recognized as palestinian it is a process that has been developing for many decades but in 2009 jackie rowland went to the front line of what can only be described as a battle for the right to live in a city that is the beating heart of the holy land from 2009 this is holy land grab . jerusalem for. hundreds of years the most recent. in 1960. in defiance of international law. since then israel has been. working with determination to weld the 2 parts of the city into its eternal indivisible capital by building houses for jews and destroying houses been the entire our ups. israel's project is nearly complete within a year or 2 if no one intervenes the invisible line dividing jerusalem into jewish and arab parts will be erased. the palestinian village of city one clings to a steep hill side facing the force of the old city in the valley below lies i was stunned neighborhood it's a setting resonant with meeting for muslims christians and jews. to be standing about is situated in the most important one of the most important areas in jerusalem right next to the walls of the engine city situated wide