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Feature Story Israel to Expel Palestinians to Build Waste Incineration Plant North of Jerusalem

Qalandiya, a bucolic village between Jerusalem and Ramallah, must now host a waste incineration plant.

Feature Story Israeli Settlers Are Seizing Home after Home in Silwan

Palestinians in Silwan are losing home after home.

Feature Story Israel Alters Legal Status of Palestinians in Three Jerusalem-Area Villages, Rendering Them “Temporary Residents”

Residents now require permission from Israeli security to enter and leave their own villages.

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 Israel Moves al-Walaja Checkpoint, Severing Villagers from Their Lands and Historic Spring

A pristine Palestinian agricultural village is being asphyxiated by Israel.

Interview Israel Relaunches Land Registration in West Bank to Strip Palestinians of Property

A bureaucracy designed to serve as a grand land theft

Blog Post Israel Increasing Efforts to Expel Jerusalem’s Palestinian Villages

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

Short Take Is a Second Trump Term Paving the Way for Israeli Settlement Expansion?

What explains the latest acceleration of settlement activity in East 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.