Law

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

Blog Post Perspective: Jerusalem Thanks and Bids Farewell to Mahdi Abdul Hadi

A community mourns an intellectual giant who centered his life’s work around the Palestinian cause and people.

Bio Musa Alami

A legal expert and statesman, developer, reformer, and critical thinker

Audio Hassan Jabareen: “This Law Targets the [Palestinian] Schools in Jerusalem”

How could Israel’s harsh new education law affect Palestinian school in Jerusalem? We asked Hassan Jabareen, a lawyer who is general director of the human rights organization Adalah.