The Impact of COP30 Decisions in Advancing Global Collective Action for Palestinian Climate Justice
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 projects. Therefore, [...]
Occupation and War – By Arab NGO Network For Development
Executive Summary: Palestine stands at the intersection of climate vulnerability, political injustice, and active infrastructural warfare, where environmental degradation, resource dispossession, and systemic violence reinforce one another. The ongoing Israeli war on Gaza and the deepening occupation of the West Bank have [...]
The Palestinian Olive Sector Under Threat: Occupation, Climate, and Economic Loss (2025 Analysis)
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 to just [...]
COP30 Appeal: Protect Palestinian Land, Life, and Climate
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 being systematically [...]
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 [...]