Jerusalemite refuses to sell his café for $31 million

Emad Abu Khadija, a Palestinian resident in Jerusalem, has refused to sell his small cafe to Israeli authorities or settlers despite the huge financial offer amounting to around $US 31 million. The café is located on Bab al-Silsila Street, opposite a road leading to the Al-Buraq Wall, which Israel seized in 1967 and renamed “the Western Wall”, and only 30 meters away from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. “I inherited this café from my father and grandfather, who have owned it for 80 years,” the 62-year-old father of two told The New Arab, adding that its stones were built of Roman-Byzantine stone …

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