Most Jerusalem Palestinians live in poverty: Israeli study
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
JERUSALEM, May 10 (AFP): Most Palestinians in east Jerusalem, including three out of four children, live below the poverty line, an Israeli rights group said today, accusing Israel of neglect and discrimination.
"A unified Jerusalem does not exist," the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) said in a report released as the Jewish state begins celebrations to mark the 43rd anniversary of its 1967 capture of Arab east Jerusalem.
"The truth is, two cities exist side by side," the report said, challenging Israel's claim that it unified the Holy City after annexing the Arab sector in a move not recognised by the international community.
Seventy-five per cent of Palestinian children in east Jerusalem live in poverty compared with 45 per cent of the city's Jewish children, the report said.
"Over 95,000 children in east Jerusalem live in a perpetual state of poverty," ACRI said.
"A unified Jerusalem does not exist," the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) said in a report released as the Jewish state begins celebrations to mark the 43rd anniversary of its 1967 capture of Arab east Jerusalem.
"The truth is, two cities exist side by side," the report said, challenging Israel's claim that it unified the Holy City after annexing the Arab sector in a move not recognised by the international community.
Seventy-five per cent of Palestinian children in east Jerusalem live in poverty compared with 45 per cent of the city's Jewish children, the report said.
"Over 95,000 children in east Jerusalem live in a perpetual state of poverty," ACRI said.