Jessica Buxbaum

Journalist

Jessica Buxbaum is a Jerusalem-based journalist covering Palestine and the Israeli occupation.

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Feature Story The City Advances Plan to Confiscate Palestinian Land between al-‘Isawiyya and al-Tur for National Park

An ever-shrinking island between settlements

Feature Story Israel Takes Final Steps to Large-Scale Land Confiscation and Forced Displacement of Bedouin

Three Bedouin communities face one more effort to displace them as Israel confiscates Palestinian land.

Blog Post As War Drags On, Palestinians Face Difficulties Reaching Jerusalem’s Center

Israel’s clampdown on mobility since the war is being challenged by residents, whose lives are upended by the limited access to the city.

Feature Story One Lot at a Time, Israeli Settlers Expand Their Presence in Palestinian Silwan

The crisis in Gaza is providing cover for the expansion of Israeli settlements in Silwan.

Blog Post Israel to Renovate the Rockefeller Museum—Will Its Palestinian History Finally Be Acknowledged?

Israel mulls options for the Rockefeller Museum, housed in a historic Palestinian building. But the museum makes no public acknowledgment of the building’s Palestinian history.

Blog Post Prominent Palestinian Activist’s Home Bulldozed as Demolitions Spike in Jerusalem

He campaigned against home demolitions. Then they came for his.

Feature Story Israeli Government Pumping Millions into Rebranding the Holy Basin, Erasing Palestinian Heritage

Israel is spending millions on a Judeo-centric “Jerusalem Heritage” program for the Holy Basin.

Feature Story Under Cover of War, Israel Charges Ahead with Severing East Jerusalem from the West Bank through Settlements

Israel’s most recent settlement proposal in East Jerusalem would further cut off the city from the remainder of the West Bank.

Feature Story Israel Bans Palestinian Youths Released in Israel-Hamas Swap Deal from Returning to School

Release from prison is not, it seems, the end of the punishment Israel wishes to inflict on Palestinian Jerusalemite youths.