Sheikh Jarrah

Sheikh Dscharrah (English: Sheikh Jarrah; Arabic الشيخ جراح, DMG aš - Shaykh Ǧarrāḥ, Hebrew שייח' ג'ראח ) is a neighborhood of Jerusalem and East Jerusalem, which is predominantly inhabited by Arabs.

History

Sheikh Dscharrah was built on the slope of Mount Scopus and named after the Emir, who was buried in 1201 in the area.

From 1948 to 1967, the district was located on the demilitarized buffer zone on the border of Jordan / Israel. The only transition was the Mandelbaumtor that was on the Israeli side, then from the buffer zone until 1952. The name comes from the owner of the house, next to the junction had been built. The transition was possible only for diplomatic personnel.

In the 1960s, the neighborhood was a popular place for consulates and international organizations, including the British and Turkish consulate in the Nashashibi Street and the Consulates of Belgium, Sweden and Spain, which, together with the UN Mission in the Saint George Street are. Also, the German Friedrich Naumann Foundation has its Jerusalem office here. Also living here is still relatively many long-established Arab Palestinian families, many of whom are located in the center of current Israeli- Palestinian property disputes.

Local attractions include the Royal Tombs and the grave of Simon the Just (Hebrew קבר שמעון הצדיק ).

Among the important buildings of Sheikh Dscharrah include the St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital French, with a secondary focus, built in 1898 Anglican St. George School and the American Colony in Jerusalem. The Shepherd Hotel, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem built in the 1930s for Mohammed Amin al- Husseini, was demolished except for a small protected area of ​​10 January 2011. The so- vacant site will serve the housing of Jewish settlers. The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton protested against this step.

Opened in 2011, Jerusalem light rail stops right at the entrance of the district, but the station is named after the aforementioned Simon the Just ( Shim'on Ha - Tzadik ) (Hebrew שמעון הצדיק ).