Denial of the fundamental right to housing is a key tool of oppression used by Israel's apartheid regime against Palestinians ...
Saleh Diab and his family are at risk of unlawful transfer from occupied East Jerusalem after the Israeli District Court rejected their appeal against eviction from their home in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in February 2025. These forced evict...
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...
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...
The Palestinian Network of NGOs (PNGO) and Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) comprising over 140 Palestinian civil society organisations across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) wish to reiterate and clarify Palestinian ci...
On 26 January 2025, the Jerusalem Municipality distributed stop-work orders, which are essentially the initial stage of issuing demolition orders, for the mosque and all the houses in the Palestinian village of Khallet a-Nu’man. The municipality re...
On February 8th, six Palestinian civil society organizations held a briefing on the impact of collective punishment measures on Palestinian women in East Jerusalem. The session addressed Israeli practices like punitive residency revocations, house de...
The memoir *Armenians of Jerusalem: Memories of Life in Palestine* by John H. Melkon Rose provides a vivid and personal account of life in Palestine between 1924 and 1974, spanning the turbulent periods of British imperialism, the 1948 War, and the I...
"Reconciliation begins with recognizing human rights," said Goodman. "When we show up in Palestinian communities, solidarity and protection build relationships that lead to reconciliation." He emphasized that true reconciliation requires acknowle...
Goodman highlights the contrast between Jerusalem's spiritual vision in Jewish texts—as a city for all people to worship God—and the current reality. He describes a divided city with discrimination against Palestinians, especially in East Jerusal...
