Police remove concrete slabs from Armon Hanatziv

Jerusalem police remove portable concrete slabs between the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv in the capital’s southeast and the Arab neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in October.

A Palestinian child stands near concrete walls in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, October 18, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A Palestinian child stands near concrete walls in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, October 18, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The concrete wall, 300 meters long and about five meters high, was intended “to prevent the throwing of firebombs at the houses on Meir Nakar Street [in Armon Hanatziv] and to prevent the loss of life. It means nothing more,” a police spokeswoman said.

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