East Jerusalem

Palestinian students arriving from Ukraine on a rescue flight are welcomed by their families at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, March 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Who is protecting the Palestinians fleeing Ukraine?

Governments are invoking 'diplomatic protection' to help their citizens at Ukraine's borders. But occupied Palestinians are falling through the cracks.

By Itamar Mann March 9, 2022

The Mezri family demolish their own home in Jabel Mukaber after learning that they would be forced to pay the Israeli authorities for carrying out the destruction, East Jerusalem, February 5, 2014. (Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)

To widen a road, J’lem municipality will destroy Palestinian homes

Experts say the planned destruction of dozens of houses in Jabel Mukaber is part of a raft of policies aimed at forcing Palestinians out of East Jerusalem.

By Orly Noy March 8, 2022

Palestinians, many of whom came from the West Bank, sit near the Mediterranean Sea during the last day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday as the sun sets in Jaffa, July 19, 2015. (Oren Ziv)

From the river to the sea, Palestinians are not free

Rather than threatening those who chant pro-Palestine slogans, the British government should promote freedom and equality for all between the river and the sea.

By Ben Reiff January 30, 2022

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The Givati Parking Lot excavation grounds next to the City of David National Park in the Palestinian village of Silwan, across the street from the Old City walls surrounding the Al Aqsa mosque compound, July 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

PODCAST: Excavating Israel’s underground settlements

On the latest episode, Israeli archeologist Yonathan Mizrahi talks about Israel's weaponization of archeology to expand Jewish settlement.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland January 20, 2022

Mahmoud Salhiyeh on the roof of his home just before he and his family were due to be forcibly expelled, Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, January 17, 2022. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘I’m not leaving, even if I die’: Sheikh Jarrah family staves off forced expulsion

The Salhiyeh family's forced eviction seemed inevitable, until a desperate last stand saw their expulsion postponed. But the future remains uncertain.

By Oren Ziv and Yuval Abraham January 17, 2022

Israeli officers arrest Al Jazeera reporter Givara Budeiri in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, June 6, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

How Israel is turning Sheikh Jarrah into another Hebron

Israeli police have transformed Sheikh Jarrah into a hyper-militarized area designed to quash Palestinian resistance and embolden Jewish settlers.

By Oren Ziv June 10, 2021

An Israeli police officer tries to take down balloons released by Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 15, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

How Palestinians are asserting their right to live in the holy city

Despite weeks of intense police and settler violence, Jerusalem's Palestinians are reclaiming their spaces and their voices.

By Dima Abumaria May 20, 2021

Israeli police storm Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, April 26, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel chooses violence

From the repression in Sheikh Jarrah to the bombing of Gaza, the Israeli government has opted to escalate its brutality toward Palestinians.

By Haggai Matar May 10, 2021

Palestinian demonstrators flee after Israeli security forces fire tear gas outside Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, May 8, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

Israeli police are determined to escalate the violence in Jerusalem

From Sheikh Jarrah to Damascus Gate to Al-Aqsa Compound, the police have initiated and intensified a campaign of suppression against Palestinians.

By Oren Ziv May 8, 2021

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King, flanked by settlers and Kahanist activists, mocks Palestinian activist Muhammad Abu Hummus during a visit to the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, May 6, 2021. (Screenshot)

J’lem deputy mayor to Palestinian activist: It’s a ‘pity’ you weren’t shot in the head

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King openly mocks a Palestinian activist who had been previously shot. The municipality deems his remarks a 'personal matter.'

By Orly Noy May 7, 2021

Israeli police pins a Palestinian resident of Sheikh Jarrah to the ground during a vigil against the upcoming evictions in the neighborhood, May 4, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

In Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian youth are leading the struggle to defend their homes

Sheikh Jarrah's youth are holding nightly vigils to raise awareness and protect their neighborhood from evictions and gradual takeover by Israeli settlers.

By Oren Ziv May 5, 2021

Ihab Hassan Ali stands on the remains of his family home in Shuafat Refugee Camp, East Jerusalem. (Rachel Shor)

‘They tossed us out like garbage’: The Palestinians who lost their Jerusalem homes

Israel demolished a record number of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem in 2020. Behind each one is a family that lost everything, with many unable to rebuild their lives.

By Yuval Abraham April 29, 2021

Amal Sumarin, her sons, and their attorney arrive for a court hearing on the JNF-KKL appeal to evict them from their family home at the Jerusalem District Court on June 30, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PODCAST: Will this Palestinian matriarch get to keep her Jerusalem home?

Amal Sumarin has been fighting Jewish settlement and a discriminatory legal system for years. An Israeli court may decide her family's fate next month.

By Unsettled March 30, 2021