Brian Walt

Demolishing Homes While Mourning Lost Temple?

This Thursday, while Israelis across town marked Tisha B’Av by mourning the destruction of our Temple, as many as 45 Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Jabel Mukaber, Sur Bacher, Shuafat and Beit Hanina were facing the impending demolition of their homes. None of these families, who in recent weeks had been informed…