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href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,980</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Katamon</b> or <b>Qatamon</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">קטמון</span>; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">قطمون</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Qaṭamūn</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Καταμόνας</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Katamónas</i></span>; from the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> <span title="Ancient Greek-language text"><span lang="grc">κατὰ τῷ μοναστηρίῳ</span></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">katà tôi monastēríōi</i></span>, 'by the monastery'),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially known as <b>Gonen</b> (Hebrew: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">גּוֹנֵן</span>, <small><abbr title="Literal translation">lit.</abbr> </small>'Defender'; mainly used in municipal publications),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a neighborhood in south-central <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. It is built next to an old <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church" title="Greek Orthodox Church">Greek Orthodox</a> monastery, believed to have been constructed on the home and the tomb of <a href="/wiki/Simeon_(Gospel_of_Luke)" title="Simeon (Gospel of Luke)">Simeon from the Gospel of Luke</a>. </p><p>The neighborhood was established in the early 1900s, shortly before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, as a wealthy, predominantly <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Christian">Palestinian Christian</a> neighborhood. During the <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_civil_war_in_Mandatory_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="1947–48 civil war in Mandatory Palestine">1947–48 civil war in Mandatory Palestine</a>, the local population fled the intense fighting in the area and were not allowed to return by the new Israeli state. Instead Katamon was soon repopulated by Jewish refugees. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <p>Katamon is bounded by the neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Talbiya" title="Talbiya">Talbiya</a> in the northeast and the <a href="/wiki/German_Colony,_Jerusalem" title="German Colony, Jerusalem">German Colony</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greek_Colony,_Jerusalem" title="Greek Colony, Jerusalem">Greek Colony</a> to the southeast. The neighbourhood is bounded on its south side by Rachel Imenu street and Hizkiyahu Ha'Melech street (separating it from the Greek Colony), and on its east side by Kovshey Katamon street (separating it from Talbiya). These streets connect to <a href="/wiki/Emek_Refaim" title="Emek Refaim">Emek Refaim</a> and HaPalmach Street,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively. During the <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate</a> era, the neighborhood was divided into Upper Katamon and Lower Katamon.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Street_names">Street names</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OranimS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/OranimS.jpg/250px-OranimS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/OranimS.jpg/330px-OranimS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/OranimS.jpg/500px-OranimS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>Givat Oranim, Katamon</figcaption></figure> <p>During the British Mandate era the streets of Katamon had no names, with the exception of two: "Katamon" street (today known as "Rachel Imenu" and "Hizkiyahu HaMelech") and "Jorden" street (today known as "Tel Hai" street) which was nicknamed "Michael Sansour" street, after a wealthy contractor whose house was in the street. The buildings were not numbered and were named after the families who built them. After Israel's independence the streets were named based on subjects such as the 1948 war, biblical and rabbinic characters, and Zionist figures.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity">Antiquity</h3></div><p> From the late fourteenth century, the location of Katamon seem to have been identified with the home of <a href="/wiki/Simeon_(Gospel_of_Luke)" title="Simeon (Gospel of Luke)">Simeon from the Gospel of Luke</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Pringle166_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pringle166-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Jerusalemite who first recognised the infant Jesus as "the Lord's <a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a>", i.e. the promised <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Luke%202:25–32&version=nrsv">Luke 2:25–32</a>).</p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Simon_Monastery_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/San_Simon_Monastery_1.jpg/250px-San_Simon_Monastery_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/San_Simon_Monastery_1.jpg/500px-San_Simon_Monastery_1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Greek Orthodox St. Simeon Monastery in Katamon</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_era">Ottoman era</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bell_tower_st.simon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bell_tower_st.simon.jpg/250px-Bell_tower_st.simon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bell_tower_st.simon.jpg/330px-Bell_tower_st.simon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Bell_tower_st.simon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="409" data-file-height="614" /></a><figcaption>St. Simeon belltower</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1524, after the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Turks</a> conquered the region from the <a href="/wiki/Mamluks" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluks">Mamluks</a>, it was reported that a church of St. Simeon, previously held by the <a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgians</a>, was now empty in the wake of Muslim attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-Pringle166_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pringle166-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1681 <a href="/wiki/Cornelis_de_Bruijn" title="Cornelis de Bruijn">Cornelis de Bruijn</a> made an engraving of Jerusalem, which suggested that there was an L-shaped, four-story-high tower in Katamon, confirming an early seventeenth-century source which mentioned a "house and tower" of "Simeon the prophet".<sup id="cite_ref-Pringle166_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pringle166-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greek Orthodox acquired the site in 1859 and in 1881 they built there a new church and residence for their <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem">Patriarch</a>, incorporating the older ruins.<sup id="cite_ref-Pringle166_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pringle166-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greek Orthodox call it "St. Symeon of Katamonas" and believe that it is built over the tomb of Simeon, with an inscription in a cave on the grounds interpreted to indicate that it was the tomb of Simeon's priestly forefathers.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1890 the Greek–Orthodox patriarch <a href="/wiki/Nicodemus_I_of_Jerusalem" title="Nicodemus I of Jerusalem">Nicodemus I of Jerusalem</a> built his summer house near the monastery (since the 1960s the building serves as a disabled care center).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The neighborhood began to develop in the late Ottoman era, in the early 1900s. According to Israeli geographer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gideon_Biger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gideon Biger (page does not exist)">Gideon Biger</a>, Katamon was probably planned before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. The lands in Katamon, like in nearby <a href="/wiki/Talbiya" title="Talbiya">Talbiya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baka,_Jerusalem" title="Baka, Jerusalem">Baka</a>, were owned by the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem">Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem</a>. In the late nineteenth century the church had a financial crisis which worsened during World War I. The Church sold, shortly before the war, some of its estate outside of the Old City, which were deemed as "less holy" including Katamon, which was split into plots for housing in a rural area.<sup id="cite_ref-David178_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David178-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>Katamon lands. Fresh air and an affordable price. If you wish to become an owner of a plot in Katamon near the monastery, to which you arrive in a paved road and the area is divided into plots in the most pleasant way with roads and paths around, every plot is five-hundred square meters and the price for a plot is a thousand <a href="/wiki/Qirsh" class="mw-redirect" title="Qirsh">Qirsh</a> and this amount can be paid in installments of five Qirsh per week, please take advantage of this opportunity and talk with Nacla Qatan and pay him five Qirsh and the plot will be yours. Provided, however, you will continue to pay this small amount. If you want to purchase more than one plot, you are allowed to do so and purchase additional plots. And when the raffle take place, you may win adjacent plots...</i></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>A newspaper ad for Katamon, <i><a href="/wiki/Falastin_(newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Falastin (newspaper)">Falastin</a></i>, 8 August 1914<sup id="cite_ref-davidyehoshua_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davidyehoshua-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>German aerial photographs taken during the war show building lots demarcated by stones at Katamon in a <a href="/wiki/Grid_plan" title="Grid plan">grid plan</a> way, and a system of dirt roads.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kark_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kark-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the low prices, the neighborhood did not attract Jewish buyers because the area was completely Christian, next to the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Colony,_Jerusalem" title="Greek Colony, Jerusalem">Greek Colony</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Colony,_Jerusalem" title="German Colony, Jerusalem">German Colony</a> and Baka.<sup id="cite_ref-davidyehoshua_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davidyehoshua-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until the war five houses were built in Katamon.<sup id="cite_ref-David178_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David178-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Mandate">British Mandate</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katamon_ii.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Katamon_ii.jpg/250px-Katamon_ii.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Katamon_ii.jpg/330px-Katamon_ii.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Katamon_ii.jpg/500px-Katamon_ii.jpg 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="495" /></a><figcaption>Templer architecture in Katamon</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Qatamon,_1947.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Qatamon%2C_1947.png/250px-Map_of_Qatamon%2C_1947.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Qatamon%2C_1947.png/375px-Map_of_Qatamon%2C_1947.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Qatamon%2C_1947.png/500px-Map_of_Qatamon%2C_1947.png 2x" data-file-width="1480" data-file-height="1082" /></a><figcaption>Katamon and its surroundings, 1947</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katamon_War_memorial_in_Jerusalem.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Katamon_War_memorial_in_Jerusalem.jpg/220px-Katamon_War_memorial_in_Jerusalem.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Katamon_War_memorial_in_Jerusalem.jpg/330px-Katamon_War_memorial_in_Jerusalem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Katamon_War_memorial_in_Jerusalem.jpg/440px-Katamon_War_memorial_in_Jerusalem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Katamon War memorial in Jerusalem</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1920s, some 90 new residential plots were planned in Katamon and their construction began shortly after the war, especially after 1924. In a short time, some 40 luxurious buildings were built in the neighborhood, by Christian–Arab families. The buildings were built in plan for different blocs and not for the entire neighborhood. About half of Katamon's buildings were built between 1927 and 1937, and the rest were built until 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-David180_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David180-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of Katamon's residents were educators, teachers, businessmen, contractors, traders and other professionals from the upper and middle class.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-david182_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-david182-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with private houses, apartment buildings were built for the purpose of rent.<sup id="cite_ref-David180_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David180-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The neighborhood developed into a prosperous, bourgeois neighborhood with a European–Cosmopolitan character whilst retaining the local, oriental culture.<sup id="cite_ref-mor123_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mor123-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the builders were Arab–Christians from the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church" title="Greek Orthodox Church">Greek–Orthodox</a> community, headed by Issa Michael al-Toubbeh, but among them were some <a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Latin rite Catholics</a> (some from an Italian origin)<sup id="cite_ref-david182_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-david182-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-David180_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David180-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Evangelical_Church" title="Armenian Evangelical Church">Armenian Protestants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-David180_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David180-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A phenomenon which contributed to the neighborhood's cosmopolitan character was intermarriage between different Christian communities.<sup id="cite_ref-David183_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David183-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The apartments were rented to Arab people and British officials, army officers and their families, who preferred to live in a Christian neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-David180_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David180-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the children were sent to high quality and expensive schools, usually private ones. The schools teaching languages were usually English, Italian, German or French.<sup id="cite_ref-david182_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-david182-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The members of the Greek–Orthodox community lived a secular lifestyle, visiting churches only on holidays and family events. They used to pray in the church of the San Simon Monastery, the church of the <a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_the_Cross" title="Monastery of the Cross">Monastery of the Cross</a> or in churches in the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Quarter" title="Christian Quarter">Christian Quarter</a> of the Old City. The Latin rite Catholic community made their prayer at the Chapel of St. Theresa in Katamon or in churches located in the Old City. Protestant families conducted their prayer at the <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Cathedral,_Jerusalem" title="St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem">St. George's Cathedral</a> or in the Old City.<sup id="cite_ref-David183_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David183-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many of the residents worked in British public services and many were members of <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a>. Many consulates were established in the neighborhood including the consulates of <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Kingdom of Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Syrian_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandatory Syrian Republic">Syria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> (which remains the consulates of Italy in Israel today), <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>. Three small hotels and a <a href="/wiki/Pension_(lodging)" title="Pension (lodging)">pension</a> existed in the neighborhood before 1948 and there was a British sports club in the neighborhood,<sup id="cite_ref-david182_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-david182-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was later used by <a href="/wiki/Hapoel_Jerusalem_F.C." title="Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.">Hapoel Jerusalem football club</a> for a few years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1948_war">1948 war</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote 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class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/Nakba" title="Nakba">Nakba</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e7e1e1;padding:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Background</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine" title="United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine">1947 UN Partition Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine">Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zionism_as_settler_colonialism" title="Zionism as settler colonialism">Zionism as settler 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flight</a></b></li></ul> <hr style="height:0px" /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plan_Dalet" title="Plan Dalet">Plan Dalet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre" title="Deir Yassin massacre">Deir Yassin massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Haifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of Haifa">Fall of Haifa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Palestinian_expulsion_from_Lydda_and_Ramle" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle">Expulsion from Lydda and Ramle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_refugees" title="Palestinian refugees">Palestinian refugees</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Refugee_camps" class="mw-redirect" title="Refugee camps">Refugee camps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNRWA" title="UNRWA">UNRWA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transfer_Committee" title="Transfer Committee">Transfer Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Present_absentee" title="Present absentee">Present absentees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_194" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194">UN Resolution 194</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebraization_of_Palestinian_place_names" title="Hebraization of Palestinian place names">Hebraization of Palestinian place names</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_depopulated_during_the_1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war" title="List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war">List of depopulated towns and villages</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e7e1e1;padding:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Ongoing Nakba</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ongoing_Nakba" title="Ongoing Nakba">Ongoing Nakba</a></li> <li><a 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return</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Historians" title="New Historians">New Historians</a></li></ul> <hr style="height:0px" /> <ul><li>Notable historians:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilan_Papp%C3%A9" title="Ilan Pappé">Ilan Pappé</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Morris" title="Benny Morris">Benny Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Segev" title="Tom Segev">Tom Segev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avi_Shlaim" title="Avi Shlaim">Avi Shlaim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nur_Masalha" title="Nur Masalha">Nur Masalha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoav_Gelber" title="Yoav Gelber">Yoav Gelber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aref_al-Aref" title="Aref al-Aref">Aref al-Aref</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walid_Khalidi" title="Walid Khalidi">Walid Khalidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Khalidi" title="Rashid Khalidi">Rashid Khalidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Efraim_Karsh" title="Efraim Karsh">Efraim Karsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Said" title="Edward Said">Edward Said</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#e7e1e1;padding:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Symbols and memory</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_key" title="Palestinian key">Palestinian key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handala" title="Handala">Handala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakba_Day" title="Nakba Day">Nakba Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_Day" title="Land Day">Land Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_March_of_Return" class="mw-redirect" title="Great March of Return">Great March of Return</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_of_Return_(Israel)" title="March of Return (Israel)">March of Return (Israel)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Nakba" title="Template:Nakba"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Nakba" title="Template talk:Nakba"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Nakba" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Nakba"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The neighborhood was an Arab neighborhood between two Jewish neighborhoods and the only one in a line of Jewish neighborhoods. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestine_war" title="1948 Palestine war">1948 Palestine war</a> Katamon was largely abandoned by its residents. The evacuation of Arabs was reported already on 10 December, and British assistance to the evacuation was reported on the beginning of January. The neighbourhood's handful of Jewish inhabitants left during the war's first weeks. According to Israeli historian <a href="/wiki/Benny_Morris" title="Benny Morris">Benny Morris</a>, they left either out of fear or under Arab intimidation.<sup id="cite_ref-mor123_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mor123-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the night of 5–6 January 1948, the <a href="/wiki/Semiramis_Hotel_bombing" title="Semiramis Hotel bombing">Semiramis Hotel was bombed</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Haganah" title="Haganah">Haganah</a> in Katamon, killing 24-26. After the attack many Arab residents of the neighborhood began fleeing,<sup id="cite_ref-Gelber_2004,_p.141_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gelber_2004,_p.141-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most of them were women, children and elders. Most fled to the <a href="/wiki/Old_City_of_Jerusalem" title="Old City of Jerusalem">Old City</a> and some fled to the southern part of Qatamon which was around the Iraqi consulate defended by the Jordanian <a href="/wiki/Arab_Legion" title="Arab Legion">Arab Legion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mor124_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mor124-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the middle-class residents found refuge in <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Arab authorities tried to stem the flight and many young men who fled to the Old City returned to Qatamon.<sup id="cite_ref-mor124_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mor124-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hala al-Sakakini, the daughter of Palestinian scholar and poet <a href="/wiki/Khalil_al-Sakakini" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalil al-Sakakini">Khalil al-Sakakini</a> and a resident of Katamon, described in her diary how frightened residents fled their homes and did not respond to the orders to remain.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gelber_2004,_p.141_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gelber_2004,_p.141-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By March only a few families remained in the neighborhood, guarded by irregular forces based on San Simon Monastery.<sup id="cite_ref-mor124_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mor124-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katamon_1948.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Katamon_1948.jpg/220px-Katamon_1948.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Katamon_1948.jpg/330px-Katamon_1948.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Katamon_1948.jpg/440px-Katamon_1948.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption>Harel Brigade during the attack on Katamon, 1948</figcaption></figure> <p>During the war, attacks by the Arab side originated from the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church" title="Greek Orthodox Church">Greek Orthodox</a> Saint Simeon Monastery in Katamon that was located in a strategic point overlooking the Jewish neighborhoods.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On mid April the Jewish leadership halted <a href="/wiki/Operation_Harel" title="Operation Harel">Operation Harel</a> near Jerusalem and ordered the <a href="/wiki/Harel_Brigade" title="Harel Brigade">Harel Brigade</a> to deploy in the city and conduct <a href="/wiki/Operation_Yevusi" title="Operation Yevusi">Operation Yevusi</a>. The reason behind the order was false reports of a fast British evacuation from the city and that the Arabs are deploying large forces in the city in order to fill the vacuum. In the battle over Katamon, which was centered around the St. Simeon monastery, most of the Arab fighters in the city participated, after they were called upon by the local militia. Fighters from the nearby Arab villages refused to send support, claiming they needed to defend themselves. The commander of the Arab forces, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ibrahim_Abu-Dayyeh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ibrahim Abu-Dayyeh (page does not exist)">Ibrahim Abu-Dayyeh</a><sup><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%90%D7%99%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:איברהים אבו דאיה">(he)</a></sup>, was one of the prominent Arab commanders and earned respect due to his involvement during the battle over the <a href="/wiki/Gush_Etzion_Convoy#27_March_1948" title="Gush Etzion Convoy">Nabi Daniel Convoy</a> and the battle over <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Jarrah" title="Sheikh Jarrah">Sheikh Jarrah</a>. His men were equipped with light weapons and homemade armoured vehicles as well as ones looted from the battle of Nabi Daniel. Against them were the Jewish fighters of the fourth battalion of the Harel Brigade, who were exhausted from the constant fighting in earlier battles. During the fights both sides suffered from total exhaustion. The Arabs called on the Jordanian <a href="/wiki/Arab_Legion" title="Arab Legion">Arab Legion</a> to intervene but they refused. When the Arabs saw no reinforcement will arrive they decided to halt their attack and withdrew, letting to Jews take the neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historian <a href="/wiki/Saleh_Abdel_Jawad" class="mw-redirect" title="Saleh Abdel Jawad">Saleh Abdel Jawad</a> wrote that "indiscriminate killings" occurred on 29 April after the neighborhood was captured by the Haganah.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katamon_after_Operation_Yevusi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Katamon_after_Operation_Yevusi.jpg/220px-Katamon_after_Operation_Yevusi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Katamon_after_Operation_Yevusi.jpg/330px-Katamon_after_Operation_Yevusi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Katamon_after_Operation_Yevusi.jpg/440px-Katamon_after_Operation_Yevusi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="495" /></a><figcaption>Destruction in Katamon after Operation Yevusi</figcaption></figure> <p>The loss of the neighborhood was followed by massive looting by Jewish soldiers and civilians alike.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hagit Shlonsky, who lived nearby, wrote </p> <blockquote><p>For days you could see people walking by carrying looted goods. ... Not only soldiers, civilians as well. They were looting like mad. They were even carrying dining tables.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Approximately 30,000 books, newspapers and manuscripts were collected by the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Israel" title="National Library of Israel">National Library of Israel</a> from Katamon and the other Arab neighborhoods.<sup id="cite_ref-Klein_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klein-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were initially catalogued under their owners' names, but were later reclassified as "abandoned property".<sup id="cite_ref-Klein_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klein-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 17, 1948, UN Mediator <a href="/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte" title="Folke Bernadotte">Folke Bernadotte</a> and UN Observer <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Serot" title="André Serot">André Serot</a>, were assassinated by members of the Jewish <a href="/wiki/Lehi_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lehi (group)">Lehi</a> organisation while being driven along <a href="/wiki/HaPalmach" class="mw-redirect" title="HaPalmach">Palmach Street</a>, opposite the junction with <i>Ha'gdud Ha'ivri Street,</i> in Katamon.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israeli_period_and_resettlement">Israeli period and resettlement</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_12876_villa_cherkessi_katamon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/PikiWiki_Israel_12876_villa_cherkessi_katamon.jpg/250px-PikiWiki_Israel_12876_villa_cherkessi_katamon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/PikiWiki_Israel_12876_villa_cherkessi_katamon.jpg/330px-PikiWiki_Israel_12876_villa_cherkessi_katamon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/PikiWiki_Israel_12876_villa_cherkessi_katamon.jpg/500px-PikiWiki_Israel_12876_villa_cherkessi_katamon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Villa Cherkessi, Katamon</figcaption></figure> <p>During May–June, some 1,400 Jews, consisting of women, children, elders and wounded<sup id="cite_ref-David187_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David187-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were expelled from the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Quarter_(Jerusalem)" title="Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)">Jewish Quarter</a> of the Old City by the Jordanian Arab Legion after it fell on 28 May. Some were settled in houses in Katamon, abandoned by its Arab owners.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mor392_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mor392-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The neighborhood was also temporarily settled with Jewish women and children from front-line <a href="/wiki/Kibbutzim" class="mw-redirect" title="Kibbutzim">kibbutzim</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_corridor" title="Jerusalem corridor">Jerusalem corridor</a>. The abandoned neighborhood, as well as other evacuated Arab neighborhoods were looted by the displaced Jews and Israeli soldiers who entered empty Arab houses, a phenomenon that the Jewish authorities failed to halt, usually turning a blind eye to it.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mor392_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mor392-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This phenomenon was condemned by Israeli politician <a href="/wiki/Dov_Yosef" title="Dov Yosef">Dov Yosef</a>, for ethical and moral reason, as well as practical reasons. The looters also took door and window frames, and <a href="/wiki/Tap_(valve)" title="Tap (valve)">taps</a>, which made the relocation of refugees more difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-David187_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David187-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1008.jpg/250px-%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1008.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1008.jpg/330px-%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1008.jpg/500px-%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ofira_Navon" title="Ofira Navon">Ofira Navon</a> park, built on the site of Katamon football stadium</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Aliyah" title="Aliyah">Jewish immigrants</a> and government officials joined the Old City's refugees and settled in Katamon after the war. In order to allow as many people to live in the neighborhood, the apartments were divided into smaller units. In buildings which housed one family, three or four new families were settled. Because of the difficulties, unauthorized renovations and improvised extensions made by the residents.<sup id="cite_ref-Nadlan_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nadlan-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of Katamon's buildings were designated for public needs, such as synagogues, schools, kindergartens and places for elders. One of the apartment buildings was used as a new location to the <a href="/wiki/Misgav_Ladach" title="Misgav Ladach">Misgav Ladach</a> hospital, originally from the Old City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_simon_memory.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_simon_memory.JPG/220px-San_simon_memory.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_simon_memory.JPG/330px-San_simon_memory.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_simon_memory.JPG/440px-San_simon_memory.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>San Simon Park</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 1950s, many public housing projects were built in Katamon, often using the Wild Bau <a href="/wiki/Cladding_(construction)" title="Cladding (construction)">cladding</a> style - a random rubble masonry pattern - which was adopted by modernist architects in Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gentrification">Gentrification</h2></div> <p>In the early 1970s, a process of <a href="/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> began in Katamon when people of the middle class bought the apartments where low class residents lived and started renovating them, reuniting the apartments that were split after 1948 and overall raising the standards of the houses. Katamon attracted many people because of the character of its small "Arab styled" houses, with yards, stone walls and gates, porches, tiled roofs and stylized floors, located close to the city's center. The neighborhood had a slow process of population change and social and physical renewal. The conservative and semi-rural character attracted, mainly after the 1980s, families of Jewish immigrants, mostly wealthy religious ones from western countries, who were able to purchase and renovate the houses.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the 1970s, the neighborhood, which was populated mostly by secular and <i><a href="/wiki/Masortim" title="Masortim">masorti</a></i> Jews, has also been having a process of <a href="/wiki/Judaization#Geopolitical_acculturation" title="Judaization">Haredization</a>, including the construction of apartment blocks for <a href="/wiki/Haredi" class="mw-redirect" title="Haredi">Haredi</a> Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misgav_Ladach_Hospital.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Misgav_Ladach_Hospital.jpg/250px-Misgav_Ladach_Hospital.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Misgav_Ladach_Hospital.jpg/330px-Misgav_Ladach_Hospital.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Misgav_Ladach_Hospital.jpg/500px-Misgav_Ladach_Hospital.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Misgav_Ladach" title="Misgav Ladach">Misgav Ladach</a> Hospital</figcaption></figure> <p>A major landmark in Katamon is the Saint Simeon monastery, known to Jerusalemites as San Simon<sup>(<a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%A8_%D7%A1%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F" class="extiw" title="he:מנזר סן סימון">he</a>)</sup>, on a hilltop to the north. The monastery is now surrounded by a large park known as San Simon in the neighborhood <a href="/wiki/Givat_Oranim" title="Givat Oranim">Givat Oranim</a>. </p><p>In the center of the neighborhood lies the <a href="/wiki/Recha_Freier" title="Recha Freier">Recha Freier</a> square. Around the square are five historical buildings that were used for the embassies and foreign consulates of Lebanon (during the British era only), Poland, Venezuela, El Salvador, Belgium and Greece. The Greek consulate remains there since the 1950s as the Greek consulate in Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Katamon is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Goldstein_Youth_Village" title="Israel Goldstein Youth Village">Israel Goldstein Youth Village</a><sup>(<a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99" class="extiw" title="he:חוות הנוער הציוני">he</a>)</sup>, which has a number of school programs (boarding and day schools), especially for Russian and French Olim. Also in the Youth Village is <a href="/wiki/Camp_Ramah" title="Camp Ramah">Ramah Israel</a>, which hosts teens from North America through the Ramah Seminar program for 6 weeks in the summer and Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (Ramah Jerusalem High School) for 4.5 months in the Spring. </p><p>Katamon was the home of several foreign <a href="/wiki/Consul_(representative)" title="Consul (representative)">consulates</a>, among them the Greek consulate, the Italian consulate, and the Costa-Rican consulate.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old Hapoel stadium was purchased by developers and is now the site of the upscale Ganei Katamon neighborhood, ringing <a href="/wiki/Ofira_Navon" title="Ofira Navon">Ofira Navon</a> park. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Misgav_Ladach" title="Misgav Ladach">Misgav Ladach</a> hospital on the southern edge of the neighbourhood specialized in maternity care, but is now a medical center for <a href="/wiki/Kupat_Holim_Meuhedet" title="Kupat Holim Meuhedet">Kupat Holim Meuhedet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Museum_for_Islamic_Art,_Jerusalem" title="Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem">The Museum for Islamic Art</a> is located on Palmach Street in Katamon.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Katamon also houses the core community of <a href="/wiki/Erlau_(Hasidic_dynasty)" title="Erlau (Hasidic dynasty)">Erlau</a> <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism" title="Hasidic Judaism">Hassidism</a>, as well its yeshiva, Ohel Shimon.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/International_Christian_Embassy_Jerusalem" title="International Christian Embassy Jerusalem">International Christian Embassy Jerusalem</a> has been based in Katamon since 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Katamonim">Katamonim</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KatamonimFeb102023_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/KatamonimFeb102023_04.jpg/250px-KatamonimFeb102023_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/KatamonimFeb102023_04.jpg/330px-KatamonimFeb102023_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/KatamonimFeb102023_04.jpg/500px-KatamonimFeb102023_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Katamonim</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KatamonTetJeusalemApr172023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/KatamonTetJeusalemApr172023.jpg/250px-KatamonTetJeusalemApr172023.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/KatamonTetJeusalemApr172023.jpg/500px-KatamonTetJeusalemApr172023.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3793" data-file-height="2528" /></a><figcaption>Housing project, Katamon Tet</figcaption></figure> <p>To the west, Old Katamon branches out into several neighborhoods collectively called the "Katamonim" (plural of <i>Katamon</i>; officially <i>Gonenim</i>, lit. "Defenders"), built in the early years of the state to accommodate the large wave of <a href="/wiki/Aliyah" title="Aliyah">new immigrants</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a>, previously living in tent camps.<sup id="cite_ref-jlem_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jlem-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These neighborhoods were assigned Hebrew numerals : Katamon Khet ("Katamon 8"), Katamon Tet ("Katamon 9), etc. Some of those neighborhoods have a second name. Katamon Hei (5) is also called San Simon Neighborhood,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a part of Katamon Het (8) and Katamon tet (9) is sometimes called San Martin Neighborhood,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Katamon zayn (7) is <a href="/wiki/Pat_(Jerusalem)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat (Jerusalem)">Pat neighborhood</a>. </p><p>Katamon Khet was built at the end of the 1950s, and Katamon Tet in the mid-1960s. The Katamonim are characterized by long apartment blocks on pillars, providing low-cost housing. Some of the buildings are still government-owned, although the <a href="/wiki/Amidar_(company)" title="Amidar (company)">Amidar</a> housing company sold many of the apartments to the residents in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-jlem_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jlem-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The neighborhood hosts a well-known <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_International_Zionist_Organization" title="Women's International Zionist Organization">WIZO</a> community center called after <a href="/wiki/Helena_Kagan" title="Helena Kagan">Helena Kagan</a>. </p><p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> in June 1967, the Katamonim were on the Jordanian-Israeli <a href="/wiki/Green_Line_(Israel)" title="Green Line (Israel)">armistice line</a>. Massive infrastructure improvement was financed by an <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> project known as "Project Renewal" over a period of two decades. Many small apartments were combined into larger ones and the outward appearance of the apartment blocks was improved.<sup id="cite_ref-jlem_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jlem-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1990s, many Russian and Ethiopian immigrants have been given housing there.<sup id="cite_ref-jlem_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jlem-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2></div> <p>The neighbourhood was home to the <a href="/wiki/Hapoel_Jerusalem_F.C." title="Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.">Hapoel Jerusalem</a> football club from the 1930s until it moved back to the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_International_YMCA" title="Jerusalem International YMCA">YMCA Stadium</a> in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Hapoel Jerusalem fans formed a new club, naming it <a href="/wiki/Hapoel_Katamon_Jerusalem_F.C." title="Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C.">Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem</a> after the club's former home, although the new club does not play in the neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jerusalem Tennis Center, founded in 1981 and dedicated in 1982 by the <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> community of South Africa in memory of Yossi Zeituni, a tennis coach who fell in the <a href="/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War" title="1982 Lebanon War">Lebanon War</a>, is located in the Katamonim. The center has 19 courts and a stadium with seating for 2,000 spectators.<sup id="cite_ref-jlem_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jlem-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2></div> <p>The 2008–2012 Israeli television drama <i><a href="/wiki/Srugim" title="Srugim">Srugim</a></i> takes place in Katamon.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Eshkol" title="Levi Eshkol">Levi Eshkol</a>, former Prime Minister of Israel<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, Prime Minister of Israel<sup id="cite_ref-neti_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neti-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benzion_Netanyahu" title="Benzion Netanyahu">Benzion Netanyahu</a>, historian<sup id="cite_ref-neti_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neti-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aliza_Olmert" title="Aliza Olmert">Aliza Olmert</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Ehud Olmert</a>, former Prime Minister of Israel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Glushko" title="Julia Glushko">Julia Glushko</a>, tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_Alene" title="Eden Alene">Eden Alene</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sami_Hadawi" title="Sami Hadawi">Sami Hadawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghada_Karmi" title="Ghada Karmi">Ghada Karmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasan_Karmi" title="Hasan Karmi">Hasan Karmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalil_al-Sakakini" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalil al-Sakakini">Khalil al-Sakakini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rubinger" title="David Rubinger">David Rubinger</a>, photographer and photojournalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Shalev" title="Meir Shalev">Meir Shalev</a>, writer and newspaper columnist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amichai_Chasson" title="Amichai Chasson">Amichai Chasson</a>, poet and filmmaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trude_Dothan" title="Trude Dothan">Trude Dothan</a>, archaeologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaul_Tchernichovsky" title="Shaul Tchernichovsky">Shaul Tchernichovsky</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulamith_Hareven" title="Shulamith Hareven">Shulamith Hareven</a>, author and essayist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Hareven" title="Gail Hareven">Gail Hareven</a>, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yehuda_Bacon" title="Yehuda Bacon">Yehuda Bacon</a>, artist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://jerusaleminstitute.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/shnaton_C1419.pdf">https://jerusaleminstitute.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/shnaton_C1419.pdf</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation of this PDF document is required to prevent link rot. 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id="cite_note-David180-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-David180_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-David180_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-David180_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-David180_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-David180_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kroyanker, 2002, p.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YRrwumKlrggC&pg=PA180">180</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kroyanker, 2002, p.181</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-david182-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-david182_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-david182_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-david182_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a 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Jerusalem</a> are depicted in <span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">green</span>, those in <a href="/wiki/West_Jerusalem" title="West Jerusalem">West Jerusalem</a> in <span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">blue</span> (see <a href="/wiki/Green_Line_(Israel)" title="Green Line (Israel)">Green Line</a>).</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old City (Jerusalem)">Old City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Quarter" title="Armenian Quarter"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Armenian Quarter</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Quarter" title="Christian Quarter"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Christian Quarter</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muristan" title="Muristan"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Muristan</span></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Quarter_(Jerusalem)" title="Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Jewish Quarter</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Quarter_(Jerusalem)" title="Muslim Quarter (Jerusalem)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Muslim Quarter</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bab_Hutta" title="Bab Hutta"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Bab al-Huta</span></a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arzei_HaBira" title="Arzei HaBira">Arzei HaBira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batei_Neitin" title="Batei Neitin">Batei Neitin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batei_Ungarin" title="Batei Ungarin">Batei Ungarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batei_Warsaw" title="Batei Warsaw">Batei Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_David" title="Beit David">Beit David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_Ya%27akov,_Jerusalem" title="Beit Ya'akov, Jerusalem">Beit Ya'akov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_Yisrael" title="Beit Yisrael">Beit Yisrael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukharan_Quarter" title="Bukharan Quarter">Bukharim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Triangle_(Jerusalem)" title="Downtown Triangle (Jerusalem)">Downtown Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geula" title="Geula">Geula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rassco_(neighborhood)" title="Rassco (neighborhood)">Givat HaVradim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_Ram" title="Givat Ram">Givat Ram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Gateway" title="Jerusalem Gateway">Jerusalem Gateway</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Katamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerem_Avraham" title="Kerem Avraham">Kerem Avraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_HaLeom" title="Kiryat HaLeom">Kiryat HaLeom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_HaMemshala" title="Kiryat HaMemshala">Kiryat HaMemshala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Shmuel,_Jerusalem" title="Kiryat Shmuel, Jerusalem">Kiryat Shmuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Shomrei_Emunim" title="Kiryat Shomrei Emunim">Kiryat Shomrei Emunim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Wolfson" title="Kiryat Wolfson">Kiryat Wolfson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahane_Israel" title="Mahane Israel">Mahane Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahane_Yehuda_Market" title="Mahane Yehuda Market">Mahane Yehuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mea_Shearim" title="Mea Shearim">Mea Shearim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekor_Baruch" title="Mekor Baruch">Mekor Baruch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Zion" title="Mount Zion">Mount Zion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musrara" title="Musrara">Musrara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahalat_Shiv%27a" title="Nahalat Shiv'a">Nahalat Shiv'a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nachlaot" title="Nachlaot">Nachlaot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayot" title="Nayot">Nayot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neve_Granot" title="Neve Granot">Neve Granot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neve_Sha%27anan,_Jerusalem" title="Neve Sha'anan, Jerusalem">Neve Sha'anan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehavia" title="Rehavia">Rehavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romema" title="Romema">Romema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Compound" title="Russian Compound">Russian Compound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sha%27arei_Hesed" title="Sha'arei Hesed">Sha'arei Hesed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shmuel_HaNavi_(neighborhood)" title="Shmuel HaNavi (neighborhood)">Shmuel HaNavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talbiya" title="Talbiya">Talbiya (Komemiyut)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemin_Moshe" title="Yemin Moshe">Yemin Moshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zikhron_Moshe" title="Zikhron Moshe">Zikhron Moshe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ram" title="Al-Ram"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Al-Ram</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_Hanina" title="Beit Hanina"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Beit Hanina</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ram" title="Al-Ram"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Dahiyat al–Barid</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezrat_Torah" title="Ezrat Torah">Ezrat Torah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Hill_(settlement)" title="French Hill (settlement)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">French Hill</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_HaMivtar" title="Givat HaMivtar"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Givat HaMivtar</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_Moshe" title="Givat Moshe">Givat Moshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har_Hotzvim" title="Har Hotzvim">Har Hotzvim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_%27Aqab" title="Kafr 'Aqab"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Kafr 'Aqab</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Belz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiryat Belz">Kiryat Belz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Itri" title="Kiryat Itri">Kiryat Itri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Mattersdorf" title="Kiryat Mattersdorf">Kiryat Mattersdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Sanz,_Jerusalem" title="Kiryat Sanz, Jerusalem">Kiryat Sanz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%27alot_Dafna" title="Ma'alot Dafna"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Ma'alot Dafna</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Scopus" title="Mount Scopus">Mount Scopus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neve_Yaakov" title="Neve Yaakov"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Neve Yaakov</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisgat_Ze%27ev" title="Pisgat Ze'ev"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Pisgat Ze'ev</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramat_Eshkol" title="Ramat Eshkol"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Ramat Eshkol</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramat_Shlomo" title="Ramat Shlomo"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Ramat Shlomo</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramot,_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramot, Jerusalem"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Ramot</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramot_Polin" title="Ramot Polin"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Ramot Polin</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanhedria" title="Sanhedria">Sanhedria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanhedria_Murhevet" title="Sanhedria Murhevet">Sanhedria Murhevet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shikun_Chabad" title="Shikun Chabad">Shikun Chabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuafat" title="Shuafat"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Shuafat</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tel_Arza" title="Tel Arza">Tel Arza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Unsdorf" title="Kiryat Unsdorf">Unsdorf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_al-Jahalin" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab al-Jahalin"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Arab al–Jahalin</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Colony,_Jerusalem" title="American Colony, Jerusalem"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">American Colony</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Garden_(Jerusalem)" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Garden (Jerusalem)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Al Bustan</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Issawiya" title="Issawiya"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Al-Issawiya</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/At-Tur_(Mount_of_Olives)" class="mw-redirect" title="At-Tur (Mount of Olives)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">At-Tur</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bab_a-Zahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Bab a-Zahara"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Bab a-Zahara</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Bethany</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_David_(Silwan)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of David (Silwan)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Ir David</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabel_Mukaber" title="Jabel Mukaber"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Jabel Mukaber</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Menachem_Begin" title="Kiryat Menachem Begin"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Kiryat Menachem Begin</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%27ale_HaZeitim" title="Ma'ale HaZeitim"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Ma'ale HaZeitim</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahalat_Shimon" title="Nahalat Shimon"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Nahalat Shimon</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nof_Zion" title="Nof Zion"><span class="tmp-color" 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title="Arnona">Arnona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baka,_Jerusalem" title="Baka, Jerusalem">Baka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_Safafa" title="Beit Safafa"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Beit Safafa</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Talpiot" title="East Talpiot"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">East Talpiot</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Colony,_Jerusalem" title="German Colony, Jerusalem">German Colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilo" title="Gilo"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Gilo</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_HaMatos" title="Givat HaMatos"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Givat HaMatos</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_Oranim" title="Givat Oranim">Givat Oranim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_Massuah" title="Givat Massuah">Givat Massuah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Colony,_Jerusalem" title="Greek Colony, Jerusalem">Greek colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har_Homa" title="Har Homa"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Har Homa</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Katamonim">Katamonim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malha" title="Malha">Malha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekor_Chaim" title="Mekor Chaim">Mekor Chaim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat,_Jerusalem" title="Pat, Jerusalem">Pat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramat_Rachel" title="Ramat Rachel">Ramat Rachel</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Katamonim">San Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharafat,_East_Jerusalem" title="Sharafat, East Jerusalem"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Sharafat</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sur_Baher" title="Sur Baher"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Sur Baher</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talpiot" title="Talpiot">Talpiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Tuba" title="Umm Tuba"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">Umm Tuba</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayit_VeGan" title="Bayit VeGan">Bayit VeGan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_HaKerem,_Jerusalem" title="Beit HaKerem, Jerusalem">Beit HaKerem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Karem" title="Ein Karem">Ein Karem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_Beit_HaKerem" title="Givat Beit HaKerem">Givat Beit HaKerem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_Shaul" title="Givat Shaul">Givat Shaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Givat_Mordechai" title="Givat Mordechai">Givat Mordechai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har_Nof" title="Har Nof">Har Nof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ir_Ganim" title="Ir Ganim">Ir Ganim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_HaYovel" title="Kiryat HaYovel">Kiryat HaYovel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Menachem" title="Kiryat Menachem">Kiryat Menachem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Moshe" 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