CHALLENGES FACING THE CITY OF AL QUDS 1من اصل3

The city of Al-Quds, in its historical, spiritual and humanitarian aspects, is a
unique urban site with a unique architectural identity that has been acquired
through the city’s historical ages.
This urban identity was a product of the interaction of the city’s structure in
all aspects of behavior, the patterns of human activities generated by the
city throughout history, and the spiritual and symbolic meanings associated
with the place. Al-Quds was a unique model of the historical, spiritual and
human city. The city has been subjected to a series of destructive measures
and practices, which have lost the city’s distinctive historical, spiritual and
human character, and gave it a strange character that reflects the concepts
of oppression and domination, resulting in a deterioration of urban heritage.
Dr/ Amira   Mersal  
Head of the Architecture Department at King Mariout Academy
Where the Judaization of Al- Quds in the greatest stages of historical trouble
and complex, as the occupation seeks to turn the flower of cities, brilliant of
houses, the city of Isra and Maraj, to a strange city, where the occupation
authorities exercise the policy of demolition of Arab homes in the occupied
Palestinian territories in general, And in Al-Quds in particular, from the
aggressive 1967 war to our present days, 2018.
The city of Al-Quds is surrounded by many dangers. The danger of the
separation wall (the Al- Quds envelope), the seizure of Arab neighborhoods
and the expulsion of the Al- Qudsites from their homes are one of the most
important threats of all. The ultimate aim is to make Al- Quds a Jewish
capital inhabited by an overwhelming majority of Jews. An isolated
Palestinian minority that can be controlled. Where the area of Al-Quds was
reduced to less than 12%.