East Jerusalem Lexicon
Until 1948, Jerusalem was a mixed city of Jews and Arabs, alongside Armenians, Greeks, and others—all of whom had deep religious, cultural, and collective ties to it. The rise of national movements—Zionism on one hand, and the Palestinian national movement on the other—interrupted a long history of shared coexistence, mostly peaceful, of Jews, Arabs, and others in Jerusalem.
This entry is original published by Ir Amim.
