Amani Odeh shares about her life in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem where 1,500 residents are living under the threat of demolition to make way for Israeli settlers.
The issue and future of Jerusalem have been a focus of attention for years and especially since the 1967 Israeli occupation. Palestinians in Jerusalem have boycotted Israeli municipal elections aimed at a forced unification of the city. Although there was opposition to political unification, the situation of East Jerusalem Palestinians was initially prosperous. They enjoyed
A new poll captures East Jerusalem attitudes towards Arab-Israeli rapprochement, involvement from other Arab countries, and U.S. policy on the conflict.
On Tuesday 18 May there was a Palestinian general strike across Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Since the bombs and rockets started, some Palestinian mobilisation in Israel has been turned to reactionary mirror-images of the Jewish-chauvinist outrages, with attacks on synagogues. But also there, dominant before, and with chances of being dominant in future, is mobilisation for democratic rights, jointly with Jewish protesters.