Al-Quds University is the largest Palestinian institution and the only Palestinian university operating in Jerusalem, despite ongoing Israeli pressure to leave the city. Its students face considerable employment and transportation challenges but stil...
The number of Palestinian homes demolished by their owners in East Jerusalem for lacking Israeli-issued building permits has been on the rise. So far in 2025, 62 per cent of demolished structures in East Jerusalem were demolished by their owners....
Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem hit a new record in 2024, with 255 buildings razed that year. This year is already on track to surpass that figure as more structures have been demolished thus far in 2025 than during the sam...
"An assault on children. An assault on education. A sad day in occupied East Jerusalem." This morning, heavily armed Israeli Forces entered three UNRWA schools in Shu’fat Camp in occupied East Jerusalem, forcing 550+ girls and boys who were in cla...
With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approval, renovation and maintenance work has begun on the “Little Western Wall,” a section of the Western Wall located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, the Kan public broadcaster repo...
Israel approves the construction of an extension of a segregated road that will greatly facilitate the lives of Israeli settlers living in the E1 area while preventing Palestinians from accessing a large area of the occupied Palestinian West Bank, in...
The Palestinian Network of NGOs (PNGO) and Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) comprising over 140 Palestinian civil society organisations across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) wish to reiterate and clarify Palestinian ci...
Tensions escalate in Palestine-Israel conflict: The U.S. tightens visa scrutiny for individuals with past Gaza visits, citing national security. Microsoft faces criticism for its deep ties to Israeli military-linked tech, while Google disables Street...
Aya Khalil is a Palestinian artist born in Beirut in 1977 and raised across Yemen, Jordan, and Gaza. She later studied media and international studies at Birzeit University. Now based in Jerusalem, Aya founded her art project Shaffaf—meaning "trans...
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...
Join us for a profound journey through Via Dolorosa: The Path of Sorrows, a compelling documentary exploring the struggles and resilience of communities in the Holy Land. This exclusive screening, hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), del...
