Jewish Investors Secretly Buy Real Estate in Old Jerusalem

An Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that a group of Jewish investors had paid millions of dollars to purchase Omar Ibn Hattab Avenue which is inside the Yafa gate at the entrance of old Jerusalem as part of a secret agreement. The newspaper report entitled "Omar Avenue is Ours," noted that an agreement was made by a group of Jews with the ideology "to liberate all the Jerusalem area". There was no exact figure mentioned in the article in regard to the price and the Greek Church was not available for comment. The Imperial Hotel and Petra Hotel are located on the avenue, and tourist souvenir shops are also located at the street level of the two buildings.