Trust and the Ateret Cohanim settlement group.
- 03The project was allocated up to three million shekels by the Israeli Ministry of Heritage.
- 04Five Palestinian families were previously evicted from the building designated for the center.
- 05The ruling halts the plan in its current form, requiring future proposals to be free of conflicts of interest.
The project, which received up to three million shekels from the Ministry of Heritage, aimed to use a building from which five Palestinian families were evicted, and is part of efforts to displace around 100 Palestinian families from the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood.
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