Baruch Mizrachi Family - Post-independence

Post-independence

In 1948, the Old City was conquered by the Jordanian army, and the same Arab family continued living in the houses. When Israel liberated the remainder of Jerusalem in 1967, the family members returned to the houses and claimed ownership to the property. At the time, the Israeli authorities expropriated and demolished all the houses in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem in order to build a new neighborhood, and hence the family members were able to collect only compensation, which they felt they were not allowed to collect because of Baruch Mizrachi's will. Instead it was agreed that on the new building, a plaque would be mounted with the family's story.

Jerusalem mayors Teddy Kollek and Uri Lupolianski both promised that upon the arrival of the Messiah, Baruch Mizrachi will be able to receive from the municipality five new houses in Jerusalem.