page_title: Har Homa
hierarchical_section_title: Har Homa
caption_attribution_description: English: Building dense, but interesting planned Har Homa, Jerusalem עברית: מבנים בשכונת הר חומה בירושלים, Original Image Name:הר חומה, Location:ירושלים
context_page_description: Har Homa, officially Homat Shmuel, is an Israeli settlement in southern East Jerusalem, near Beit Sahour. Built on 1,850 dunams of land expropriated in 1991, it is considered an illegal Israeli settlement by much of the world, although Israel disputes this. The settlement is also referred to as Jabal Abu Ghneim, which is the Arabic name of the hill. One purpose given for the decision approving of its establishment was to obstruct the growth of the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem.
  Har Homa has secular, traditional, and Modern Orthodox Jewish populations.
  The neighborhood was officially renamed Homat Shmuel in 1998 after Shmuel Meir, a former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, who played an active role in its development before he was killed in a car accident in 1996.
  In 2013, Har Homa had a population of 25,000.
  The international community considers Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
context_section_description: Har Homa (Hebrew: הר חומה, lit Wall Mountain), officially Homat Shmuel, is an Israeli settlement in southern East Jerusalem, near Beit Sahour. Built on 1,850 dunams of land expropriated in 1991,  it is considered an illegal Israeli settlement by much of the world, although Israel disputes this.  The settlement is also referred to as Jabal Abu Ghneim, which is the Arabic name of the hill. One purpose given for the decision approving of its establishment was to obstruct the growth of the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem.
  Har Homa has secular, traditional, and Modern Orthodox Jewish populations.
  The neighborhood was officially renamed Homat Shmuel in 1998 after Shmuel Meir, a former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, who played an active role in its development before he was killed in a car accident in 1996.
  In 2013, Har Homa had a population of 25,000.
  The international community considers Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
caption: Terraced construction in Har Homa using Jerusalem stone
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