Before 1948, Jerusalem was not split between an “East” and a “West.” Rather, a cosmopolitan, multiethnic New City grew organically out of the Old City.
Siblings who stood firm in the face of relentless efforts by the state and settlers to forcibly expel them from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah have been named to Time Magazine’s list of the most 100 influential people of 2021.
Closure is not only imposed on Palestinian access to the city of Jerusalem as a whole; it is also imposed on Palestinian access to their own neighborhoods—in this case, Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem.
Mayor of Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century who paved the streets and built the city’s public sewage system
A formidable figure who dedicated her life to the care of orphans, education of girls and women, preservation of Palestinian culture, and social service