On Friday, 9 August 2024, at around 8:30 P.M., Zuheir a-Rajabi (53), a resident of the Batan al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, East Jerusalem, was on his way home when a neighbor informed him that a Border Police officer was chasing neighborhood children. A-Rajabi approached
Jerusalem municipality workers, accompanied by Israeli forces, demolished on Tuesday morning a Palestinian home in the Al-Bustan community of Silwan neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. The demolition has displaced seven Palestinians, including two children, in breach of international law prohibitions on forcible
Snapshot Another chapter unfolds in the sordid story of Ateret Cohanim’s relentless efforts to forcibly expel Palestinians from their homes in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan in East Jerusalem. On July 16, 2024, Israeli settlers broke into the Palestinian Abu
Renowned Palestinian musician and composer Said Murad does not have a long commute to work—it takes approximately 40 seconds to walk from his Sheikh Jarrah home in East Jerusalem to his new studio space. “Not bad, eh?”1 Said says as he points to his
[caption id="attachment_6069" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Credit: Shutterstock[/caption] Snapshot Israeli municipalities are once again hounding Christian churches for taxes in violation of long-held traditions and agreements. In the latest impasse between the Christian community in Jerusalem and the Israeli authorities, the issue of
Legal status of Jerusalem Prior to Israel’s establishment in 1948, Jerusalem was a unified city in Palestine home to Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Under the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan calling for the establishment of separate Arab and Jewish states in Palestine, Jerusalem was to be governed by
Internationals from the recent May study tour visited Fakhri Abu Diab and his wife to hear the family’s story and grow in understanding of what it is like to have one’s home demolished. They live in Silwan, just below the Dung Gate
[caption id="attachment_6015" align="alignnone" width="800"] Posted on February 14, 2024, by ICAHDUK1 & filed under News.[/caption] I'm at the demolition of the home of Fakhri Abu Diab (on the left), one of the long-time leaders in the struggle to save the East
[caption id="attachment_6059" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Data from recent years show a rise in the percentage of Palestinian children of school age whose whereabouts during school hours are simply unknown to authorities.Credit: Jerusalem Story Team[/caption] Education authorities in East Jerusalem are failing to keep track
[caption id="attachment_6056" align="alignnone" width="1500"] A pie chart graphic showing where Palestinian children learn and how many are invisible to the systemCredit: Jerusalem Story Team[/caption] According to data provided to Ir Amim by the Jerusalem Education Authority in July 2022, Arab schools
[caption id="attachment_6062" align="alignnone" width="1500"] A graphic showing the division of responsibilities for education in East JerusalemCredit: Jerusalem Story Team[/caption] For reasons due to its unique history, extending back to the British Mandate days and the 19-year period of divided rule that
According to the data, the profound disparities in East Jerusalem, including in the area of education, which exist under normal circumstances, were only exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. As opposed to this, the increase this year in the number of Palestinian students
