Israel is tightening its grip on east Jerusalem with evictions and demolitions
Rights groups say 2025 saw over 260 demolitions and a 70% rise from three years earlier as Palestinian neighborhoods face more evictions.
- Authorities have demolished at least 116 structures in East Jerusalem so far this year, marking escalating evictions in neighborhoods like Silwan and Batan al-Hawah that residents say are the most severe in decades.
- Israeli authorities approved nearly 9,000 housing permits for Jewish residents last year versus fewer than 700 for Palestinians, according to Bimkom, an Israeli rights group, making legal expansion virtually impossible for the latter.
- Fakhri Abu Diab, whose home was demolished two years ago, remains displaced alongside some 1,500 Palestinians in al-Bustan who face potential eviction at any time, their lives suspended in uncertainty.
- Yair Dvir, a spokesperson for B'Tselem, stated the evictions demonstrate "the cooperation between settler organizations and state institutions" toward displacing Palestinian residents with Israeli settlers.
- Daniel Luria, executive director of Ateret Cohanim, defended the evictions as correcting a "monumental historical injustice," citing efforts to return Jews to neighborhoods inhabited before the early 20th century.
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Israel is tightening its grip on east Jerusalem with evictions and demolitions
For decades, Israel has worked to expand the Jewish presence in annexed east Jerusalem. It's the beating heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and home to major Jewish, Christian and Muslim sites.
JERUSALÉN- Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home.But when the Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he could do nothing to stop them.He and his wife now live among fragments of memory: a bicycle where his bedroom was; the garden where he planted tomatoes as a child; a portrait of his deceased mother painted on a wall, based on a photograph that was lost at the demolition.His mobile home, installed among the rub…
Israel accelerates East Jerusalem demolitions and evictions to solidify control
New Delhi: Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorirties arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them. He and his wife now live among shards of memory a bicycle where his bedroom stood, the garden where he planted tomatoes as a boy a portrait of his late mother painted on a wall based on a photograph lost in the demolition. Their mobile home set up amid the rubble, is also marked for r…
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