Closure

Feature Story New Israeli Rules Send the City’s Palestinian Private Schools into Crisis

Israel’s threats to deny permits to teachers with PA IDs are creating a crisis for Palestinian private schools.

Blog Post “A Real Emptiness”: Catholic Christians of Jerusalem Are Deprived of Their Holy Week

No one is spared this holiday season, including Christians in Jerusalem.

Blog Post How Old City Shopkeepers Are Facing an Unprecedented Closure: Voices from the Souks

Resilience in the face of attempted erasure

Blog Post Perspective: Is the War Inside the Old City? A Solemn Walk through Damascus Gate

Chronicling a ghost town

Interview Researcher Saher Ghazawi: Incremental Restrictive Measures Are a Way to Normalize a New Reality in the Old City

What does it mean that Israel is increasing its restrictive measures in the Old City?

Blog Post Eid al-Fitr: Palestinians Stage Mass Prayer Protests Showing Hope and Resilience amid Unprecedented Challenges

As Israel assaults Palestinian worshippers amid the ongoing closure of al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalemites share concerns and hopes for their city.

Blog Post “The Old City Is Breathing Its Last Breath”—Jerusalem Merchants Decry Enforced Market Closures

The Old City, a ghost of its former self, faces an existential crisis amid Israel’s illegal closure policies.

Feature Story As Ramadan Ends, al-Aqsa Mosque Remains Empty and Palestinians Take to the Streets in Silent Protest

Despite Israeli closures of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City, Palestinian Muslims persevere through silent resistance.

Feature Story The Third Friday of Ramadan Comes a Week into War, with al-Aqsa Mosque Closed and Jerusalem at a Standstill

Hermetic closure is leading to unprecedented hardships and conditions in Jerusalem’s Old City