The Battle for Jerusalem
Category: WORLDPOST
It will either be the last battle Palestinians will fight before Israeli Jews take East Jerusalem over. Or it is the first battle of a larger struggle -- in which Jerusalem serves as a magnet for militants from wherever they hail -- Sunni or Shia, secular and Islamist, takfiris, jihadis, or nationalists.
By David Hearst, ContributorEditor, Middle East Eye, 2014-11-19