The Jerusalem Municipality began renovation work today on a new educational and community complex in Jerusalem’s Kafr Aqab neighborhood, for the benefit of thousands of its Arab residents. The Municipality is investing over NIS 40 million in the project, including a new municipal boys’ high school set to open this September. Following close dialogue with neighborhood residents, the complex will be established on a plot owned by the Jewish National Fund since 1937 and allocated to the Jerusalem Municipality for this purpose. In the coming years, the community complex is expected to include additional schools, a mosque, sports and healthcare facilities, all for the benefit of the local community. Despite holding no property rights to the plot, UNRWA has walled off the land for decades, denying local residents much-needed space for schools and community services. UNRWA’s activities in Israel were prohibited by law following evidence of its employees’ involvement in the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks and its inseparable links to Hamas. The bottom line is simple: while UNRWA is playing politics, the Jerusalem Municipality is improving daily life for all its residents, Jews and Arabs alike.