Sheikh Jarrah: The Story Behind the Story

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"Depending on the headlines you are reading, you either are hearing that Sheikh Jarrah is:

An illegal land grab by Jewish settlersAn ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israel

Or:

The eviction of illegal squatters by IsraelJews reclaim their neighborhood which has always been rightfully theirs"

Read about the complicated dilemma of May 2021 in Israel. 

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A free article from Unpacked for Educators (requires registration of a free account to read) by John Kunza, publisher at OpenDor Media, who is a veteran journalist whose resume includes stops at NBC News as a foreign news producer and most recently at The Forward leading the organization as the news director.

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