Adummim

The development planned residential neighborhoods and an industrial zone with more land expropriated than needed for future use and to make Ma'ale Adummim a Jerusalem suburb.

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Because of its location and expansion plans, Ma'ale Adummim impedes the Palestinians 'right to self-determination "within the framework of a viable state that enjoys reasonable territory contiguity."

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In December 2009, they jointly produced a report titled, "The establishment and expansion plans of the Ma'ale Adummim settlement: Spatial and human rights implications."

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The communities of al-Eizariyah, Abu Dis, 'Anata, and as-Sawahrah ash-Sharqiya are also trapped between the "Jerusalem envelope" western barrier and the eastern one in Ma'ale Adummim that impede their development west or east.

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"Ma'ale Adummim was (thus) built in complete disregard" of international and local law.

Printing: Israel's East Jerusalem Linked Settlement Expansion 2009

After the 1967 war, the government considered annexing the Ma'ale Adummim area entirely, but feared a harsh international reaction.

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According to architect Tommy Leitersdorf, who prepared the first Ma'ale Adummim plan:

Printing: Israel's East Jerusalem Linked Settlement Expansion 2009

Recently revealed Israeli documents show that in 1974 the first Rabin government secretly decided to annex Ma'ale Adummim to Jerusalem with no official announcement.

Printing: Israel's East Jerusalem Linked Settlement Expansion 2009

On February 1, 2009, the International Solidarity Movement reported that Israel continues its E 1 area homes and infrastructure work that includes linking its Ma'ale Adummim settlement with East Jerusalem and other settlements around it.

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The major Ma'ale Adummim expropriations occurred in 1975 and 1977 for military needs, before the Elon Moreh ruling.

Printing: Israel's East Jerusalem Linked Settlement Expansion 2009