An Arab clan war broke out just south of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem over the weekend, escalating into a full-blown gun battle that claimed the lives of two Arabs and left ten others injured. Residents of the Silwan area, both Jewish and Arab, say they are frightened to leave their houses, and claim police refused to intervene and stop the violence.
Silwan is the Arab neighborhood stretching from the south of the Temple Mount to the facing Armon HaNetziv mountain ridge. It is also the home to the Ir David (City of David) Jewish neighborhood, which numbers around 50 families and is visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year who come to see the Shiloah spring and archaeological garden.
Silwan is the Arab neighborhood stretching from the south of the Temple Mount to the facing Armon HaNetziv mountain ridge. It is also the home to the Ir David (City of David) Jewish neighborhood, which numbers around 50 families and is visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year who come to see the Shiloah spring and archaeological garden.
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