Mr. Avi Nissenkorn, who chairs the biggest Israeli Trade Union federation, the Histadrut, recently announced support for Ze’ev Elkin in the race for mayor of Jerusalem. Mr. Elkin serves currently as the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs in Netanyahu’s government and…
Category: Jerusalem
Trump decides: One state
In February 2017, at a joint press conference before the first official meeting between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump made a typical slip of the tongue: “I’m looking at two-state and one-state and I like the one that both…
Gordian Knot
AMID PREPARATIONS FOR the Annapolis Conference, rumors abound that Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is ready to divide Jerusalem along the lines of the Clinton parameters from the year 2000. This calls for division on a demographic basis. The Arab neighborhoods…
Settlements and Settlers in the Old City
SINCE the occupation of the West Bank began in 1967, Israeli governments have made persistent efforts to change the Arab character of East Jerusalem, eradicate all Palestinian signifiers, and engender a Jewish mass that will in turn create a new…
Digging up the Past, Destroying the Future
IT is no simple matter these days to visit the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Temple Mount. Israeli soldiers guard not only the entrances, but also the alleys leading up to them. If they wish, they…
Dark Cloud over Silwan
In November 2004, the Chief Engineer of the Jerusalem Municipality circulated a letter demanding “the removal of illegal construction in the neighborhood of the King’s Valley.” This is the Israeli term for al-Bustan, a neighborhood in the village of Silwan,…