Shmuel HaNavi
Neighborhood in Jerusalem, IsraelWikipedia
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Shmuel HaNavi".
Sep 24, 2026
Herman PoppleberryHOST
The last person through was the American journalist Flora Lewis, shortly before the Six-Day War.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
What about just living there, on either side? West Jerusalem neighborhoods along the line, Shmuel Hanavi, Mia Sherim, Musrara, Mamilla, Yemen Moshe, were considered dangerous.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
They became slums.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
The phrase used is poverty and neglect.
Ike HanonHOST
We took it back, Shimon HaTzadik.
Ike HanonHOST
Shmuel Hanavi is there.
Ike HanonHOST
There's a few places there.
Ike HanonHOST
Then Bet Lechem, where Keve Rachel is, that's there.
CornHOST
Landmines went into the no-man's lands, and the West Jerusalem neighborhoods along the line became slums.
CornHOST
Shmuel Hanavi, Mea Sherim, Musrara, Mamilla, Yemen Moshe.
CornHOST
Dangerous poor, neglected for 19 years.
DanielHOST
Which is the context for everything that follows.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Wikipedia's article on the Black Panthers states it plainly, that Musrara became a neglected area, and it wasn't alone in that.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Along with Shmuel Hanavi, Mea Sharim, Mamilla, and Yemen Moshe, Misrara was one of the West Jerusalem neighborhoods along the line that were considered dangerous, and became slum neighborhoods populated by indigents, characterized by poverty and neglect.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
So the state housed its poorest new immigrants, Mizrahi families, against a hostile frontier.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Because that was the housing nobody else wanted.