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View of caravans on Givat Hamatos neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, October 2, 2014.
The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday reversed its decision to freeze the tender for the construction of a new neighborhood on Givat Hamatos in south-east Jerusalem. Last week, the court issued an order to freeze the tender following a petition filed against it by Arab residents from the eastern part of the capital.
Givat HaMatos (Airplane Hill â named after a light jet that was downed there by the Jordanian air force on the second day of the 1967 Six-Day Warâ) is a neighborhood of south-eastern Jerusalem that was established as a project that hosted Ethiopian and Russian olim in caravans. The neighborhood encompasses an area of 42 acres. It is bordered by Talpiot to the north, Gilo to the south-east, and Beit Safafa.