Thousands of Israelis participated in a Passover tradition: the biblical Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

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The Old City with its Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy places is part of the eastern half of Jerusalem that Israel captured from Jordan during the 1967 war.

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But in the past few years, two neighbourhoods to the north and south of Old Jerusalem have undergone a spate of new development to keep up with tourist demand, revealing pockets of a modernised city amid otherwise historical sites.

BBC: Hip Jerusalem and historic Tel Aviv

But much remains to be achieved for the conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem.

UNESCO: Director-General calls for cooperation regarding the preservation of the Old City of Jerusalem | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Host Leone Lakhani strolls along the ramparts of the wall surrounding the old city of Jerusalem, a place of enormous spiritual and cultural significance for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.

CNN: This month on Inside the Middle East