Jewish Trailer Trash Inundate Disputed East Jerusalem Neighborhood

Two months after Palestinians became infuriated by the appropriation of 40 acres of disputed territory in East Jerusalem as a new Israeli settlement, tempers have flared higher over the past few weeks as what neighbors have termed "Jewish trailer trash" have begun to set up stakes in the area.

"They're obnoxious, slovenly and rude, and the ramshackle mobile homes they puttered in there in have turned a holy place into a depressing eyesore," remarked Palestinian Naeem Hamza, describing the typically less-affluent Israelis who generally serve as claim holders in low-rent, disputed areas throughout the West Bank.

Broken tchochkes, discarded toilets, Chinese take-out cartons and rusty menorahs lie strewn about the haphazard maze of trailers, RVs and vans that now constitute the Nadav Shlomo neighborhood – a surprising accumulation of debris for such a young settlement.

"All day long the men hang around the vacant lots spinning dreidels and shooting fireworks at each other, and at night you can't sleep for the ear splitting arguments between them and their elderly mothers," complained a Palestinian woman living in the adjacent neighborhood of Silwan, "How do people yell so loud?"

Crime logs for the neighborhood support Palestinian claims, as records indicate that Nadav Shlomo already has a 76% higher crime rate per-capita than the rest of Jerusalem, and that officers have been dispatched to the neighborhood for a range of complaints ranging from reports of a man offering to perform circumcisions without a license and a naked woman brandishing a havdalah candle.

Still, despite the contentious atmosphere surrounding the region, those living within the new trailer park are evidently safe from outside aggression.

"Not even a suicide bomber would set foot in there," said one Palestinian man.