Famed Jerusalem stone still sells despite economic woes

SAIR, West Bank: Despite the catastrophic state of the Palestinian economy, Faraj Al-Atrash, operator of a quarry in the occupied West Bank, proudly points to an armada of machines busy eating away at sheer walls of dusty white rock that stretch into the distance. “This here is considered the main source of revenue for the entire region,” Atrash said at the site near the town of Beit Fajjar, close to the city of Hebron.

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