Old City

Jerusalem’s ancient Damascus Gate is at the heart of a modern wave of violence

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JERUSALEM —For centuries, the Damascus Gate has stood as the portal to the Old City of Jerusalem, opening onto a packed bazaar of souvenir shops, teahouses and falafel joints — and the holiest places for Jews, Christians and Muslims.The tourists and pilgrims still come, but for locals, the Damascus Gate is now a hot zone to be avoided, with squads of Israeli soldiers waiting in nearby buses and Palestinian teens frequently stopped, searched and sometimes led away.

See Jerusalem through Palestinian eyes

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Israeli security forces on Monday evicted members of an extended Palestinian family from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem and handed the building over to Ateret Cohanim, a Jewish religious organization that buys properties for settlement in the Old City. Members of the family, the Abu Nabs, have been fighting to keep their homes since 2002, when Ateret Cohanim filed a lawsuit claiming that the building sits on a land that was once a Jewish synagogue.

Burj Al Luq Luq Social Centre

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Refurbishing the Faisal Husseini Library with new books, CDs, DVDs and equipment, sensitizes inhabitants about reading books and organizing cultural and social activities for children, youth and adults. This project ameliorates the social and living condition of Bab al Hutta neighborhood and the old city of Jerusalem through cultural and socio-educative activities.

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