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A nurse in a COVID ward at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem was attacked by stone-throwing kids on her way back from a shift on Yom Kippur.

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Since taking office in January of this year, Biden has been clear about his opposition to Jewish building over the pre-1967 lines, including in West Bank settlements.

Givat HaMatos and Har Homa are both over the Green Line in east Jerusalem.

Police are investigating all possibilities at this time. The motivation of the stabbing is currently undetermined.

Har Homa was founded in 1997, in the midst of a stormy binational struggle. Today it has nearly 20,000 residents, but it still looks like a construction site, neglected and uninviting.

Located on the city’s southern end, the neighborhood of some 20,000 residents, creates a wedge between Israeli Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem from the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem.

Final meetings planned by Jerusalem Municipality and Interior Ministry canceled at last minute.

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

Funds to be allocated toward improving neighborhood’s infrastructure, according to municipality.