NEW SETTLEMENT ENCLAVE AREA AT RAS AL AMOUD IN JERUSALEM, 1997-07-25 (photo)

JER05:MIDEAST-JERUSALEM:JERUSALEM,25JUL97 -View of the intended new settler enclave late July 25 afternoon in the Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Arab East Jerusalem. The decision by the Jerusalem City Council to allow a U.S. Jewish businessman, Irving Moskowitz, to build Jewish housing units in the Arab neighborhood has infuriated Palestinians who condemn the plan. Israel has given assurances to Palestinian President Arafat that the project to build several dozen Jewish houses would "not go ahead at this time", said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's media advisor David Bar-Ilan. Behind, past the Old City walls are seen the golden Dome of the Rock (R) and the dome atop the al-Aqsa mosque. MIDEAST JERUSALEM