JERUSALEM, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Jewish families moved into an Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem earlier this week, a relocation seen as a provocation of their Palestinian neighbors.
The 17 new residents of the Silwan neighborhood indicate that about 500 Jews, protected by security guards, are now in the community of about 50,000 Palestinians. Right-wing Jews -- eager to reinforce Israel's claim on all of Jerusalem despite the Palestinian Authority maintaining the city is the capital of Palestine -- are eagerly purchasing property in Silwan, to be occupied by Jewish residents.