The village of Kfar Aqab in Jerusalem is located beyond the separation barrier in the city. Until the Gaza war, residents would leave for Jerusalem through the Qalandiya or Hizma checkpoints. An additional checkpoint, the Jaba checkpoint, was establi...
Israel hires private security companies to guard Israeli settler compounds in Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. The state spends millions of dollars on settler security in East Jerusalem while endangering Palestinian residents....
On June 19, 2025, we approached the Mayor of Jerusalem, the Minister of Defense, and the commander of the Home Front Command on behalf of the residents of neighborhoods beyond the separation wall in Jerusalem, demanding that the receive protective sh...
Foundation for Middle East Peace webinar. Fayrouz Sharqawi and Mohammed El-Kurd talk with Lara Friedman....
Left-wing Israeli organisation Ir Amim revealed yesterday that a record number of Palestinian homes were demolished by Israeli occupation forces in East Jerusalem in May.In a statement the organisation, which specialises in Jerusalem affairs, rep...
The Israeli army demolished 33 Palestinian structures in the occupied East Jerusalem last month, a record number this year, an Israeli rights group said on Monday.The demolished buildings included 16 residential units and 17 non-residential struc...
Israel permanently closed six U.N. schools in east Jerusalem on Thursday, forcing Palestinian students to leave early and throwing the education of more than 800 others into question....
A large rally in Jerusalem marking Israel's capture of the city's east in the 1967 war descended into chaos on Monday as far-right Israeli Jews confronted and assaulted Palestinians, fellow Israelis and journalists, witnesses said. The annual "Flag ...
Al-Quds University is the largest Palestinian institution and the only Palestinian university operating in Jerusalem, despite ongoing Israeli pressure to leave the city. Its students face considerable employment and transportation challenges but stil...
The number of Palestinian homes demolished by their owners in East Jerusalem for lacking Israeli-issued building permits has been on the rise. So far in 2025, 62 per cent of demolished structures in East Jerusalem were demolished by their owners....
Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem hit a new record in 2024, with 255 buildings razed that year. This year is already on track to surpass that figure as more structures have been demolished thus far in 2025 than during the sam...
"An assault on children. An assault on education. A sad day in occupied East Jerusalem." This morning, heavily armed Israeli Forces entered three UNRWA schools in Shu’fat Camp in occupied East Jerusalem, forcing 550+ girls and boys who were in cla...
