Jabel Mukaber

The Mezri family demolish their own home in Jabel Mukaber after learning that they would be forced to pay the Israeli authorities for carrying out the destruction, East Jerusalem, February 5, 2014. (Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)

To widen a road, J’lem municipality will destroy Palestinian homes

Experts say the planned destruction of dozens of houses in Jabel Mukaber is part of a raft of policies aimed at forcing Palestinians out of East Jerusalem.

By Orly Noy March 8, 2022

Israeli Border Policemen stand guard as a Palestinian family walk on their way out of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, October 15, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel to strip Jerusalem residency status from family of truck attacker

The decision to strip the al-Qunbar family of their right to live in their native city is not only collective punishment, but also raises questions about the Israeli government’s policy towards Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. The family of the Jerusalem man who rammed his truck into a crowd of people on a popular promenade on Monday will…

By Lisa Goldman January 10, 2017

Building the separation barrier around Shuafat refugee camp, East Jerusalem, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Netanyahu’s transfer plan: Turning dispossession into tradition

Netanyahu recently proposed that Israel revoke the residency status of tens of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem who live beyond the wall. This appalling idea will merely continue what is already in motion: years of ‘quiet transfer.’ By Hagai El-Ad The latest proposed experiment to emerge from the Prime Minister’s Office – revoking the…

By +972 Magazine November 1, 2015

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Israeli Border Police search a Palestinian man near Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, October 23, 2015. Many new checkpoints have been set up in East Jerusalem's Palestinian neighborhoods in the wake of a spate of stabbings in the city. Jerusalem, October 23, 2015. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

A life of constant fear for Jerusalem Palestinians

From checkpoints and soldiers to the fate of our children, fear is everywhere in East Jerusalem these days. By Fuad Abu Hamed Friends, I want to tell you about what is happening to us in East Jerusalem. Even today, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Jerusalem live a life of fear. This kind of situation is…

By +972 Magazine October 29, 2015

Israeli security forces enter Jabel Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem (Photo: Dahlia Scheindlin, 19 October 2015)

Jerusalem becoming mini-police state and ghost capital

As tension rises in Jerusalem, Israelis stay away and debate how to resolve problems there while ignoring the West Bank and Gaza. It can’t be done. It has become common over the last few days to hear that, ironically, the political Right is dividing Jerusalem and not the Left, putting up blockades around Palestinian neighborhoods…

By Dahlia Scheindlin October 20, 2015

The Palestinian soccer league: A microcosm of a national struggle

Originally founded in 1928, the Palestinian Football Association endured the many trials of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ahead of the conclusion of an eventful season, we look at one of the only national institutions that unifies the Palestinians these days. By Yoni Mendel The Palestinian soccer league is experiencing one of the most dramatic moments in…

By +972 Magazine May 1, 2015

So this Arab tries to buy a settlement. No, for real. (UPDATED)

The Arabs can’t have our land. And they can’t have our young girls, either. And they certainly can’t have our settlements! What happens when a Palestinian tries to buy a settlement? You heard me: buy a settlement. Well, for this you’d have to ask Palestinian businessman Bashar al-Masri. Ever since al Masri announced his company…

By Ami Kaufman January 10, 2011