The Hajajla family house in al-Walaja, built before 1967 with clearly documented ownership, could not be destroyed or evacuated. So the state invested millions to ghettoize it.
From symbol to legend: The life, untimely and violent death, and historic burial of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Mohammed El-Kurd gives a stirring speech at the United Nations on November 29, 2021, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
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.
What does Jerusalem mean to Palestinians who identify as Jerusalemites? We posed this question to more than a dozen Jerusalemites worldwide.