Forcible Home Expulsions

A Palestinian woman stands outside her Jerusalem home during a confrontation with the Israeli family living there, 2000.
Video Will Jerusalem Remain Divided Forever?

How a city described as “divided united” became even more fragmented over time

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 Settler Groups Are Taking Over the Basha Family Building in the Old City

The Basha family is being forcibly expelled from their home in the Old City by settler groups backed by Israeli courts.

Bio Muna El-Kurd

An activist and journalist who has drawn global attention to Israel’s efforts to forcibly expel Palestinians from Jerusalem

Feature Story Hundreds of Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Silwan Neighborhood Face Forcible Home Expulsion

Palestinians in Silwan are being forcibly expelled from their homes at an alarmingly accelerated rate.

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.

Feature Story Israeli Settlers Are Seizing Home after Home in Silwan

Palestinians in Silwan are losing home after home.

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 Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah Share Their Struggles amid Increasing Threats of Forcible Expulsion

A neighborhood in peril