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Wadi Yasul: The Jerusalem Neighborhood Slated for Demolition and Replacement by the “Peace Forest”

A house in Wadi Yasul, Silwan, Jerusalem

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Jerusalem Story

Residents of Wadi Yasul share their daily lived realities as targets for intended erasure from the landscape. Israel plans to replace the neighborhood with an extension of a forest called the “Peace Forest.” We spoke with a few of the hundreds of residents whose lives have been turned into an ongoing trauma as a result.

A Jerusalem Story production

Cinematographer: Mays Shkerat
Film editor: Mays Shkerat