Jerusalem unrest: What keeps the city roiling beneath the surface
Fatima Abdulkarim Correspondent In the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, outside the Old City’s walls, Jews and Palestinians live in tense proximity. The area is traditionally Arab, but religious Jewish families have bought property and moved in, determined to change the demographics. Palestinian taxi driver Taha Sarhan lives on the garden level of a house his father built. Two brothers live on the second floor. A third brother sold the top floor to a Jewish group. “I’m mad at my brother, not them,” Mr. Sarhan says, gesturing toward the family upstairs. Why We Wrote This...
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