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By the Numbers: Illegal Construction in Jerusalem

6,000: Illegal homes built in eastern Jerusalem with financial assistance from the Palestinian Authority. 36,000: Number of building permits issued by Jerusalem "for housing units in the Arab sector, more than enough to meet the…

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Building_permit 6,000: Illegal homes built in eastern Jerusalem with financial assistance from the Palestinian Authority.

36,000: Number of building permits issued by Jerusalem "for housing units in the Arab sector, more than enough to meet the needs of Arab residents through legal construction until 2020."

4-6: Typical number of weeks Jews and Arabs wait for a reply for building permits.

35: Years that Arabs of eastern Jerusalem have boycotted municipal elections.

230: Illegal hutments razed by Mumbai authorities on March 4 alone.

Unknown: Number of illegal structures to be demolished in Jakarta and Kampala.

1.25 million: Estimated people evicted from Beijing homes since the city won its Olympic bid back in 2001.

Hundreds of millions: Dollars spent on an "intentional campaign to subsidize and encourage massive illegal construction in the Arab sector."

Sources: Justus Reid Weiner, IMRA

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