Holy Fire Saturday in Jerusalem on 11 April was marked with violence against Christian worshipers, as Israel security personnel once again denied Christians their right to worship freely in Jerusalem. Worshipers who managed to enter Jerusalem’s Old...
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 ...
Amidst the ongoing illegal and lethal Israeli-American offensive against Iran, Israel is expanding its ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem, throwing Palestinian families into the streets. Initial reports from the ground: Police forces have sealed o...
The Silwan area, located south of the Old City of Jerusalem and annexed to the city’s municipal boundaries, is home to some 20,000 Palestinian residents. Its unique location next to the Old City, near al-Aqsa Mosque for Palestinians and the Temple ...
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...
As humanitarian and human rights organisations that have worked for years in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, we are appalled by the Israeli Knesset’s decision to approve a bill that makes death penalty effectively mandatory in the We...
Until 1948, Jerusalem was a mixed city of Jews and Arabs, alongside Armenians, Greeks, and others—all of whom had deep religious, cultural, and collective ties to it. The rise of national movements—Zionism on one hand, and the Palestinian nati...
RAMALLAH, April 1, 2026 (WAFA) – A general strike was observed Wednesday across the occupied West Bank governorates, including occupied Jerusalem, in response to a call from the Fatah movement and other national and Islamic forces, in protest again...
Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem pay taxes to the Israeli authorities. Yet Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem do not receive adequate services. Only 10% of Jerusalem’s city budget is directed toward Palestinian neighborhoods, which are h...
Due to the Ministry of Interior’s (MOI) foot-dragging in handling residency status applications of children born to Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, it is not uncommon for the processing time of such applications to span years and even deca...
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;...
Jerusalem – On Tuesday, the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency (BMAQ), in partnership with the Moroccan Association for the Support of Reconstruction in Palestine, launched an emergency campaign to support the health and education sectors in Jerusalem...
