Sarah Kaminker, "For Arabs Only: Building Restrictions in East Jerusalem" in Journal of Palestine Studies 26:4 (Summer 1997): 5-16

1) In what ways has the Israeli government reduced the land in East Jerusalem upon which Palestinians are permitted to live to a mere 10 percent of the total originally annexed in 1967?

2) Why does the government of Israel grant twice as much residential land to Jews than it does to Arabs? What reason does it offer for permitting Jews to build apartment buildings and homes which are much larger than those permitted to Arab residents?

3) Why is about fifty percent of Arab owned land designated as outside of "approved neighborhood plans"?

4) What is the percentage difference in the land available for "residential" as opposed to "public" use in the "approved neighborhood plans" of Jews and Arabs?

5) What is meant by the phrase "open views of the landscape" coined by Israeli government planners to categorize segments of "public use" land in Arab areas? Do you agree with the author that this designation is simply a euphemism for space earmarked for future Jewish settlements in Arab areas?

6) Why has the Israeli government pushed ahead with a project to build a new development, Har Homa, in an isolated, largely Arab area which senior urban planner Uri Asher described as a future "pocket of poverty"?

7) What new "wall of stone" in the article threatens to emerge to further separate and isolate areas of Arab settlement? Is it identical to the so-called "security wall" under construction by the current Sharon government?

8) What hopes did the author harbor when she first arrived to participate in the development of Jerusalem in the 1960s?

9) What possible solution does Kaminker propose for the problems she sees as resulting from the Israeli government's prejudicial treatment of Arab Jerusalemites?

10) Does Kaminker's proposed solution differ in any way from the one offered by Avishai Margalit in a previous reading?