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East Jerusalem residents anguished as homes demolished to make way for biblical park

April 26, 2026
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Yusra Qwaider is 97 years old, bedridden and helpless: within days, bulldozers from the Jerusalem municipality will come to tear down the home she's lived in for over 50 years. If the demolition in the Al-Bustan neighbourhood goes ahead, it will be the third time she's lost her home -- this time to make way for an archaeology and tourism park in the Silwan area just outside the Old City.I don't know what to do...

I want to stay in my home, she told AFP from her bed in the house where she lives with 12 family members that the municipality says is illegal.

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