70 | March• 2019
CROSSROADS OF FAITH
Top:StudentsstudyanddiscussreligioustextsinthestudyroomofaJewish
religiousschoolonValleyStreet.The19th-centuryschoolwasabandoned
after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, but was reinstated when Israel occupied
Jerusalemduringthe1967Arab-IsraeliWar.Bottom:Tensionsarealways
tangible on 650-metre-long Valley Street, where heavily armed members
of the Israeli border police maintain order and patrol between police posts
placed within eyeshot of each other