UN rights office says Israeli settlement plan breaks international law

August 15, 2025 | Published by Reuters

The U.N. human rights office said on Friday an Israeli plan to build to build thousands of new homes between an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and near East Jerusalem was illegal under international law, and would put nearby Palestinians at risk...

Israel Spends Millions to Guard Settlers in East Jerusalem

June 26, 2025 | Published by Jerusalem Story

Israel hires private security companies to guard Israeli settler compounds in Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. The state spends millions of dollars on settler security in East Jerusalem while endangering Palestinian residents....

AirBnB & Israeli Abuses

April 10, 2025 | Published by Visualizing-Palestine

Between March and July 2018, Human Rights Watch and Kerem Navot identified at least 139 Airbnb listings located in 61 Israeli settlements across the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem. These listings are inherently discriminatory, as Palestinians ho...

Anatomy of Inequality

April 10, 2025 | Published by Visualizing-Palestine

In 1948, the Palestinian population was forcibly displaced from West Jerusalem. Following the 1967 war, Israel annexed East Jerusalem, incorporating its largely Palestinian population. Today, the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality implements p...

The Fragmentation of Jerusalem’s Eastern Palestinian Towns

March 13, 2025 | Published by My Jerusalem Story

The Separation Wall has drastically cut off Palestinian towns like al-‘Izariyya and Abu Dis from Jerusalem, affecting their social and economic fabric. These towns, once interconnected with Jerusalem, now face severe restrictions, including militar...

The Three Israeli Settlement Rings: Redefining Palestinian Jerusalem

March 10, 2025 | Published by My Jerusalem Story

This Backgrounder examines Israel's settlement expansion in East Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, focusing on three strategic settlement rings. These settlements, along with the Separation Wall, checkpoints, and bypass roads, reshape the city’s geog...

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