Har Homa is an Israeli settlement located on the hill known as Abu Ghneim in occupied East Jerusalem, built in 1997 on land previously belonging to the Palestinian village of Abu Ghneim. Construction began in the mid-1990s despite widespread Palestinian opposition, legal challenges in Israeli courts, and international calls for intervention, involving the uprooting of the Abu Ghneim forest as documented in reports and images from 2003. Between 2003 and 2007, the Israeli Ministry of Housing, in cooperation with the Jerusalem Municipality, issued six tenders for 2,536 additional illegal housing units. The population reached 25,000 by 2013, with recent expansions including plans for a new 'Har Homa E' settlement, the first such development in East Jerusalem under the Biden administration (as reported by FMEP). The settlement is considered illegal under international law and has faced international criticism, such as Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney's 2021 urging to reverse construction decisions. It is viewed as an obstacle to peace by blocking Palestinian urban contiguity, particularly the growth of Bethlehem, and is associated with controversies like a 2023 tour of Palestinian prisoners for Har Homa synagogue leaders, as alleged by Israeli sources and reported by Mustafa Barghouti. The community features Facebook pages such as the 'Har Homa' neighborhood page and 'Ohel Yehoshua', a French-speaking community center.