East Jerusalem - On 15 June 2026, officials from the Jerusalem Municipality, accompanied by Israeli police, raided property belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the neighbourhood of Silwan. The Israeli authorities forcibly ...
Last week, we commemorated the signing of the Charter of our United Nations. That Charter was born from the atrocities of our past, and from humanity’s determination to build a better future—including, just a few years later, the international...
Palestinians forced out of their homes and communities by Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank face poverty, insecurity, uncertainty, and little prospect of returning home, reveals a new report by the West Bank Protection Consortium (WB...
Tens of thousands of Israeli residents live in the neighborhoods of northeastern Jerusalem located beyond the separation barrier. While the distribution of well-baby clinics throughout the rest of the city ensures easy and convenient access, these ne...
After two years of bloodshed and inconceivable destruction, a ceasefire agreement in Gaza was signed in October 2025. The US regional initiative that led to the signing of the agreement was bolstered by the French-Saudi initiative to promote a two-st...
JERUSALEM, June 22, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained a child from the East Jerusalem town of Silwan. According to the Jerusalem Governorate, the occupation forces detained the child from inside a commercial shop in the ...
AMMAN, June 20, 2026 (WAFA) – Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Affairs has condemned the Israeli authorities’ seizure of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the town of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, des...
RAMALLAH, June 19, 2026 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the Israeli occupation authorities’ seizure of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the town of Silwan in occupied Je...
Israeli authorities are accelerating home demolitions and forced evictions of Palestinian residents in the Silwan district of occupied East Jerusalem, Human Rights Watch said today. The forcible deportation or transfer of the population of an occupie...
Over the past three years, Israel has dramatically reshaped the West Bank area around Jerusalem, often referred to in Israeli political discourse as “Greater Jerusalem.” Through accelerated settlement expansion, the establishment of outposts and ...
The Israeli Supreme Court this week summarily rejected a request for leave to appeal filed by dozens of members of the Sarhan family, definitively ruling that they must vacate their homes in Silwan in favor of settlers affiliated with Ateret Cohanim....
Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them. He and his wife now live among shards of memory: a bicycle where his bedroom stood; the garden ...
