On August 9, 2024, Zuheir a-Rajabi, a resident of Batan al-Hawa in Silwan, East Jerusalem, was assaulted and arrested by Border Police while trying to defuse a situation involving local children. After initially discussing the matter with an officer,...
Before Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, Bir ‘Awna (Arabic for Well of Assistance), roughly 326 dunums in size, was a neighborhood of the town of Beit Jala in the Palestinian Bethlehem Governorate, just 2 kilometers from Bethlehem’s city cen...
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...
The article discusses Israel's ongoing Settlement of Land Title (SOLT) initiative in East Jerusalem, which began in 2018 after being frozen since 1967. This process is criticized by the Israeli NGO Ir Amim as a means to dispossess Palestinians and fu...
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 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 ...
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...
The Ghaith-Sub Laban family, living in the Old City of Jerusalem since 1953, faces imminent forced eviction by Israeli authorities to allow settlers to take over their home. This move is part of a broader pattern of displacement targeting Palestinian...
Land Day, commemorated on 30 March each year, marks the 1976 killing of six Palestinians during protests against Israeli land appropriation in Galilee. Despite ongoing international condemnation, Israel's policies of land confiscation, forcible displ...
The status of land in East Jerusalem is highly complex due to the historical and ongoing manipulation of land settlement and registration (LSR) by Israel. This process, which involves determining land ownership and boundaries, has been influenced by ...
