(Jerusalem Post) - Etgar Lefkovits In the new Jewish neighborhood of Ma'aleh Hazeitim (Olive Hill), just down the road from the ancient Jewish cemetery at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, the first 35 apartments have been completed and the first residents moved in last week. When the U.S. Consul-General in Jerusalem asked Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski to halt the occupancy of the building, last Thursday, Lupolianski responded that the occupants had all the requisite approvals. Residents say that the relationships with their Arab neighbors are in fact good. "We were living down the street from the complex for the past five-and-half years, 20 meters away," said apartment owner Aryeh King.
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