East Jerusalem

‘Unacceptable’: Eleven foreign ministers condemn Israel over UNRWA HQ demolition

"We call upon the Government of Israel, a member of the United Nations, to halt all demolitions," the statement added.

Israel begins dismantling UNRWA facility, January 20, 2026.
A Palestinian woman walks past a mural in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem on January 21, 2026.

'People will live in the streets': Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from east Jerusalem

AN IMAGE supporting terrorism, found to have been published on a dentist's social media page by Israel Police.

'This is jihad': Dentist arrested for social media posts praising Hamas, supporting terror

 A Palestinian man waits outside of the UNRWA headquarters building in Gaza City on April 6, 2013.

'Outrageous and illegal' : UNRWA slams Israel for cutting off its water, comms and electric in Gaza


This week in Jewish history: Jordan & Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Egypt

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

 NAZI TROOPS and students gather seized papers and books to burn, in the Opernplatz, Berlin, 1933.

Police arrest Jenin resident for blackmailing east Jerusalem woman

Prosecutors to file charges against Jenin man for sexually blackmailing an east Jerusalem woman online.

 Handcuffs on table.

Jewish Agency and Azerbaijani rabbis condemn division amid Iranian spy ring allegations

The Jewish Agency and Azerbaijani rabbis call for unity in Israeli society after seven were arrested in connection to an Iranian-backed spy ring in east Jerusalem.

 A general view picture shows the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan June 19, 2017.

Iran-linked east Jerusalem spy ring arrested in plot to assassinate top Israeli nuclear scientist

The primary suspect allegedly made contact with Iranian entities and then recruited six others to aid him in carrying out terrorist acts.

 Houses are seen on a hillside behind a fence in the Silwan district of east Jerusalem, May 15, 2024.

MKs to tour east Jerusalem schools, push Palestinian to Israeli curriculum shift

Several Knesset members are expected to tour multiple schools in east Jerusalem as part of a government program working to transition students from Palestinian to Israeli curricula.

A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

Gazan mother separated from prematurely born triplet

In August 2023, Hanan al-Bayouk gave birth to premature triplets in East Jerusalem but had to leave them due to Gaza-Israel conflict restrictions.

 Premature babies which were evacuated from an incubator in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City receive treatment at a hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2023.

Palestinians to ask UN General Assembly to force Israeli withdrawal from West Bank

The resolution will set a time frame for the “end of this illegal occupation and all the other issues contained in that historic advisory opinion,” PA envoy Riyad Mansour said.

 Delegates react to the voting results during the United Nations General Assembly vote on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full UN member, in New York City, US May 10, 2024.

Israel Police arrest woman from east Jerusalem for inciting terrorism

During her interrogation in the Jerusalem District, additional findings were discovered linking the suspect to incitement and support for terrorism.

 The social media post of the suspect inciting terror, August 18, 2024. (illustration)

Father from east Jerusalem indicted for kidnapping his children and hiding them in refugee camp

A father from East Jerusalem has been indicted for kidnapping his children and hiding them in the Shuafat refugee camp with the help of two accomplices. The children were later rescued by police.

 Police rescue toddlers from the Shuafat camp in east Jerusalem, August 7, 2024.

New welfare complex opens in east Jerusalem, expected to be city's largest

The opening of the complex is another step toward the establishment of the city's "Silicon Valley"—Kiryat Hi-tech plan, which is hoped will add thousands of jobs in the east of the city.

 The new "Mamuniya" welfare complex in east Jerusalem, opened August 4, 2024.