Land

Feature Story Under Cover of War, Israel Charges Ahead with Severing East Jerusalem from the West Bank through Settlements

Israel’s most recent settlement proposal in East Jerusalem would further cut off the city from the remainder of the West Bank.

Feature Story Armenian Community Steps Up Resistance to Land Deal as Xana Gardens Intensifies Violent Takeover Efforts

Armenians in Jerusalem organize a peaceful, round-the-clock sit-in to guard their community’s property.

Feature Story Clash Over Armenian Quarter Land Lease Deal Turns Physical

The team from Xana Capital Ltd. tried to stake its claim to a large area of the Armenian Quarter by force in the wake of the Patriarchate’s filing of intention to cancel a controversial land lease deal. 

Feature Story Armenians Launch Legal Battle to Cancel Controversial Cows’ Garden Land Deal

The land lease deal between the Armenian Patriarchate and the Jerusalem municipality, concluded in secrecy, is now in the courts.

Feature Story Judaizing Jerusalem: Jewish Settlements Are Soaring in and around the City

Israel’s new right-wing governing coalition is accelerating settlement construction in and widely around East Jerusalem, expediting its Judaization.

Interview Land Registration in Jerusalem Is a “Grand Land Theft” from Palestinians—Ir Amim’s Amy Cohen

Ir Amim and Bimkom’s June 2023 report, “The Grand Land Theft,” reveals Israel’s intentions behind undertaking the settlement of land title in East Jerusalem.

Feature Story The Settlement of Land Title (SOLT): “The Most Acute Threat Facing Palestinian Residents of Jerusalem Today”

Israel is ramping up the settlement of land title (SOLT) in East Jerusalem, dispossessing Palestinians and Judaizing the city.

Graphic 1948 Aftermath for Palestinian Jerusalem: A Snapshot

What did the 1948 War and establishment of the State of Israel mean for Palestinian Jerusalem?

Feature Story Questionable Secret Land Lease Deal Threatens Historic Armenian Community Land and Property in Old City

The Armenian community responds to a shadowy land deal that could remove a fourth of the Armenian Quarter.