Har Homa

Har Choma (Hebrew הר חומה what "wall - mount " means, in Arabic جبل أبو غنيم Jabal Abū Ghnaim ) is an Israeli settlement near Jerusalem. It borders Bait sahur.

In 2010, Har Choma had 20,000 inhabitants.

History

In 1991, the Israeli Cabinet Minister Yitzhak Moda'i approved the expropriation of land on a forested hill in the south-east of Jerusalem. The land belonged to Jewish and Arab owners and was formerly part of the Palestinian village of Bait sahur and other nearby villages. However, the foundation stone was laid under the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not begin before 1997. Har Choma is beyond the 1949 Armistice Line in East Jerusalem within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem. This Jerusalem municipal border was unilaterally drawn by Israel after 1967 and is not recognized internationally.

Dispute over the legitimacy

Its creation led to considerable dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. The U.S. government prevented by vetoes two different resolutions of the UN Security Council, calling on Israel to, cease further construction of this settlement. The U.S. government agreed the only member of the UN Security Council 15 members against the resolutions. The UN General Assembly called on Israel in April 1997 with 134 votes to 3 terms to halt the construction work. Only the U.S., Israel and Micronesia voted against. Some Arab countries, economic relations were linked to Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Qatar and Oman broke this out of protest again.

In November 2010, the United States criticized Israeli plans 1,300 new housing units in Har Choma and to build in Ramot.