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Is tourism a backdoor technique for legitimising settlements?

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Published: 5 February 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

ISRAEL IS DEVELOPING archaeological and tourism sites to legitimise illegal settlements in Palestinian neighbourhoods of Jerusalem, European Union diplomats in the city have warned.

A leaked report acquired by the Guardian cited projects in parts of East Jerusalem – occupied by Israel since 1967 – that are being used “as a political tool to modify the historical narrative and to support, legitimise and expand settlements”.

The report identified settler-run excavation sites in the heart of majority-Arab districts, a proposed cable car project with stops on confiscated land and the designation of built-up urban areas as national parks.

“East Jerusalem is the only place where Israeli national parks are declared on populated neighbourhoods,” the report said.

The document, a report written annually by the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem, presented a bleak picture, saying the overall situation in the city and the prospects for peace had worsened.

FULL STORY Israel using tourism to legitimise settlements, says EU report (Guardian)

Photo: Historical site in Silwan (Ancient Middle East)

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