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Personal Story Helga Tawil-Souri: “A Confining and Asphyxiating Experience”

What’s the experience of traversing a checkpoint really like, minute by agonizing minute? And what does it do to your soul? Helga Tawil-Souri narrates.

Personal Story Sick While Blacklisted, and the Care You Need Is Found Only in Jerusalem

The closure of Jerusalem means severe hardships for those outside the city who seek care that is only available in it. Salma, a cancer patient, shares.

Personal Story Navigating Closure as an “Illegal” in My Own City

An unannounced closure leaves a Jerusalemite native stranded at Qalandiya checkpoint, with no way home.

Personal Story Pregnant and in Desperate Need of a Hospital, “I Ended Up Sneaking in Like a Thief”

A young pregnant woman summons inner strength to get around a checkpoint while on the verge of giving birth.

Graphic The Unreachable City

How many millions of Palestinians in historic Palestine and beyond are unable to enter Jerusalem without Israeli permission?

Backgrounder Jerusalem: A Closed City

Closure, a “temporary” measure introduced in 1991, is the system that controls Palestinians’ movement and blocks millions from accessing Jerusalem.