Israel’s plans for cutting up Jerusalem

Israel’s plans for Jerusalem will create a large Jewish city but will have harsh consequences for the Palestinians, on both sides of the barrier
IN THE twilight of a Bethlehem evening, Jerusalem shimmers on a distant hilltop like the Wizard of Oz’s Emerald City, its floodlit walls giving it a surrealist glow. Except that these are [...]

Water and Resistance

The view from the Palestinian village of Nahhalin, in the west Bethlehem area, is sobering. This small village—along with the villages of Husan, Battir, Wadi Fuqin, and Al Walaja—are becoming more and more isolated from Bethlehem.
As Israeli colonization in the Etzion bloc grows and as the Wall continues to cut deeply into the West Bank [...]