Human Rights

Graphic Prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque on the Two Holiest Days of Ramadan, 2022–25

Four years of data show a clear downward trend due to Israel’s increasing restrictions on access.

Feature Story Despite Israel’s Stringent Limitations on Access to al-Aqsa Mosque, Tens of Thousands of Muslims Prayed There This Week

Ramadan 2025, Week 1: Report from the ground

Feature Story New Checkpoints, Gates, and Procedures Paralyze Palestinian Mobility across the West Bank, Including East Jerusalem

As soon as the ceasefire in Gaza took effect, Israel turned on the West Bank just as Ramadan was getting underway.

Blog Post Palestinian Narratives Silenced: The Story behind Israel’s Bookstore Raids

A military censor. Social media threats. Israel’s raid of the Educational Bookshop is just one more effort to silence Palestinian voices.

Blog Post Despite Israel’s Ban, UNRWA Hangs On in East Jerusalem

What’s happened since Israel’s ban on UNRWA took effect January 30, 2025?

Photo Album Seventy-Five Years of UNRWA in Jerusalem

A photographic tribute to UNRWA’s decades of service to Palestinian refugees in Jerusalem and its environs

Blog Post Palestinian Refugees Petition Israeli Supreme Court against Laws Banning UNRWA

Israel’s ban on UNRWA is due to take effect in a week. Palestinian refugees say impact will be catastrophic.

Audio Hassan Jabareen: “This Law Targets the [Palestinian] Schools in Jerusalem”

How could Israel’s harsh new education law affect Palestinian school in Jerusalem? We asked Hassan Jabareen, a lawyer who is general director of the human rights organization Adalah.

Interview Hassan Jabareen: “If You Succeeded in Closing UNRWA, Why Not Continue and Close Schools and Fire Teachers?”

Israel escalates its war on Palestine and Palestinian identity with new education law.