Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor Office of the Prosecutor International Criminal Court Oude Waalsdorperweg 10 The Hague, The Netherlands 11 May 2021 Re: Situation in Palestine: Sheikh Jarrah – Communication from Legal Scholars & Advocates Dear Prosecutor Bensouda, The world is watching as a war
Published : 11 May 2021Arab village of Lifta, abandoned in ▰, to house new Israeli neighborhood The western neighborhood in Jerusalem which was abandoned in 1948 will be resettled with 259 housing units, including a luxury hotel. The Israel Lands Authority
Published : 10 May 2021Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank The figures below reflect the demolition of Palestinian-owned structures and the resulting displacement of people from their homes across the West Bank since 2009. Together with other
Published : 10 May 2021The fights over Sheikh Jarrah reveal the folly of relitigating Israel’s founding (opinion) Defending the pending evictions of as many as 300 Palestinian residents from East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King rhetorically asked:
Published : 10 May 2021Hundreds of Palestinians Protesting Evictions in Jerusalem Injured in `State-Sanctioned Campaign of Israeli Violence` "Israel`s violence has a clear purpose: ethnically cleanse Jerusalem of Palestinians to allow Israeli settlers to take over Palestinian homes." More than 200
Published : 08 May 2021Consultation on the draft General Comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 14:30 – 16:30 CEST (live on Zoom from Villa Moynier, Geneva) Everyone needs land – to be enjoyed as
Published : 07 May 2021Israel Initiates Land Registration Procedures in Sheikh Jarrah to Advance Jewish Settlement For the first time in 53 years, Israel has underhandedly begun land registration procedures in East Jerusalem, exclusively registering land rights of properties to
Published : 04 May 2021Inside the Campaign to Prevent the Forcible Removal of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah In a matter of just two weeks, six Palestinian families from the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood will be thrown out of their homes
Published : 01 May 2021In a Joint Submission to UN Special Rapporteur, Organizations Highlight the Role of Israel’s Colonial Settlements in the Entrenchment of its Settler-Colonial and Apartheid Regime Today, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC); Cairo Institute for
Published : 30 April 2021