Israeli Roadblocks in East Jerusalem
Israel put up checkpoints in Arab East Jerusalem for the first time since 1967.
Israel responded to a growing wave of Palestinian anger and violence by putting up roadblocks in Arab East Jerusalem. It chips away at the image of an undivided city. But Israel is running out of tools to deal with what appear to be spontaneous and random acts of violence which have put Israeli citizens in fear.
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(Photo: An Israeli roadblock in East Jerusalem. Credit: Getty Images)
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