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....
On June 19, 2025, we approached the Mayor of Jerusalem, the Minister of Defense, and the commander of the Home Front Command on behalf of the residents of neighborhoods beyond the separation wall in Jerusalem, demanding that the receive protective sh...
Jerusalem – U.S. Consulate Reopening Controversy The Biden administration plans to reopen the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, restoring a direct diplomatic channel with Palestinians that was closed by the Trump administration in 2019. Israeli officia...
Living in the old city of Jerusalem amid the ongoing turmoil has profoundly shaped Maria Lubat’s day-to day life. Maria, a young Greek Orthodox Christian woman from Jerusalem, who describes the city as filled with resilience and fatigue amid ongo...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemns the Jerusalem Municipality’s foreclosure order against the Armenian Patriarchate, calling it a violation of religious freedom and the historic Status Quo. WCC expresses solidarity with Christian communit...
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...
Since 1967, more than 14,500 Palestinians from Jerusalem have had their residency status revoked by Israel. This practice amounts to forcible transfer, which is classified as a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and ...
Currently, no country in the world maintains an embassy in Jerusalem. Acknowledging Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is widely viewed as legitimizing Israel’s unlawful annexation of parts of the city. In direct violation of international law, former...
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...
A Palestinian woman from Ramallah, was excited to start her new job in Jerusalem but faced complications with Israel's permit system. Despite obtaining a permit to enter Jerusalem, M was banned after accidentally failing to properly log her exit at t...
Palestinians seeking to enter Jerusalem must navigate a tangled network of Israeli military checkpoints, each with its own set of rules and designated groups. This primer provides an overview of these checkpoints, which are designed to restrict and c...
Several reports highlight issues of tech and surveillance in relation to Palestine. The #ReconnectGaza campaign calls for rebuilding Gaza’s telecommunications infrastructure, which was destroyed in the ongoing conflict. AI technology is being used ...
