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Jeff Wright is a pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), appointed by the denomination to serve as a volunteer with Kairos Palestine, led by H.B. Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem.
A Palestinian flag in Silwan, one of the few neighborhoods in East Jerusalem were large numbers of Palestinians still reside. (iStock/DZarzycka)  
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jeff Wright
For more than a decade, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem has suffered noise and damages to homes from excavation work for a “Bible Park,” and residents fear they will be pushed out entirely.