Building starts in Jerusalem 2000-2011
Year | Entire City (East & West) | Jewish Neighborhoods | Palestinian Neighborhoods |
2011 | 2,205 (100%) | 1,636 (74.2%) | 569 (25.8%) |
2010 | 2,083 (100%) | 1,641 (78.7%) | 442 (21.2%) |
2009 | 2,090 (100%) | 1,832 (87.7%) | 258 (12.3%) |
2008 | 1,508 (100%) | 1,075 (71.3%) | 443 (28.7%) |
2007 | 2,169 (100%) | 1,794 (82.7%) | 375 (17.3%) |
2006 | 1,977 (100%) | 1,342 (67.8%) | 635 (32.2%) |
2005 | 2,830 (100%) | 2,395 (84.6%) | 435 (15.4%) |
2004 | 1,519 (100%) | 1,030 (67.8%) | 489 (32.2%) |
2003 | 1,749 (100%) | 1,279 (73.1%) | 470 (26.9%) |
2002 | 1,686 (100%) | 1,373 (81.4%) | 313 (18.6%) |
2001 | 1,444 (100%) | 839 (58.1%) | 605 (41.9%) |
2000 | 3,162 (100%) | 2,832 (89.6%) | 330 (10.4%) |
Total | 24,422 (100%) | 19,068 (78.1%) | 5,354 (21.9%) |
Building starts in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
2004-2010
Neighborhood | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Givat Hamivtar & Ramot Eshkol (including west), Ma'alot Dafna & Kiryat Ariyeh, Ramat Shlomo | 23 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 3 |
Jewish quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ramot Alon | 64 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 20 |
Pisgat Ze'ev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 303 |
Har Homa & Givat Hamatos | 429 | 463 | 414 | 416 | 245 | 54 |
Neve Ya'akov | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
French Hill & Student dormitories | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Talpiot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 138 |
Gilo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 60 | 167 |
Total | 524 | 485 | 441 | 585 | 517 | 685 |
Building starts in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
2000-2003
Neighborhood | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Givat Hamivtar & Ramot Eshkol (including west), Ma'alot Dafna & Kiryat Ariyeh, Ramat Shlomo | 1,766 | 53.5 | 90 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
Jewish quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ramot Alon | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 39 | 60 |
Pisgat Ze'ev | 233 | 88 | 85.5 | 47 | 3 | 1 |
Har Homa & Givat Hamatos | 100 | 0 | 0 | 417 | 108 | 795 |
Neve Ya'akov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
French Hill & Student dormitories | 0 | 19 | 0 | 59 | 72 | 460 |
East Talpiot | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 0 |
Gilo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
Total | 2,112 | 184 | 187 | 527 | 400 | 1,367 |
Building starts in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
2008-2011
Neighborhood | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Christian quarter | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Armenian quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Muslim quarter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kafr 'Aqeb, 'Atarot, Beit Hanina, Nusseibeh, Shu'afat, Ras Hamis | 100 | 70 | 154 | 249 |
'Issawiya, a-Tur, Sheikh Jarrah, Wadi a-Joz | 59 | 32 | 97 | 139 |
Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, a-Sawahrah al-Gharbiyah, Beit Safafa | 179 | 123 | 165 | 155 |
Silwan, Abu Tur, Ras al-Amud | 60 | 33 | 26 | 26 |
Total | 433 | 258 | 442 | 569 |
Building starts in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
2004-2007
Neighborhood | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Christian quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Armenian quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Muslim quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kafr 'Aqeb, 'Atarot, Beit Hanina, Nusseibeh, Shu'afat, Ras Hamis | 210 | 197 | 321 | 162 |
'Issawiya, a-Tur, Wadi Joz, a-Sawaneh | 108 | 114 | 26 | 16 |
Sheikh Jarrah, Nablus Road, Central Command Street, Bab-a-Zahareh, American Colony | 24 | 26 | 18 | 4 |
City of David, Silwan, Har Hamashhit, Ras al-'Amud, Wadi Qadum (Including the Jewish neighborhood of Armon HaNaziv), Abu Tor, Khirbet Beit Sahur | 41 | 31 | 55 | 11 |
'Arab a-Sawahreh, Umm Lison, Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, Beit Safafa, Sharfat, A-Zohur, Karmizan, Jabel Mukhaber | 106 | 67 | 215 | 182 |
Total | 489 | 435 | 635 | 375 |
Building starts in Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
2000-2003
Neighborhood | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Christian quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Armenian quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Muslim quarter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kafr 'Aqeb, 'Atarot, Beit Hanina, Nusseibeh, Shu'afat, Ras Hamis | 52 | 27 | 44 | 96 |
'Issawiya, a-Tur, Wadi Joz, a-Sawaneh | 87 | 219 | 0 | 103 |
Sheikh Jarrah, Nablus Road, Central Command Street, Bab-a-Zahareh, American Colony | 23 | 43 | 29 | 30 |
City of David, Silwan, Har Hamashhit, Ras al-'Amud, Wadi Qadum, Abu Tor, Khirbet Beit Sahur, Jabel Mukhaber | 58 | 61 | 67 | 38 |
'Arab a-Sawahreh, Umm Lison, Tsur Baher, Umm Tuba, Beit Safafa, Sharfat, A-Zohur, Karmizan, Jabel Mukhaber | 110 | 255 | 173 | 203 |
Total | 330 | 605 | 313 | 470 |
* Source: The Jerusalem Statistical Yearbooks, published jointly by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and the Jerusalem Municipality.