Sheikh Jarrah

High Court to hear challenge to laws restricting UNRWA operations, claims of impact on population

The petition was filed by 10 Palestinian residents, together with Adalah and Gisha. UNRWA itself is not a petitioner in the case.

Israel begins dismantling UNRWA facility, January 20, 2026.
 A look at Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

Sheikh Jarrah: Land, legacy, and conflict in Jerusalem’s history

An Israeli border policeman scuffles with a Palestinian protester during clashes amid ongoing tension ahead of an upcoming court hearing in an Israeli-Palestinian land-ownership dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem May 3, 2021.

Israeli officer charged for shooting sponge grenade at Sheikh Jarrah teen

 Israel Police operate in Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem amid violent clashes, February 13, 2022

Jewish man arrested for 'nationalist attack' in east Jerusalem - report


Palestinian frustration grows because of Israel, US and Russia

Palestinian Affairs: The PA is talking about a “peaceful popular resistance,” while Hamas and allies in the Gaza Strip want to see more stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks in the West Bank.

PA PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas holds a placard showing maps of (from left) historical Palestine, the 1937 Peel Commission partition plan, the 1947 United Nations partition plan on Palestine, the 1948-1967 borders between the Palestinian territories and Israel, and a map of US president Donald Trump’s p

Why media selectively avoids certain Israeli-Palestinian conflict news - opinion

Supposedly, Palestinian human rights are the pure intentions behind this selective coverage – but The New York Times is simply not interested when Israel is not the guilty party.

 A WOMAN enters the ‘New York Times’ building in Manhattan. Almost everything related to threats or attacks against Israel is simply not reported.

This week in Jerusalem: Run for the children

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

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As Ramadan approaches, Palestinians anticipate more violence

Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine urged Palestinians to step up the “resistance” against Israel in the coming days and weeks.

DEMONSTRATORS GATHER on Friday to protest the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish nationalists in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Ben-Gvir to 'Post': Israel's government controlled by Islamic Movement - opinion

Gershon Baskin’s serious problem is that he not only does not tell the truth but that he is also a hypocritical person. Gershon wants to silence me!

 ITAMAR BEN-GVIR speaks to the media in Sheikh Jarrah last month.

High Court rules for Sheikh Jarrah families to stay in their homes for now

The High Court of Justice ruled that Sheik Jarrah families should be allowed to stay in their homes at reduced rent until the end of proceedings.

 PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS gather in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, February 14.

The disingenuous attempt to link Ukraine with Palestinians - analysis

The Ukraine crisis and the Palestinian cause are not remotely the same – and attempts to link the two are disingenuous.

 People rallying in Washington, D.C. in support of Ukraine, February 27, 2022.

How much do Jerusalem's Arabs care about Sheikh Jarrah?

Is Sheikh Jarrah the whole story of the 370,000 Arab residents of Jerusalem?

 UNREST IN Sheikh Jarrah: Should it be the focal point of Arab society in Jerusalem?  (Pictured: Police clash with Palestinians during a protest in the neighborhood, January 20).

Israeli-Palestinian violence could rekindle in April - opinion

The recent clashes between right-wing Jews and Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah is just the tip of the iceberg. We're heading for a repeat of the violence in May 2021.

 RELIGIOUS ZIONIST Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir (right) is joined by Likud MK May Golan at his makeshift office in Sheikh Jarrah last week.

Local court freeze eviction of Salem family from Sheikh Jarrah

The family, which fled from Jaffa during the 1948 War of Independence, had settled in a small area of Sheikh Jarrah know as Um Haroun, which had been a Jewish neighborhood prior to the war.  

 PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS gather in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, February 14.