Settlement construction in and around East Jerusalem has dramatically increased in 2023, with plans for thousands of new Israeli homes that threaten to fragment Palestinian neighborhoods and isolate them from each other. Key projects include Nof Zaha...
This study examines two central questions. First, it asks whether Israel’s de facto and de jure annexation measures, continued settlement and protracted occupation of the Palestinian territory – the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Ga...
This Backgrounder explores Israel’s settlement expansion in East Jerusalem, occupied since 1967. It outlines the strategic development of three settlement rings, reinforced by barriers, checkpoints, and restrictive policies, to alter the city's geo...
On 4 December 2021, Mohammad Shwkat Salima, a 25-year-old Palestinian, was shot and killed by Israeli forces at close range near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. The killing, which occurred after Salima allegedly attacked an Israeli man, is fra...
Between 17-24 November 2021, Israeli forces escalated their actions against Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, including killings, arbitrary arrests, house demolitions, and settler violence. On 17 November, a settler shot and killed 16-year-old Omar...
The report highlights the ongoing Israeli violations in Jerusalem, focusing on the illegal annexation, dispossession, and appropriation of Palestinian land, culture, and historical sites. It presents interconnected breaches of human rights, specifica...
Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem has once again made headlines due to the ongoing threat of eviction facing Palestinian families in the area. The evictions, which have sparked protests and clashes, stem from a long-standing legal battle against settle...
Nidal al-Rajabi, a Palestinian resident of Silwan, faces a 21-day ultimatum from Israeli authorities to self-demolish his home in al-Bustan or face forced demolition. This comes just months after his adjacent commercial store was destroyed. Despite I...
On 21 May 2021, a ceasefire ended Israel’s 11-day military offensive on Gaza, which killed at least 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, and displaced 72,000. However, Israel's regime of racial oppression and dispossession over Palestinians con...
Amnesty International has condemned Israeli security forces for using excessive and unlawful force against mostly peaceful Palestinian protesters in East Jerusalem, particularly in Sheikh Jarrah and around the al-Aqsa mosque. The violence, which has ...
Al-Haq’s new report titled “House Demolitions and Forced Evictions in Silwan: Israel’s Transfer of Palestinians from Jerusalem” examines Israel’s house demolition policy as a tool of forcible transfer, the different types of demolition orde...
Settlers continue to move into Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, backed by Israeli authorities, leading to severe hardships for Palestinian residents. Families face eviction through legal battles favoring settlers, denial of building permi...
