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Israeli Authorities Order Demolitions, Displace Palestinians in East Jerusalem (VIDEOS)
Three Palestinian brothers and their families found themselves homeless today after the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished their three-apartment building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan under the pretext of construction without a […]

Israeli Police Arrest PA’s Governor of Jerusalem
Israeli occupation forces today detained Adnan Gheith, the Palestinian Authority’s Governor of Jerusalem, after raiding his home in the city. Israeli police raided and searched the house of Gheith in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of […]

Palestinian Family Ordered to Leave their Home in Jerusalem by Israeli Court
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Jerusalem District Court rejected Tuesday, an appeal by the Palestinian Sumreen family to prevent Israeli authorities from evicting them from their home, located in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of […]

Two Palestinian Brothers Forced to Demolish Their Own Home in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Two Palestinian brothers from the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan were forced today to demolish their own home by the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem. Feras and Iyad Da’na said they were forced to demolish […]

Jewish Settler Assault, Pepper-sprays Elderly Palestinian in East Jerusalem (VIDEO)
A Jewish settler today attacked an elderly Palestinian man in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, pepper-spraying him in the face, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Eyewitnesses said that a Jewish settler approached […]

One Disabled, One in a Coma: Palestinian Family to Be Evicted from their Jerusalem Home
By Palestine Chronicle Staff An Israeli court on Sunday ruled in favor of an extremist Jewish organization, that has been trying to evict a Palestinian family from their home in East Jerusalem, alleging that […]

Jewish Settlers Confiscate Funds Raised to Help Palestinian Family Facing Eviction
A right-wing Israeli settlement group has confiscated money raised to help a Palestinian family facing eviction from their home in Jerusalem. The Elad Association is a notorious right-wing group which works to encourage Jewish settlement […]

Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Family, Demolish Two Homes in Silwan (VIDEO)
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian residents as bulldozers demolished two Palestinian-owned homes, on Tuesday, in the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces and police, in addition to a number of […]

Israel to Demolish 500 Homes, Structures in Silwan (VIDEOS)
Large numbers of heavily armed Israeli forces raided the Silwan neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and surrounded several Palestinian-owned structures in preparation for demolition, on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that heavily armed Israeli forces, a […]

Israel’s New War of Attrition on Jerusalem’s Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook Czech president Milos Zeman offered Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-nationalist government a fillip during his visit to Israel last week. He inaugurated a cultural and trade center, Czech House, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City […]