On August 6, 2024, Israeli authorities demolished a home in Al-Bustan, Silwan, displacing seven Palestinians, including two children. This action violates international law prohibiting forcible transfer and property destruction. The Norwegian Refugee...
Israel’s West Bank wall, built from 2002, separates Palestinians from Israel and Israeli settlements, with critics claiming it annexes Palestinian land. The wall is deemed illegal by international law, as it cuts through Palestinian territories and...
Legal Status of Jerusalem: Jerusalem's status remains contested since 1948, with the western part controlled by Israel and the eastern part occupied but considered Palestinian territory under international law. Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem i...
International visitors recently met Fakhri Abu Diab and his wife in Silwan, Jerusalem, to learn about their experience following the demolition of their home on February 14, 2024. This area, targeted for Israeli settlement expansion and archaeologica...
The report, published six months after the October 7th attacks, outlines the severe impact of the Gaza war on Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem. It highlights worsened discrimination and human rights violations, including movement restrictions,...
The report highlights the significant escalation in settlement expansion and home demolitions in East Jerusalem since the outbreak of the war in October 2023. It details the promotion of new settlements with over 12,000 housing units and an alarming ...
This backgrounder explores the political representation of Palestinians in Jerusalem, a city with a complex and disputed status. Despite being a large population, Palestinians in East Jerusalem have lacked meaningful political representation since Is...
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...
