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A bureaucracy deployed in the service of accelerating ethnic cleansing
Israel is ramping up the settlement of land title (SOLT) in East Jerusalem, dispossessing Palestinians and Judaizing the city.
An analysis of East Jerusalem’s recent land registration
A Palestinian whose family was forced to relocate from West to East Jerusalem in 1948 returns to one of the family homes in West Jerusalem that Israel confiscated and shares his family’s story and memories.
A photo album of the Meo family business, a Jerusalemite Old City landmark for 124 years
A new law aims straight at the heart of Palestinian collective identity.
Israel’s threats to deny permits to teachers with PA IDs are creating a crisis for Palestinian private schools.
How Israel is ramping up the pressure on Palestinian Jerusalemites in the classroom
Before 1948, Jerusalem was not split between an “East” and a “West.” Rather, a cosmopolitan, multiethnic New City grew organically out of the Old City.
Huda Imam is banned from entering the home her father built in Qatamon before 1948, but that does not stop her from standing outside it weekly.
“All we talk about is the house”—A timeline showing how a Palestinian home in what became West Jerusalem was confiscated and passed to Jewish ownership and its origins erased
A new initiative offers hope to beleaguered Jerusalemites
How Jordan’s ruling dynasty, the Hashemites, came to be custodians of Jerusalem’s holy sites
A Palestinian painter and art educator whose work keeps the spirit, color, and memory of Jerusalem alive
Thousands of Palestinians are at risk of becoming homeless as city empties homes for planned tourist sites.
A journey through time at the Palestine Heritage Museum
The new law can affect any Palestinian, despite a few safeguards of those with Israeli IDs.
A new initiative offers hope to beleaguered Jerusalemites
Young, female, and behind the lens in a frontier zone
An analysis of East Jerusalem’s recent land registration
Despite everything, Palestinian presence in the Old City remains surprisingly strong.
The climate for Christians is becoming more inhospitable, especially in the Old City
Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led Jewish visitors in prayer next to the Dome of the Rock in early August 2025, marking a dramatic change to the Status Quo arrangements.
In 1900, Jerusalemites felt they were part of a city whose municipality was improving their quality of life in measurable ways. A book review.
In 2024, violent attacks by religious Jews against Christians increased, especially in Jerusalem.
Before 1948, Jerusalem was not split between an “East” and a “West.” Rather, a cosmopolitan, multiethnic New City grew organically out of the Old City.
The mufti’s luxurious home in Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the city’s rich and vibrant Palestinian past—and of its erasure by Israeli authorities.
How Israel razed an 800-year-old historic Muslim neighborhood in the dead of night within hours of occupying East Jerusalem
A quick guide to the often-confusing gates to the Old City of Jerusalem
Where is Jerusalem? The answer is a lot more complex and unclear than you might think.
Khalil Raad’s photographs captured Palestinian tradition, resilience, and history before and after the Nakba.
Thousands of Palestinians are at risk of becoming homeless as city empties homes for planned tourist sites.
Religious Jews spit at and stone Christian clergy and institutions; Jerusalem’s Christians condemn the government’s tolerance for these hate crimes.