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Trains, Bikes and Shoppers: The Quiet Unification of Jerusalem
(Times of Israel) Matti Friedman - In recent years, new infrastructure projects in Jerusalem have quietly but dramatically created a reality that is reducing divisions between Israelis and Palestinians. The light rail system, an upscale shopping plaza outside the Old City, a new bike trail, and the sheer force of everyday life and business are slowly but surely drawing the city's disparate parts closer together. Jerusalem in 2013 is a more integrated city than it has been in decades.