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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.

Sheikh Jarrah

Muna Is Palestine, Yakub Is Israel: The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah

Ramzy Baroud May 13, 2021 Ramzy Baroud

There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories —one read and watched in the news and another that receives little media coverage or due analysis.

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