One of Jerusalem’s most important villages, al-Walaja, has been suffocated by Israeli settlements and their accompanying infrastructure and converted into an open-air prison.
The Hajajla family house in al-Walaja, built before 1967 with clearly documented ownership, could not be destroyed or evacuated. So the state invested millions to ghettoize it.
Surrounded, isolated, and overshadowed by the Separation Wall, al-Karawan Restaurant somehow remains open and popular for its famous delectable homemade Palestinian cooking.
An interactive map of the Separation Wall in Jerusalem and its environs
A young man shares his lifetime of experience of dealing with Israel’s closure of Jerusalem and how it has impacted his entire life.
Where is Jerusalem? The answer is a lot more complex and unclear than you might think.
A generation’s labor is lost when the wall comes between a man and his business. A Photo Story.
A powerful testament to the experience of living through the transformative and traumatic period when the wall was built in Jerusalem and its environs.