Snapshot Israeli settler organizations and the Israeli government are intensifying their collaboration in seizing Palestinian land for the construction of Jewish settlements across occupied Palestinian lands, and this is most evident in Jerusalem. This Backgrounder surveys the main settler groups working
Jerusalem municipality workers, accompanied by Israeli forces, demolished on Tuesday morning a Palestinian home in the Al-Bustan community of Silwan neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. The demolition has displaced seven Palestinians, including two children, in breach of international law prohibitions on forcible
Snapshot Another chapter unfolds in the sordid story of Ateret Cohanim’s relentless efforts to forcibly expel Palestinians from their homes in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan in East Jerusalem. On July 16, 2024, Israeli settlers broke into the Palestinian Abu
Legal status of Jerusalem Prior to Israel’s establishment in 1948, Jerusalem was a unified city in Palestine home to Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Under the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan calling for the establishment of separate Arab and Jewish states in Palestine, Jerusalem was to be governed by
Internationals from the recent May study tour visited Fakhri Abu Diab and his wife to hear the family’s story and grow in understanding of what it is like to have one’s home demolished. They live in Silwan, just below the Dung Gate
On Jerusalem Municipality, Ministry of Finance and Civil Administration orders, 73 structures were demolished throughout February, March and April 2024 in East Jerusalem and in adjacent areas lying within the al-Quds District of the Palestinian Authority. Thirty-seven of the structures were homes, 16
[caption id="attachment_6015" align="alignnone" width="800"] Posted on February 14, 2024, by ICAHDUK1 & filed under News.[/caption] I'm at the demolition of the home of Fakhri Abu Diab (on the left), one of the long-time leaders in the struggle to save the East
