East Jerusalem

Israeli Border Police officers wear face masks during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Jabal Al-Arma, near the town of Beita, West Bank, March 11, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Israel’s real coronavirus test lies in freeing Palestinians from its grip
The solidarity we demonstrate with Palestinians today will determine what kind of country we live in when the pandemic is over.
By Avner Gvaryahu April 5, 2020
Palestinian health workers disinfect Palestinian workers as they cross back from Israel into the West Bank at a checkpoint in Tarqumiya, March 27, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
Even under pandemic, Israel can’t treat its subjects as equals
A country led by an ethnocentric, racist prime minister has come up against a universal threat that affects all people under its control.
By Hagai El-Ad March 30, 2020
Malek Issa at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Malek was shot in the eye by a sponge-tipped bullet fired by an Israeli police officer in Issawiya on Feb. 15. (Sharona Weiss/Activestills.org)
Israel is trying to ‘break’ this East Jerusalem village — with brutal results
Malek is the latest child in occupied Issawiya to lose an eye from a rubber bullet as Israeli police intensify repression of Palestinian residents.
By Judith Sudilovsky February 25, 2020
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Israeli settlers seen celebrating Israeli Independence Day near the outpost of Havat Gilad, West Bank, May 9, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
The decade Israel erased the Green Line
For years, Israel's settlement enterprise was widely viewed as temporary and reversible. Today, after a decade of Netanyahu and three years of Trump, the West Bank has become part of the Israeli mainstream.
By Dror Etkes December 26, 2019
A Palestinian building is blown up by Israeli forces in the village of Sur Baher, East Jerusalem, July 22, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
Over 9,000 Palestinians displaced in a decade of West Bank demolitions
Israel's demolition regime in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has destroyed over 6,000 Palestinian structures, displacing thousands of Palestinians over the past decade — over half of whom are children and minors.
By Natasha Roth-Rowland December 24, 2019
Quosiy Burqan's children in front of the ruins of their home after it was demolished by Israeli authorities, Silwan, East Jerusalem, November 8, 2019. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)
‘My dream was destroyed’: Home demolitions soar in East Jerusalem
A spike in both home demolitions and settlement building in East Jerusalem is forcing Palestinians out of their houses — and jobs.
By Judith Sudilovsky November 25, 2019
Daily police violence is the new norm in Issawiya — with no end in sight
For the past six months, Israeli police have subjected Issawiya's residents to daily raids and arrests. No one seems to know the goal of the operation — including the police.
By Oren Ziv November 12, 2019
The family of East Jerusalem resident Mustafa al-Haruf greets him upon his release from Givon prison after nine months of detention, on October 24, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Israel releases stateless Palestinian journalist it tried to deport
After nine months in detention and two failed deportation attempts, Israel releases East Jerusalem resident Mustafa al-Haruf. He has been living in Jerusalem for over 20 years, yet Israel refuses to grant him permanent status. Journalist Mustafa al-Haruf, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was released from Givon Prison on Thursday afternoon after nine months in detention.…
By Oren Ziv October 25, 2019
An Israeli police officer stands alongside a Shin Bet officer in a scene from HBO's 'Our Boys' (HBO)
Why HBO’s ‘Our Boys’ is a victory for Israeli hasbara
By calling to boycott HBO’s ‘Our Boys,’ Prime Minister Netanyahu misses the fact that the series ends up erasing the occupation’s greatest iniquities while supporting the dominant Israeli narrative. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked controversy in both Israel and across the world late last week when he published a post on his official Facebook page…
By Haggai Matar September 2, 2019
Muhammad Abu Hummus, a political activist from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, is seen speaking to Israeli riot police during a raid on the neighborhood. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
For Jerusalem police, even directing traffic is a form of terrorism
One of East Jerusalem’s most prominent political activists was arrested for supporting terrorism — while trying to solve a traffic jam in his own neighborhood. Israeli police arrested a well-known Palestinian activist in East Jerusalem earlier this week, accusing him of encouraging drivers to run over Israeli officers while he directed traffic in his neighborhood. Muhammad Abu…
By Oren Ziv August 29, 2019
A Palestinian child looks on at a police vehicle in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya. (Yuval Abraham)
In one East Jerusalem neighborhood, summer vacation has become a war zone
For children in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, summer vacation means dodging rubber bullets and watching their fathers and brothers arrested and humiliated every day.
By Yuval Abraham August 22, 2019
Palestinian women look on during a raid by Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, July 1, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
In East Jerusalem, nightly raids leave Palestinian neighborhood reeling
For the past six weeks, Israel has been sending paramilitary police forces to raid the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya every evening. The raids, a severe form of collective punishment, have left one young Palestinian dead and hundreds wounded. By Aviv Tatarsky It’s 5:30 p.m. and some 10 large police vans rumble into the East Jerusalem neighborhood…
By +972 Magazine August 4, 2019
Palestinian journalist Mustafa al-Haruf seen at a Jerusalem Court following his arrest for supposed incitement on Facebook. He was released the following day and the case was closed, December 2017.
Jordan turns back stateless Palestinian journalist Israel tried to deport
Israel attempted to deport Mustafa al-Haruf, a stateless Palestinian photographer from East Jerusalem, to Jordan without any coordination. Al-Haruf has been living in the country for over 20 years, yet Israel refuses to grant him permanent status. Jordanian authorities refused to accept a stateless Palestinian journalist from East Jerusalem whom Israel tried to deport to the Hashemite…
By Oren Ziv July 25, 2019
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