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But he added that it was important to understand that police had themselves come under sustained attack in Silwan earlier in the day.

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But he added that it was important to understand that police had themselves come under sustained attack in Silwan earlier in the day.

lively writing from pakistan 2008

The contested site is a section of a larger neighborhood called Silwan, which is home to some 50,000 Palestinians and 70 Jewish families.

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The section runs from the Pool of Shiloh in Silwan village to about 10 metres west of the Wailing Wall, the sole remnant of the Jewish Second Temple detroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.

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I was not able to get a question, but if I did I probably would have asked about “normal life” in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem where the Israeli authorities have been evicting families and demolishing homes as part of a larger plan to put areas of Jerusalem’s Old City under the control of settler groups.

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Israel asserts that the targeted houses in Silwan were built without proper permits, but Palestinians contend that “permits are impossible to obtain and that many of the homes were built before Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967.”

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“On Nov 5, the Jerusalem municipality demolished a house in Silwan,” B’Tselem said in a statement accompanying the video.

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“On Nov 5, the Jerusalem municipality demolished a house in Silwan,” B’Tselem said in a statement accompanying the video.

lively writing from pakistan 2008

This is the first time in five years that there will be an expulsion in Silwan, which is a point of extreme tension, is close to the Old City and Al-Aqsa, and has been the site of violence and clashes in the past.

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