Jessica Buxbaum, Author at Toward Freedom

Ola Nababta prays at her son's grave in east Jerusalem's al-Yusufiya cemetery, over which Israel is threatening to build a park / credit: Jessica Buxbaum

‘Picnics Alongside Graves’: Jerusalem to Build Biblical Park Over Palestinian Cemetery

Jessica Buxbaum May 20, 2022 Jessica Buxbaum

Al-Yusufiya cemetery in East Jerusalem remains under threat as the city’s government plans to build a promenade over the land, as part of a proposed "Bible Trail," a string of national parks, reports Jessica Buxbaum.

Residents of the Palestinian neighborhood, Jabal al-Mukaber, protest proposed demolition of their homes to make way for an expansion of a highway that would connect Israeli settler neighborhoods / credit: Jessica Buxbaum

Hundreds of Palestinian Homes May Be Demolished to Expand Highway Connecting Israeli Settler Colonies

Jessica Buxbaum March 28, 2022 Jessica Buxbaum

For the fifth week in a row, residents of Jabal al-Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood in Occupied East Jerusalem, demonstrated outside city hall against a municipal plan to demolish their homes to expand the American Road, a highway largely viewed as a bypass serving illegal Israeli settlements throughout Jerusalem, reports Jessica Buxbaum.