The Red Cross and United Nations are actively helping the Palestinian Authority to assert sovereignty over parts of Israel's capital, according to Israeli NGO Regavim.
The Palestinian Authority has been quietly establishing a parallel governance structure in Jerusalem for over a decade, in direct violation of the Oslo Accords, according to a report released July 10 by an Israeli non-governmental organization.
The P.A.’s Jerusalem Affairs Ministry functions as the authority’s official arm in Israel’s capital and operates with an annual budget of tens of millions of shekels. One of the ministry’s primary activities is providing financial compensation to Arabs penalized for violating Israeli construction regulations in the eastern part of the city.
These payouts amount to approximately $15,000 per housing unit for individuals whose illegally built structures were demolished following Israeli court orders, according to the report by Regavim, an Israeli organization that monitors land and sovereignty issues.