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...
Nawal Barakat lives in the village of An Nabi Samwil. It’s only eight kilometers northwest of Jerusalem—but it might as well be a world away. Nawal Barakat lives in the village of An Nabi Samwil, just eight kilometers from Jerusalem, but feels...
The video discusses a 2025 report by **7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media**, titled *"Digital Safety of Palestinian Children in East Jerusalem: Between Violations and Digital Agency."* The report reveals the severe digital c...
Israeli settlements are segregated housing units built for Jewish Israelis on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, seized in the 1967 war. They are illegal under international law and have been condemned by the UN and human ...
Living as a Palestinian in Jerusalem imposes significant mental health challenges due to ongoing political, social, and cultural pressures. Residents face intergenerational trauma, restricted movement through military checkpoints, and systemic effort...
Demolitions are a central component of Israel's settlement policy in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem aiming at consolidating control over the land and limiting Palestinian development. In 2023, a total of 1.177 structures were demo...
The joint report by HaMoked and B'Tselem, published in October 2017, highlights the systematic abuse and mistreatment of Palestinian minors from East Jerusalem by Israeli law enforcement. These minors are frequently arrested, interrogated without leg...
Muhammad Mafarjah, a minor from Shu’fat refugee camp, recounts his experience of arrest and detention. Border Police raided his home at night, assaulted him, and detained him on allegations of stone-throwing. During months in custody across multipl...
Since 1967, Israel has pursued policies in East Jerusalem that systematically discriminate against Palestinians in land, housing, and development, favoring Jewish settlement to consolidate control. These include land expropriations, restrictive plann...
This joint report with HaMoked (Center for the Defence of the Individual) highlights a policy of "quiet deportation" aimed at Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Since 1997, this policy has caused many Palestinian residents to lose their rights to live i...
The report outlines the historical and political status of Jerusalem, covering its division after the 1948 war, the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, and the subsequent attempts at resolving its status through negotiations, including the ...
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...
