Isolation of Three Villages Northwest of Jerusalem – Silent Annexation Creeps toward the Capital
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 is no [...]
Sheikh Jarrah – A Battleground of Palestinians Displacement, and Settler Ambitions in Jerusalem
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 the heart [...]
Judaization Policies in Jerusalem – From Spatial Control to Identity/ Naming Theft The Historical, Symbolic, and Political Implications of Replacing Arabic Names with Hebrew GalleryJudaization Policies in Jerusalem – From Spatial Control to Identity/ Naming Theft The Historical, Symbolic, and Political Implications of Replacing Arabic Names with Hebrew
Judaization Policies in Jerusalem – From Spatial Control to Identity/ Naming Theft The Historical, Symbolic, and Political Implications of Replacing Arabic Names with Hebrew
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 streets, cities, [...]
Nablus Governorate’s Archaeological Sites Face Israeli Expropriation Plans
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 Antiquities [...]
The Government Pushes Forward Plans in E1, Considered a Death Blow to the Two-State Solution
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 prospect of [...]
Escalation and forced displacement in Kisan Continued violations and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and international law
The village of Kisan, located southeast of the Bethlehem Governorate, has faced continuous attacks for many years by settlers and Israeli occupation forces as part of a systematic policy aimed at controlling its lands and driving its indigenous population for the benefit [...]
Israel maneuvers demography to manipulate geography
Ever since its establishment, Israel pushed Palestinians away from their land to control the territory and confine their movement. Israel resorted to such scheme in 1948 when it confined the remaining 150,000 Palestinian in what is Israel territory now in 2.5% (524 [...]
21 Years of Impunity: From the ICJ’s 2004-Segregation Wall Ruling to Today’s Entrenched Occupation
Introduction On July 9, 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, issued a landmark advisory opinion declaring Israel’s construction of a segregation wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem, contrary to international [...]