Sitting beneath a tree beside the rubble of his demolished home, Fakhri Abu Diab stared out over what remained of the neighborhood where he has spent his whole life. The 62-year-old Palestinian resident of al-Bustan, a densely packed warren of hom...
Palestinians forced out of their homes and communities by Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank face poverty, insecurity, uncertainty, and little prospect of returning home, reveals a new report by the West Bank Protection Consortium (WB...
Israeli authorities are accelerating home demolitions and forced evictions of Palestinian residents in the Silwan district of occupied East Jerusalem, Human Rights Watch said today. The forcible deportation or transfer of the population of an occupie...
Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them. He and his wife now live among shards of memory: a bicycle where his bedroom stood; the garden ...
JERUSALEM, May 30, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities forced a Jerusalemite citizen on Saturday to demolish his home in the East Jerusalem town of Silwan. The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the occupation authorities forced Jerusa...
The European Union Representative issues the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah. The situation for Palestinians in East Jerusalem remains dire. In particular the Silwan area has witnessed a dram...
ERUSALEM, May 3, 2026 (WAFA) – The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem forced a Jerusalemite citizen on Sunday to demolish his own home in the East Jerusalem village of Umm Tuba under the pretext of building without an Israeli-issued permit. ...
JERUSALEM, April 15, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces demolished on Wednesday a Palestinian house in Silwan and several structures in Issawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Governorate reported that Israeli troops demolished ...
JERUSALEM, April 12, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday evening forced two Palestinian citizens to carry out the self-demolition of their home in the town of Jabal al-Mukaber, southeast of occupied Jerusalem. According to the...
The Silwan area, located south of the Old City of Jerusalem and annexed to the city’s municipal boundaries, is home to some 20,000 Palestinian residents. Its unique location next to the Old City, near al-Aqsa Mosque for Palestinians and the Temple ...
JERUSALEM, January 29, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Thursday delivered demolition notices for two houses owned by Jerusalemite brothers in the Wadi Qaddum neighborhood of the East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to local sources. ...
The decision by the Israeli authorities to enter and demolish the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem is a serious attack against the UN agency, and constitutes a violation of Israel's obligations under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunitie...
