West Bank

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.

Feature Story Delayed but Not Dead, the E1 Settlement Plan Threatens Lingering Two-State Dreams

The international community has managed to delay the E1 settlement plan once again, but it is only a matter of time until Israel puts it back on the table.

Graphic Want to Visit Palestinians in the West Bank? Here’s What Might Happen

In late 2022, Israel established new entry rules for foreigners visiting Palestinians in the West Bank. Who would be allowed in?

Interview Visiting Palestinians in the West Bank? The Rules Remain Unclear, and You Could Be Denied Entry

Months after Israel changed visa procedures for foreigners entering the West Bank to visit Palestinians, the process remains murky.

Video Love under Occupation

A fictional couple plays out how Israel’s new regulations for foreigners wishing to visit the West Bank will seep into their private lives. 

Personal Story For Karam, a Blue ID Is All He Needs—Israeli Citizenship “Is a Behavior-Controlling Tool” That He Eschews

For one young man, the permanent residency that eluded him in his youth is more than enough.

Video The Last Supper: Abu Dis

A powerful testament to the experience of living through the transformative and traumatic period when the wall was built in Jerusalem and its environs.

Backgrounder Al-Jidar: An Instrument of Fragmentation

Twenty years on, Israel’s Separation Wall has wholly reconfigured the geopolitical fabric of Jerusalem and its hinterland, shattering Palestinian communities, families, and lives.

Personal Story Newlywed Dunya’s Dream of Returning to Live in Her Parents’ Ancestral City Collides with Bureaucratic Reality

Dunya’s dream of embarking on a new life with her Jerusalemite husband becomes ensnared in Israeli bureaucracy and endless waiting for legal status.