Israel’s cruelest punishments reserved for Palestinians

Palestinians inspect the home of the Ghassan Abu Jamal after it was punitively demolished by the Israeli army in East Jerusalem’s Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood, 6 October.

Charlotte Silver- 9 November 2015

The Electronic Intifada

The Abu Jamal family lives in an apartment complex near the bottom of the valley in Jabal al-Mukabir, a neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.

On the building’s top floor, a thin trail of ash leads to what was once Ghassan Abu Jamal’s apartment.

Israel’s Cruelest Punishments Reserved for Palestinians by Thavam Ratna