Law

Feature Story Despite Criticism, Israel Advances Death Penalty Bill Targeting Palestinians

A new bill is being fast-tracked, with dire implications for Palestinians.

Feature Story Escalating Israeli Attacks against UNRWA Threaten Its Survival

Israel destroys UNRWA’s headquarters.

Bio Anwar Nusseibeh

A prominent politician and lawyer from a notable Jerusalem family who served his city under three occupiers

Interview Israel’s Absentees’ Property Law and Its Amendments: Targeting the Absent and the Present at Once

A legal expert explains how one law does it all.

Feature Story Israeli Legislative Initiatives Imperil Palestinian Civil Society in Jerusalem and Beyond

New draconian laws are arriving.

Photo Album Sheikh Jarrah: A Neighborhood’s Struggle to Stay Home

Two decades of resistance against displacement and home expulsions in East Jerusalem

Feature Story New Israeli Bill Seeks to Annex Israeli Settlements and Create “Metropolitan Jerusalem”

A new demographically motivated bill seeks to fulfill the vision of a greater (Jewish) Jerusalem

Interview Planning Expert Explains New Protocol Stopping Palestinian Residential Development in East Jerusalem

Israel closes a loophole that allowed a little Palestinian development in East Jerusalem for a short while.

Feature Story Israel Passes Law Criminalizing the Denial of October 7, 2023, Events

Yet another draconian Israeli law facilitating detention of Palestinians