#old city
“Shabbat Shalom!” He kindly greeted the stranger on the Sabbath. The response: “Leh Lehizdayen!” (Hebrew for f**k you). This is a typical interaction between Khalil* and one of the neighboring settlers. Owning a shop in the Old City of Hebron within the Israeli controlled H2 precinct has its peculiar challenges. With 500 settlers living in four settlements next to at least 30,000 Palestinians, H2 remains a focal point for Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Home to a magnificent Herodian structure called the Haram Al-Ibrahimi…
