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Israeli roadblocks in East Jerusalem

17/10/2015 02:06 GMT

17/10/2015 02:06 GMT: Israeli Roadblocks in East Jerusalem

Israeli Roadblocks in East Jerusalem

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Israel put up checkpoints in Arab East Jerusalem for the first time since 1967

Israel put up checkpoints in Arab East Jerusalem for the first time since 1967.

Israel responded to a growing wave of Palestinian anger and violence by putting up roadblocks in Arab East Jerusalem. It chips away at the image of an undivided city. But Israel is running out of tools to deal with what appear to be spontaneous and random acts of violence which have put Israeli citizens in fear. 

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(Photo: An Israeli roadblock in East Jerusalem. Credit: Getty Images)

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