The State of Israel and the Jerusalem Municipality are concurrently promoting two massive and incompatible development projects - the Atarot Settlement Plan and a Waste-to-Energy (W2E) facility - in the strategically critical Atarot/Qalandiya region of northern East Jerusalem (EJ).
While structurally distinct, these projects are geographically intertwined, advancing Israeli demographic and municipal control over occupied territory at the documented expense of the surrounding Palestinian communities.
The simultaneous promotion of residential development and hazardous industrial infrastructure in the same location generates a profound conflict, violating basic principles of urban planning, escalating environmental risks, and deepening existing political and legal crises.

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