The misplaced historical past of Gaza’s Jewish quarter In the Gaza Strip’s Jewish Quarter, outdated and dilapidated buildings have a jagged construction coated with silvery zinc plates. The 4,000 sq. meters (1 acre) within the Zaytoun District (Harat az-Zaytoun), southeast of Gaza City, holds its identify for being inhabited till the late 1960s by a Palestinian Jewish household. Today, the options of this neighborhood are not totally different from the remainder of Gaza. They all share the identical architectural and demographic character. Few of this quarter’s residents even know that it was known as the Jewish Quarter. Those who do,...