Real estate event in London ‘advertised sale of land in illegal Israeli settlements’ Pamphlets from event featured projects in West Bank and East Jerusalem despite previous denials by organisers The Guardian - UK · Jun 17
The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation The Guardian - UK · May 14
Dignity and resolve: Francesca Albanese’s When the World Sleeps humanises Palestinian lives Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer and scholar, is the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, comprising the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Her job is to report to the UN on the human rights situation in these territories. The Conversation · Apr 29
Israel and Iran exchange strikes on Persian New Year as war jolts energy markets Activists reported hearing strikes around Iran’s capital, Tehran, just as blasts were heard in East Jerusalem with sirens and booms sounding across the city. Euronews · Mar 20
Israel bulldozes Unrwa headquarters in East Jerusalem Palestinian refugee agency compound is demolished, while teargas is fired at UN vocational school in West Bank The Guardian - UK · Jan 20
UN Palestinian aid agency says Israeli police 'forcibly entered' compound in Jerusalem Israeli police have forcibly entered the compound of a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025
Overwhelming evidence of genocide against Palestinians: a legal expert unpacks the UN report on Gaza On September 16, 2025, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem and Israel issued its third report on the situation in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The Conversation · Sep 29, 2025
EU signs €400 million financial agreement for Palestine The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a financing facility with the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) to support the Palestinian private sector, amid rising tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Euronews · Sep 25, 2025
Palestine as a state – what would that actually look like? For a Palestinian state to be internationally recognised and built, Israel’s current government would need to halt its relentless opposition to Palestinian statehood and Israel’s main ally, the United States, would need to agree on a two-state solution, which it no longer does. Euronews · Sep 24, 2025
UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly. The Conversation · Sep 19, 2025
Israel’s Netanyahu says ‘there will be no Palestinian state’ Israeli prime minister signs agreement to move ahead with expanded settlement plan that would bisect occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera · Sep 11, 2025
Shooting in occupied East Jerusalem kills six, Israeli authorities say Paramedics say at least 12 people are injured in the morning attack with six in “serious condition”. Al Jazeera · Sep 8, 2025
How the world is reacting to Israel’s settlement plan in occupied West Bank Plans to develop the illegal E1 settlement, which would jeopardise a future Palestinian state, widely condemned. Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025 New Israeli settlement to split East Jerusalem from occupied West Bank IN FULL
The Conversation · Aug 11, 2025 Beyond recognition: the challenges of creating a new Palestinian state are so formidable, is it even possible? Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly meeting in September, joining the United Kingdom, Canada and France in taking the historic step.
Al Jazeera · Aug 6, 2025 Israel pushes for more illegal settlements in occupied West Bank amid raids Plans to expand in the E1 area east of occupied East Jerusalem would bisect area and isolate Palestinian communities.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025 Friday briefing: Has the recognition of a Palestinian state gathered an unstoppable pace? In today’s newsletter: As international consensus begins to shift on Palestine, there is still a lack of political will in in key countries, and questions remain over what this legal clarity will mean on the ground
The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025 Voices: Why has it been so difficult for Britain to recognise the state of Palestine? COMMENT: In the decades since the 1917 Balfour Declaration, the UK has broadly supported official recognition of a state of Palestine. So why has it taken more than a century for a government to sign up to it, asks Donald Macintyre
Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2025 ‘Lucky to be alive’: The 12-year-old shot by Israeli snipers in Jerusalem Two young members of a Palestinian family were left with life-altering injuries when Israeli police opened fire.
Al Jazeera · May 26, 2025 Far-right Israelis storm Al-Aqsa, UNRWA compounds amid Jerusalem Day march Some Israelis chant, ‘Death to Arabs’ and ‘May your village burn,’ as they march through Jerusalem’s Old City.
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 AP PHOTOS: Israel police fire tear gas into Palestinian schoolyard in Jerusalem Israel has ordered six schools in East Jerusalem to close this week, throwing the educational future of 800 children of Palestinian refugees into turmoil.
The Independent UK · May 7, 2025 Palestinian children in East Jerusalem could lose their schools as Israeli-ordered closures loom Israeli authorities have ordered six United Nations schools for the children of Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem to close this week
Al Jazeera · Apr 8, 2025 Israel shuts down UNRWA-affiliated schools in occupied East Jerusalem Critics say children are to be moved to schools teaching Israeli curriculum, which could ‘erase’ Palestinian identity.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025 Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem twice in a month Books about Banksy and by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé were removed, and one of the owners detained