2024-11-21T17:05:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/124278842/israel-okays-plan-of-palestinian-homes-in-east-jerusalem Orhan Ayyüce 2015-04-01T15:09:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/37/37zup3ncvbnjmrri.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>I had doubts about accepting this project. I didn&rsquo;t want to become a pawn for politicians, but the residents gave me a mandate. The public understood that it could act collectively in order to improve its situation - Architect</p></em><br /><br /><p>Project's architect <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/arts/design/16arch.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Senan Abdelkader&nbsp;</a>is well known to NY Times a few years back via Nicolai Ouroussoff.&nbsp;</p><p><img alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/01/16/arts/Our1450.jpg"></p><p><em>A distinct aesthetic language from Senan Abdelkader: an apartment building in an Arab neighborhood near Bethlehem.</em></p><p><em><img alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/01/16/arts/Our3650.jpg"></em></p><p><em>An apartment building, designed by Senan Abdelkader, in an Arab neighborhood near Bethlehem</em></p><p>Let's just say this is not another maneuver by Netanyahu government to ease off the international pressure on Israeli-Palestinian relations.</p>