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Arabs Moving into Jewish Areas of Jerusalem

[AP] Ben Hubbard - Thousands of Arabs have crossed the housing lines to Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Pisgat Zeev. In 2007, the latest year with available statistics, about 1,300 of Pisgat Zeev's 42,000 residents were Arabs. In nearby French Hill, population 7,000, nearly one-sixth are Arabs, among them students at the neighboring Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Neve Yaakov, with 20,000 people, had 600 Arabs, according to the Israel Center for Jerusalem Studies. Netanyahu says Arabs have the right to live anywhere in the city, and so should Jews.
2009-09-07 08:00:00
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