Israel to Implant 9-Storey Ultra-Orthodox Seminary in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Juan Cole 02/13/2014

(Via AFP)

Israel to build high rise in annexed E.Jerusalem area: NGO (via AFP)

Jerusalem’s planning committee moved forwards on Wednesday with plans to build a nine-storey Jewish seminary in the heart of a densely-populated Palestinian neighbourhood near the Old City. Plans for the new tower block, to be built in the Sheikh Jarrah…

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About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.