US Journalists Demand the Media Tell the Truth about Palestine
American journalists have signed and are circulating an open letter calling on their peers and colleagues in the media community to start using consistent truth telling speech, rather than language…
Israeli Forces Kill a Palestinian Doctor near Jerusalem
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian woman dead, on Wednesday, while she was in her car at the entrance to Hizma town, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian WAFA News…
Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Military near Nablus
Israeli forces shot and critically wounded a 16-year old Palestinian boy on Wednesday in Beita village, and he died of his wounds on Thursday morning. The child, identified as Ahmad…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In Ramallah
Israeli soldiers abducted on Wednesday at dawn, nine Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded…
Army Abducts Eight Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eight Palestinians, including a former political prisoner, from their homes in several parts of the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron. The soldiers…
Palestinian Dies of Wounds Sustained During Gaza Aggression
In Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian identified as Muayyad Hamdan died of wounds sustained during the recent Israeli airstrikes in May in Gaza.…
Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three young Palestinian men from their homes in Beita town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media sources said several…
Israeli Soldiers Injure 33 Palestinians, Abduct Eight, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers injured, Tuesday, more than 33 Palestinians, and abducted at least eight, in several parts of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers attacked dozens of…
Israeli Airstrikes Target Sites in Southern Gaza
Israeli warplanes fired missiles into the southern besieged Gaza Strip, early on Wednesday morning, breaking the ceasefire which brought the most recent eruption of violence to an end. Quds News…
Netanyahu’s Twelve Year Reign May be Coming to an End
After twelve years as Israeli Prime Minister, today may be Benjamin Netanyahu’s last day in office as the Knesset will be voting on a new leadership. Netanyahu is expected to…
Israel To Expand Illegal Colony Near Nablus
The Israeli government decided to expand an illegal Israeli colony, built on Palestinian land, near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, to increase its size by…
Soldiers Invade Homes, Summon Palestinians For Interrogation, In Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, several Palestinian homes and a carpentry workshop, and summoned three Palestinians for interrogation, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources…
Israeli Army Demolishes Residential Tents Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, a Palestinian Bedouin community near the Taybeh village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before demolishing and confiscating several residential tents. Local activist…
Israeli Army Fires Live Rounds At Farmers in Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence, fire many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, Sunday, while working on their lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…
Soldiers Assault Three Palestinian Laborers Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Sunday, three Palestinian workers near a military roadblock, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped and repeatedly…
Undercover Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinian In Jerusalem
Undercover Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Saturday evening, three young Palestinian men in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) has reported. Silwanic stated the…
Army Abducts Three Palestinian Children In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, three Palestinian children from a playground in ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, south of the occupied capital Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses…
Israeli Colonist Pepper-Sprays Father And Two Children At A Traffic Light In Jerusalem
An Israeli colonialist settler pepper-sprayed, Saturday, a Palestinian father and his two children, as the father stopped at a traffic light in Jerusalem, and fled the scene. The Palestinian man…
Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Woman Near Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers killed, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian woman at the Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem, after she allegedly attempted to attack them. The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported…
Palestinian Children Exposed to Pesticides Sprayed by Settlers, near Bethlehem
Two Palestinian toddlers suffered from exposure to pesticides, on Friday, after Israeli settlers invaded a Palestinian-owned grape orchard, in al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West…
Update: “Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian Child Near Nablus”
Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a child and injured more than 110 Palestinians, including 11 who were shot with live rounds, after the army attacked nonviolent protesters in Jabal Abu Sbeih…
Infant Among Several Palestinians Injured In Kufur Qaddoum
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and fired gas bombs at random, causing an infant to…
Army Injures Many Palestinians Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, dozens of Palestinians in Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, as they march protesting the constant Israeli violations and demanding the…
Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians In Jenin And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, six young Palestinian men in Jenin and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office of the…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday evening, ten Palestinians and attacked several others after they protested a provocative tour by the fanatic right-wing member of Israeli Knesset, Itamar Bin-Gvir, of the…
PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Summary of Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory June 3 – 9, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…
Palestinian Child Killed By Israeli Explosive In Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a child was killed, on Thursday morning, when an undetonated Israeli explosive that was dropped during the recent Israeli offensive on Gaza, exploded…
Soldiers Assault Nonviolent Protesters, Abduct Two, In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Thursday, dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters who stood in front of the Central Israeli Court in occupied Jerusalem, while it held a hearing into the displacement of…
P.A Denounces Israeli Escalation, Assassination Of Three Palestinians In Jenin
The Palestinian Authority and the office of President Mahmoud Abbas strongly condemned the Israeli escalation and the assassination of two Palestinian intelligence officers and a former political prisoner, in Jenin…
Undercover Israeli Soldiers Execute Three Palestinians, Including Two Intelligence Officers, In Jenin
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that on Thursday morning, three Palestinians, including two Intelligence Officers, were executed by undercover Israeli soldiers, and one was seriously injured, in Jenin city, in…
Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Nablus
Israeli soldiers injured, on Wednesday at night, several Palestinians in the eastern area of Nablus city, in northern West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the eastern area…
Soldiers Invade Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday afternoon, the western area of Tulkarem city, in northern West Bank. Local sources said several army jeeps invaded the western area of the city, especially…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Archeological Area In Sebastia
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the archeological area in Sebastia Palestinian town, northwest of Nablus, in northern West Bank. Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, said several Israeli military vehicles, including…
Updated: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty-One Palestinians In West Bank”
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Tuesday night and on Wednesday at dawn, twenty-one Palestinians, including children, after the army invaded and searched dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank,…
WAFA: “Israeli authorities survey Palestinian land in Jordan Valley”
JORDAN VALLEY, Wednesday, June 09, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today surveyed a large tract of Palestinian land in Khirbet al-Himma in the northern Jordan Valley, according to…
Army Shuts Down Health Works Committees In Al-Biereh
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the al-Biereh city in central West Bank, before storming and ransacking the headquarters of the Palestinian Health Work Committees and shut it down.…
Soldiers Bulldoze An Agricultural Road Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers bulldozed, Wednesday, an agricultural road in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of…
Soldiers Shoot Three Palestinians, One Critically, Abduct Two, In Tubas
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians, including one who suffered life-threatening wounds, and abducted two others, after the army invaded Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank. Eyewitnesses…
Army Abducts A Palestinian From Tubas
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man from Tubas city, in northeastern West Bank. Kamal Bani Odah, the head of the Tubas office of the Palestinian Prisoners’…
Israeli Army Bulldozes Palestinian Lands South Of Nablus
Israeli soldiers bulldozed, Tuesday, large areas of Palestinian agricultural lands, owned by the residents of Jaloud town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to prepare for expanding…
Army Injures Several Palestinians Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Tuesday evening, a nonviolent procession near Nablus, in northern West Bank, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in addition to shooting…
Palestinian Family Forced to Demolish Home in Jerusalem
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem ordered the demolition of a Palestinian-owned home in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving a family of five people displaced, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported.…
Army Abducts Eleven Palestinians, Injures Many, In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least eleven Palestinians, including former political prisoners, and injured several, in many parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital,…
Three Palestinian Detainees Injured During Israeli Assault In Megiddo Prison
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, June 08, 2021 (WAFA) – Three Palestinian prisoners were injured with rubber-coated metal bullets when the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) stormed Section (7) of the Israeli Megiddo prison,…
Israeli Army Demolishes A Barn And A Shed, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the Masafer Yatta, in the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, before demolishing a barn and a shed. Rateb Jabour, the…
Army Demolishes Two Agricultural Pools, Bulldozes Road, In Northern Plains
Israeli soldiers demolished, Tuesday, two agricultural pools and an agricultural road in Bardala village, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers surrounded the village before invading…
Soldiers Abduct A Father And His Son In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday evening, a Palestinian father and his son in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Taiseer…
Army Demolishes Ten Structures Near In Jericho
Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, ten structures in the al-Mo’arrajat area, north of Jericho, in northeastern West Bank. Local activist, Fares Ka’abna, stated that the soldiers invaded the al-Mo’arrajat Bedouin community,…
Adalah: What happened in the ‘torture room’ at Israel’s police station in Nazareth?
Lawyers from Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel have collected multiple sworn affidavits testifying to rampant, systemic Israeli police attacks and brutal beatings of Palestinian…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seventeen Palestinians In West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least seventeen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank,…
Analysis: A New Mental Health Crisis Is Raging in Gaza
By Yasser Abu Jamei for Scientific American “Have you ever seen a six-month old baby with exaggerated startle response?” One of my colleagues who works on our telephone counseling service…
Israeli Police Detain 2 Palestinian Activists from Sheikh Jarrah, in Jerusalem
Muna al-Kurd, a Palestinian activist, was arrested from her home, on Sunday, and her twin brother Mohammad was summoned for interrogation. The siblings are members of one of the eight…
Israeli Colonists Injure Many Palestinians Near Nablus
Israeli colonists attacked, on Sunday evening, several Palestinians and their cars on the main Nablus-Qalqilia Road, in northern West Bank, causing many injuries. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors…
Soldiers Seriously Injure A Palestinian Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Sunday, a Palestinian man in Nabi Saleh village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Nonviolent activist against the Annexation Wall and…
Israeli Forces Shoot Child, Suffocate Dozens at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum March
Israeli forces attacked the weekly procession, on Saturday, injuring a Palestinian child and causing dozens more to suffocate in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia in northern West Bank, the…
Journalist Assaulted and Detained while Reporting from Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli soldiers assaulted and detained a journalist, on Saturday, from the contentious Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, Quds News Network reported. The Al Jazeera correspondent in Jerusalem, Givara…
Soldiers Prevent Palestinian Farmers From Entering Their Lands Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers prevented, Saturday, Palestinian farmers from entering their lands, isolated inside an illegal colony, near Bethlehem city, south of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Local farmer Mohammad Hamamra…
Israeli Colonists Install An Outpost Near Hebron
Israeli colonialist settlers installed, Saturday, an outpost on Palestinian lands in the Khirbat Zannouta area, east of the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Locals…
Facebook Employees Call for Investigation into Censorship of Pro-Palestine Content
June 1, 2021 (Financial Times) – Close to 200 Facebook employees have signed an open letter calling for the company’s leadership to address concerns that pro-Palestine voices on the social…
OCHA: Protection of Civilians Report [May 24 – 31, 2021]
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) Protection of Civilians Report | 24-31 May 2021 Highlights from the reporting period
Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Two in Ni’lin, Suffocate Dozens at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum March
Israeli forces cracked down on the weekly procession in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, causing dozens of inhalation injuries, and in Ni’lin, two Palestinians were shot with live rounds during…
Israeli Soldiers Injure 113 Palestinians In Nablus
Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 113 Palestinians during a procession against the illegal colonies and annexation of Palestinian lands in Beita village, south of the…
WAFA: “19 Palestinians injured as occupation forces attack a marathon in Jerusalem”
JERUSALEM, Friday, June 4, 2021 (WAFA) – At least 19 Palestinians were injured today as Israeli occupation forces attacked and dispersed a marathon which was organized by Palestinian protesters outside…
Palestinian Mother Dies From Wounds She Suffered In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip said a mother has died from serious wounds she suffered when the Israeli army fired missiles, on May 16th, into homes in Gaza…
Two Palestinian Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Administrative Detention
In opposition to their Administrative Detention, two Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, have declared hunger strike, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) stated Thursday. The first prisoner, Omar Shami, 18, from…
Army Abducts Two Palestinians In Ramallah And Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at night and Friday morning, two young Palestinian men in Ramallah and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Ramallah, in central West…
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Child In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, a Palestinian child from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied capital Jerusalem, and moved her to an interrogation facility. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers abducted Nofouth Hammad,…
Army Shoots Seven Palestinians, Abducts Eleven in West Bank
Eleven Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces on Thursday night, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, and seven others were injured, reported the Palestinian Wafa News Agency. Four…
PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations for May 27 – June 2, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations…
Israeli Troops Abduct 14-Year Old Girl for Flying Palestinian Flag
In the embattled neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Thursday, Israeli military police for the city of Jerusalem snatched a 14-year old girl for the alleged ‘crime’ of flying a Palestinian…
Israeli Ordnance Explodes, Kills Two Palestinians in Gaza
In a press statement, Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior and National Security announced the death of two Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip after an Israeli ordnance exploded in Deir…
Palestinian in Ramallah Dies of His Wounds
Another casualty was added to the death toll of the recent Israeli aggression in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from May 10 – 21, when the Palestinian Ministry of…
Israeli Troops Demolish Al-Arakib Village for 188th Time
The Israeli government on Tuesday demolished the Bedouin village of Al-Arakib, Tuesday, for the 188th consecutive time. Israeli police forces and the “Yoav” unit of the so-called “Negev Development Authority”…
Israeli Troops Abduct 17 Palestinians in Pre-Dawn Raids, Including Children
In the early morning hours on Wednesday, Israeli forces invaded a number of West Bank cities and towns and snatched 17 Palestinian men and boys from their homes as they lay…
“Enough is enough,” 1,000 Canadian artists demand economic sanctions on Israel
June 1, 2021 (QNN) – Over 1,000 Canadian artists and cultural workers have signed a statement calling on the Canadian government to impose military and economic sanctions on the occupation…
Israeli Soldier Shoots 73-Year Old Palestinian Woman
A battalion of Israeli soldiers invaded the Palestinian village of Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin, in the northern West Bank on Tuesday evening. They opened fire at any Palestinians who were…
500 New Israeli Colonists Arrive in Palestine
Following several weeks of Israeli immigrants leaving their adopted country of Israel to return home due to the increase in violence from May 10 – 20th, Israeli government officials issued…
Soldiers Bulldoze Palestinian Land Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers bulldozed, on Tuesday morning, a Palestinian land near Za’tara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel’s…
Army Demolishes Tent, Two Barns, And Confiscates Solar Panels Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the as-Sammou’ town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before demolishing a residential tent and two barns, in addition to confiscating solar panels.…
Detainee Khader Adnan Declares Hunger Strike
Political prisoner held by Israel, Khader Adnan, 43, has declared a hunger strike the day he was abducted by the soldiers on May 30th, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) stated…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 24 Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least 24 Palestinians from their homes in various parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. In occupied Jerusalem,…
Israeli Army Abducts Eight Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, eight Palestinians, during extensive and violent searches of homes across the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron. In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded…
WAFA: “Work underway to expand illegal Colony Near Hebron”
HEBRON, Tuesday, June 1, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli army bulldozers razed Palestinian land in Masafer Yatta in the south of the West Bank in order to expand an illegal settlement,…
Corpse of Palestinian Found Under Rubble Of Bombarded Building In Gaza
Medics and rescue teams located, on Monday evening, the corpse of a Palestinian who was killed by Israeli missiles, during the recent Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The Health…
Israeli Troops Uproot Over 100 Palestinian Olive Trees
Israeli forces on Monday uprooted dozens of olive trees from a plot of land in the village of Jayyous, east of the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilia. The military…
Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Ten Homes Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the villages of Deir Qiddis and Ni’lin, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and handed the Palestinians demolition orders targeting ten homes. Emad…
Israeli Colonists Assault An Elderly Man In Qalqilia
Several illegal Israeli colonialist settlers attacked, on Monday afternoon, an elderly Palestinian man while working on his land, south of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Eyewitnesses said the…
Soldiers Dismantle Four Tents Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the al-Bweib village, northeast of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and dismantled four tents, including two housing fifteen Palestinians. Rateb…
Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least nine Palestinians, including former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital,…
Israeli Court Extends Detention of 2 Journalists
An Israeli court on Friday extended the detention of two Palestinian journalists detained by police in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The lawyer representing the Palestinian journalists,…
Euro-Med: “Inescapable Hell” – Report on Israel’s Recent Violations in Gaza
May 27,2021 (Geneva) – A new report documenting several violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israel during its recent military attack on the Gaza Strip from 10 – 21…
Israeli Colonizers Shoot at Palestinian Farmers near Salfit
On Friday, May 28th, in Khirbet Shehadeh, west of Salfit in the West Bank, settlers opened fire on Palestinian landowners attempting to defend their land. Several weeks ago, four wooden…
Israeli Army Issues Demolition Order Of A Clinic Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, Birin area, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and handed a demolition order targeting a local clinic. Rateb Jabour,…
Army Abducts A Palestinian Child In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, a Palestinian child from Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the child, Sanad Mohammad…
Hunger Striking Detainee Forced Into Solitary Confinement
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Sunday, that the Israeli Prison Authority has transferred a hunger-striking detainee from the Negev Detention Camp to solitary confinement in Ela prison. In a…
Israeli Colonists Bulldoze Palestinian Lands Near Hebron
Israeli colonialist settlers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, bulldozed farmlands, Sunday, in Ein al-Baida and Birin, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Rateb…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Seven Palestinians In West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, at least seven Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar town, searched homes, and abducted Rami…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Jenin
Israeli soldiers abducted, late on Saturday at night, three young Palestinian men in Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Media sources said several army jeeps…
Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinians, Including Journalists, In Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Saturday evening, many Palestinians, including journalists, during a nonviolent activity in solidarity with the families of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, threatened…