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...
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Jerusalem's history is deeply intertwined with its diverse communities, shaped by waves of immigration and political shifts. The Nakba in 1948 disrupted a vibrant multiethnic city, leaving Palestinians displaced and impoverished. Dr. Nazmi Jubeh, a p...
The video discusses a **2021 report by 7amleh**, titled *“Intensification of Surveillance in East Jerusalem and Impact on Palestinian Residents’ Rights: Summer and Fall 2021.”* The report examines the rise of biometric and digital surveillance ...
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...
The report highlights the severe challenges faced by Palestinian children and youth in occupied East Jerusalem, focusing on systemic human rights violations, poverty, lack of education, and digital surveillance. It reveals that 81% of Palestinian chi...
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 ...
Jerusalem, a city of profound cultural and historical significance, has been largely closed off to millions of Palestinians since Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967. Most Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza are barred from entering ...
The video discusses a 2020 report by 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media**, titled *“Digital Safety Among Jerusalemite Children & Youth.” The report examines the digital safety challenges faced by Palestinian children and...
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...
On the night of 21-22 July 2019, Israeli authorities attempted to deport Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa al-Kharouf from Givon Prison to Jordan, despite him having no residency rights there. The deportation was rejected by Jordanian authorities, ...
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...
