Rabbis for Human Rights: “We want to slowly rehabilitate our path towards a just and peaceful future”
Goodman highlights the contrast between Jerusalem's spiritual vision in Jewish texts—as a city for all people to worship God—and the current reality. He describes a divided city with discrimination against Palestinians, especially in East Jerusalem, where there are home demolitions, aggressive policing, and settler incursions in neighborhoods like Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah. Goodman argues that the idea of a “united” Jerusalem is misleading, especially when ultranationalist marches provoke and marginalize Palestinian communities.
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