Legal Status

Feature Story Hundreds of Palestinian Jerusalemites at Risk of Deportation as Israel Steps Up Expulsion Efforts

Israel expands its arsenal of legal tools, casting a wider net for deportations.

Shu‘fat refugee camp, Jerusalem
Video On Their Minds: Voices from Shu‘fat Refugee Camp

A rare glimpse of the only Palestinian refugee camp in Jerusalem

Interview Born into a Never-Ending Bureaucracy: The Legal Status of Palestinian Jerusalemite Children

The ins and outs of child registration: It’s all about the parents’ IDs.

Feature Story New Israeli Bill Seeks to Annex Israeli Settlements and Create “Metropolitan Jerusalem”

A new demographically motivated bill seeks to fulfill the vision of a greater (Jewish) Jerusalem

Graphic The Uniquely Impermanent Resident Status Israel Gives Palestinians in Jerusalem

How Israel’s permanent-resident status constrains and contains Palestinians’ lives in Jerusalem, where the majority have been forced to hold this status.

Backgrounder Bir ‘Awna: The Neighborhood Israel Snatched from Beit Jala

Israel tried to ingest the neighborhood and, over time, regurgitate its residents—with only partial success.