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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/413073.html
So We Don't Give Up Jerusalem
(Ha'aretz) Nadav Shragai - When the Yemenites arrived in Jerusalem 122 years ago and sought to settle inside its walls, the veteran residents doubted they were really Jews. So they settled in caves on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, near Silwan. In 1885, the first three houses were dedicated. Six years later there were 65 houses. Over the years, more land was bought and the neighborhood grew. Simha Hazi, 75, whose parents were born in the Yemenite Village in Silwan, remembers the neighborhood and its alleyways, and the house built by her grandfather. Over the years, relations and bonds have formed between Jew and Arab in Silwan and in the nearby Muslim Quarter. Not much is heard about it, mostly because too detailed a public report of it could harm the Arab side. The fact that the new Jewish settlement areas were bought at full price, and not expropriated (as the government does) also contributed to the calm. Only the terror gang from Tunis and the delusional supporters of Oslo have tried undermining that reality.