Jerusalem Story - The City Retold

The starting point for anyone wanting to grasp the realities faced by Jerusalem’s Palestinians

Palestinians comprise nearly half the population of Jerusalem and have built, and shaped, the city for centuries, yet their stories are rarely told.

Most Palestinian Jerusalemites have a legal status that is unique in the world: Although they are indigenous, they are stateless.

Jerusalem is known as an open, international, “city of peace.” For millions of Palestinians, however, it is a closed, virtually unreachable, city.

Israel's Separation Wall, called al-jidar by Palestinians, has drastically reshaped the geopolitical fabric of Jerusalem.

Israel’s long record of deinstitutionalizing and de-developing the Palestinians of Jerusalem against the counterpoint of their resilience and determination to retain their agency and dignity in their city

In Jerusalem as in the rest of the country, land is the locus of the struggle for control. Here we explore the status of land in Jerusalem and its environs.

Israel has used Jewish settlement as a pivotal strategy to control, disrupt, and radically transform the Jerusalem geopolitical landscape.

How do ubiquitous surveillance, mass arrests, and prolonged detentions facilitate Israel’s iron grip of control over Palestinian Jerusalemites?

For centuries, Jerusalem has been holy to the three monotheistic religions. What are the realities facing those who wish to worship in this treasured holy space today?