Jamal Abu Khdeir

Debate over a new light rail line in Jerusalem symbolic of city’s fissures, discontent

Jerusalem has a shiny, new light rail line running through some of its most populous neighborhoods. Often, the train is packed. But outside the pack cars there are problems. It took a long time to build, the ticket machines don’t always work and — it bridges Palestinian and Israeli neighborhoods.

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