Jerusalem Notebook

Blog Posts

Losing Houses but Staying Home in Jerusalem

The long wait for demolition vs. the persistence to stay

Neighborhoods beyond the Wall Rainfall Exposes Municipal Neglect of East Jerusalem

Rainfall is a blessing and a curse in East Jerusalem.

Forcible Home Expulsions Coercive Urban Governance through Home Demolition and Displacement in Jabal Mukabbir

The grinding reality of home demolitions in one Jerusalem neighborhood. A Photo Story.

Settlements US Backs Settler-Led Archaeological Tunnel Project in Jerusalem

By inaugurating Pilgrims’ Road, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blessed Palestinian displacement.

Forcible Home Expulsions Israel Is Fast-Tracking the Displacement of Palestinians across East Jerusalem

Amid the genocide in Gaza, Israel is displacing hundreds of Palestinians in East Jerusalem.

Israel Increasing Efforts to Expel Jerusalem’s Palestinian Villages

Small peripheral villages, left in limbo for decades, now face all-out expulsion.

Palestinians in East Jerusalem Facing Record Levels of Displacement, Study Reveals

Israel is increasingly making Jerusalem unlivable for Palestinians.

The West Side Story The Looting of Palestinian Jerusalem in 1948

A thorough historical study based on meticulous archival research debunks founding myths. A book review.