‘American Road’ to cut off West Bank from East Jerusalem

Construction is under way on controversial road, which is part of a wide-ranging plan to cut the eastern half of the city off from occupied West Bank.

Construction is under way on a controversial road through occupied East Jerusalem.

Palestinian activists say the so-called “American Road” is part of a wide-ranging plan to cut the eastern half of the city off from the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports.