World Environment Day 2026 – “Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future” The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) calls for collective action to safeguard Palestine’s environment and strengthen its resilience through nature‑based climate solutions. Despite the challenges of [...]
The State of Palestine faces an escalating climate crisis—water scarcity, land degradation, extreme heatwaves, and rising food insecurity—worsened by the ongoing Israeli occupation. Restrictions on land, resources, and movement severely limit the ability to implement large-scale climate adaptation and mitigation [...]
A new presentation from the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) details the devastating collapse of the Palestinian olive sector, a cornerstone of cultural identity and economic survival. The analysis for 2025 reveals that expected olive oil production has plummeted [...]
Palestinian communities are confronting a dual crisis: the environmental devastation caused by war and occupation, which is destroying Palestinian lands, water systems, and livelihoods, compounded by the escalating impacts of the climate crisis. Their lands, water resources, and livelihoods are [...]
Introduction In a move that embodies Israel’s creeping annexation policy pursued for decades, three Palestinian villages located northwest of Jerusalem: Beit Iksa, Nabi Samuel, and Al-Khalaila, suddenly found themselves outside the Palestinian administrative registry and under direct Israeli control. This [...]
Introduction Sheikh Jarrah, a historic Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, has become symbolic of the ongoing struggle over land, identity, and sovereignty in the city. Since the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, the area has been at [...]
Introduction The policy of changing place names represents one of the most profound and dangerous tools in the Israeli colonial project. It extends beyond administrative or technical concerns to the very core of Palestinian identity, memory, and collective consciousness. Renaming [...]
August 2025 On 10 August, 2025, the Israeli Civil Administration issued a booklet of military orders signed by the head of the so-called ‘Israeli Civil Administration’ in the occupied West Bank, Brigadier General Moti Almoz, under the title: ‘Order Regarding [...]
The Israeli government, under the influence of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and supported by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, has advanced the controversial E1 settlement project, widely regarded as a decisive blow to the [...]
