Jerusalem Interrupted explores how the city, its culture and society went through radical transformations beginning in the early 20th century through to its current phase. The basic premise of the book is that Jerusalem, a highly interconnected city – culturally, socially and economically – with Palestinian towns and villages, underwent massive transformations, violent at times, to change it into a Jewish city.
It’s a theme that’s been revisited countless times within academic and literary works on Palestine: the ethnic cleansing of Palestine to create a Jewish majority, along with the racist policies enacted by Israel for the preservation of Jewish dominance, is very topical with many classical works on the subject.
This book has been shortlisted for the Palestine book awards 2015. Click here to read the full review.