Last week, we commemorated the signing of the Charter of our United Nations. That Charter was born from the atrocities of our past, and from humanity’s determination to build a better future—including, just a few years later, the international...
Palestinians forced out of their homes and communities by Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank face poverty, insecurity, uncertainty, and little prospect of returning home, reveals a new report by the West Bank Protection Consortium (WB...
After two years of bloodshed and inconceivable destruction, a ceasefire agreement in Gaza was signed in October 2025. The US regional initiative that led to the signing of the agreement was bolstered by the French-Saudi initiative to promote a two-st...
JERUSALEM, June 22, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained a child from the East Jerusalem town of Silwan. According to the Jerusalem Governorate, the occupation forces detained the child from inside a commercial shop in the ...
AMMAN, June 20, 2026 (WAFA) – Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Affairs has condemned the Israeli authorities’ seizure of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the town of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, des...
RAMALLAH, June 19, 2026 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the Israeli occupation authorities’ seizure of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the town of Silwan in occupied Je...
Over the past three years, Israel has dramatically reshaped the West Bank area around Jerusalem, often referred to in Israeli political discourse as “Greater Jerusalem.” Through accelerated settlement expansion, the establishment of outposts and ...
This week, the reported exposure of personal data belonging to hundreds of thousands of aid recipients in Gaza highlights the immense responsibility carried by humanitarian actors collecting and processing sensitive information. In contexts of crisis...
The Israeli government has instructed Israeli forces to expand military control to up to 70 per cent of the Gaza Strip. Current control is estimated at approximately 65 per cent, including the so-called “Orange Area.” Further expansion of the mil...
The paper provides an overview of a series of legislative measures that mark a profound escalation in the use of residency status as a punitive tool against Palestinians in Jerusalem. It examines how these developments undermine core protections guar...
JERUSALEM, May 30, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities forced a Jerusalemite citizen on Saturday to demolish his home in the East Jerusalem town of Silwan. The Jerusalem Governorate reported that the occupation authorities forced Jerusa...
The European Union Representative issues the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah. The situation for Palestinians in East Jerusalem remains dire. In particular the Silwan area has witnessed a dram...
