Settler Violence

Feature Story Settlers Escalate Attacks on Jerusalem’s Bedouin

Organized settler attacks backed by the Israeli military are forcing Bedouin communities to flee.

Feature Story Extremist Settlers Target Rural Jerusalem with Lawless Outposts

How Jewish settlers are now swarming rural Palestinian villages around Jerusalem, aiming to empty them

Feature Story New Report, Field Tour Detail How Israel’s Multifront Push for “Greater Jerusalem” Imperils Palestinians

Israel is working on all fronts to implement its vision of “Greater Jerusalem.”

A close-up of Muna El-Kurd in Sheikh Jarrah discussing forcible home expulsions of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
Video Muna El-Kurd: “You Are Stealing My House”

Muna El-Kurd and her father recount life under settler takeover in their Jerusalem hometown.

Feature Story Jerusalem Receives a New Islamic Waqf Council amid Increasing Israeli Violations of al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem’s new Islamic Waqf Council is announced amid increasing extremist Jewish incursions into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Blog Post Coercive Urban Governance through Home Demolition and Displacement in Jabal Mukabbir

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

Three Palestinian children outside a partially demolished home in Silwan, East Jerusalem, 2017
Video Zuheir Rajabi Won’t Bow to Settlers’ Takeover of Batn al-Hawa

A Silwan resident refuses to leave his family home.

Feature Story Ben-Gvir’s Incendiary Moves and Statements about Jewish Prayer at al-Haram al-Sharif Raise Alarm over Status Quo

Jewish aggressions toward Islam’s third holiest site escalate to new heights.

Feature Story Settlers Fail at Brazen Attempt to Seize Historic Khalidi Home

Khalidi family wins rare court decision against settlers, but what does it portend?