Fears for Remains of Jerusalem’s Lost Mughrabi Quarter

A view of the Western wall in Jerusalem, with the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in the background © RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP/File

At Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza, a recent excavation has alarmed some heritage specialists who fear the traces of a centuries-old Arab neighbourhood razed by Israel may disappear.

There are no signs on the expansive plaza to recall the history of the Mughrabi neighbourhood, or Moroccan quarter, which was demolished by Israeli forces after they captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War.