Land

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.

Blog Post Israel Expanding Settler Footprint in Sheikh Jarrah with Yeshiva

A new assault on the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah

Blog Post Jewish National Fund Secretly Registered More than 100 Palestinian Homes as Its Own

Yet another means of grabbing Palestinian homes in Jerusalem comes to light.

Short Take New Settler Outpost near the Jerusalem Village of Khan al-Ahmar Threatens Schoolchildren

A new Israeli settler outpost near Jerusalem’s Khan al-Ahmar village is harming villagers’ land and threatening children’s access to school.

Blog Post Israel Demolishing Palestinian Neighborhood to Build Jerusalem’s “Silicon Valley”

Israel is demolishing a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem to construct new commercial projects, like those in California’s Silicon Valley.