A group of Palestinian Jerusalemites reflect on the impact of 59 years of Israeli military, administrative, and legal occupation on their city—past, present, and future. From housing, education, and religious life to socioeconomic status, cultural ...
The so‑called “District Planning and Construction Committee” of the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem has moved forward with a plan to establish 450 colonial housing units in the Palestinian neighborhood of Umm Lisoun in occupied Eas...
Israeli settlers recently established an illegal outpost near the Bedouin community of Ma'azi Jaba', northeast of occupied Jerusalem, intensifying fears among residents that a months-long campaign of attacks and land seizures aims at displacing Pales...
The European Union’s annual settlement report documents a record 35,370 housing units advanced through 56 plans in occupied East Jerusalem during 2025, nearly double the 2024 total. It identifies seven proposed new settlements and lists plans affec...
Speakers: Dr. Hanna Swaid, Chairperson, The Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) Participants: Walaa Hayek, Project Coordinator, Arab Center for Alternative Planning; Ahmad Sandoka, Project Coordinator, Arab Center for Alternative Planning;...
The recent Israeli decision to establish over 30 new settlements in the occupied West Bank is illegal under international law and severely undermines prospects for peace and the two-state solution. The European Union strongly condemns Israel’s ...
Ir Amim’s status report reviews construction and planning activity at Givat Hamatos, describing it as the first major new Israeli settlement built in East Jerusalem in more than two decades. It states that plans associated with the area total 7,310...
Al-Haq unequivocally condemns the serious and detrimental steps Israel is publicly pursuing to formally annex the unlawfully occupied West Bank. On 16 October 2025, the Times of Israel reported that the Ministerial Committee for Legislation is set to...
Israeli ambassador to UK summoned as joint statement says move will fuel further violence and break international law. David Lammy has joined 20 other foreign ministers around the world in condemning Israeli plans to build an illegal settlement on th...
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...
On Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus, the sites most familiar in the decades-long fight for land – Al Aqsa Mosque flanked by the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah – can be seen....
The Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem, visiting the community of Taybeh, expressed solidarity with the local community following an intensifying trend of systemic and targeted attacks. “We ask for the prayers, attention, and ...
