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CsMonitor:
Jerusalem's growing web of walls

Israelis are erecting a network of barriers in East Jerusalem after Years
of deadly attacks. The barrier is changing lives on both sides

JERUSALEM – Jamal Dirawi jolted awake to the thunder of fists pounding
his front door. 1 a.m. He shared a tired glance with his wife and got
dressed. This had happened before. In the weeks to come, it would
happen again.

That July night, Israeli border police arrested Mr. Dirawi and 15
others in his village for entering Israel illegally. Dirawi was born here, just
south of East Jerusalem. He was living here in 1967 when Israel declared the
area part of greater Jerusalem. The villagers weren't told until 1992. When
they applied for proper identification as Jerusalem residents, they were
denied, making them illegally present on land they had never left. Now they are
trapped.