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Illustrative: Palestinian schoolgirls leave a UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8, 2025, as Israeli security forces prepared to close the school. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
August 16, 2026, 11:44 pm
UNRWA alleges Israeli takeover of agency buildings in East Jerusalem
‘These are not UNRWA properties, but privately owned properties for which the municipality has signed a usage agreement,’ Jerusalem Municipality says
By Nurit Yohanan
Bilal Abu Khalaf stands in front of his store in Muristan Square in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 2026. (Sarah Tuttle-Singer)
July 30, 2026, 4:47 am
Bilal Abu Khalaf, the fabric merchant of Jerusalem
In this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a man whose warmth helps 3 religious groups find their common thread
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Illustrative: Israeli security forces patrol the Shuafat checkpoint in East Jerusalem, October 9, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 29, 2026, 6:25 pm
Internal police probe looking into checkpoint killing of Jerusalem city worker
Sanitation worker Khalil a-Rishq, 50, shot several times after failing to heed calls to halt, police say; was reportedly left to bleed out; was also victim of 2025 Jewish extremist assault
By Charlie Summers
People inspect a house that was destroyed by Israeli authorities in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, December 30, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 22, 2026, 10:38 am
As Jerusalem razes enclave to restore open space, Palestinians see city shutting them out
Residents of Silwan’s al-Bustan are up in arms over home demolitions, but authorities say structures were built without authorization and must make room for green space
By Zev Stub
In this handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO), Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas votes during the elections for the new central committee of the Fatah movement during their Eighth General Conference in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank on May 16, 2026. (Thaer Ghanaim/PPO/AFP)
July 9, 2026, 6:40 pm
Abbas declares first Palestinian legislative elections since 2006 to be held Nov. 28
PA president signs decree days before EU donor conference, hoping Brussels will see it as fulfillment of reform pledges, provide funds badly needed following Israeli sanctions
By AFP and Jacob Magid
Screengrab of a CCTV video showing a Border Police officer throwing a stun grenade into a car full of passengers and forcing the door shut as it explodes, July 5, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 6, 2026, 10:43 am
Border Police officer throws stun grenade into Palestinian car, blocks driver’s exit
Police says officer suspended, incident under investigation; video shows flashbang going off while occupants inside, driver apparently unharmed; 6 said injured in settler attack
By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
An Israel Police officer at the entrance to a suspected terror tunnel running from the area of A'zaim checkpoint in the West Bank toward Israel, in an image released on June 24, 2026. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2026, 4:33 pm
Police find possible terror tunnel running from West Bank toward Jerusalem, arrest 2
DNA from scene leads to arrest of 1 Palestinian, 1 East Jerusalem man; no weapons found but police probing whether plan was to use tunnel for terror attack or to smuggle in workers
By ToI Staff
Rand Halawani, left, and Natalie Abu Diyeh (Wafa; via social media)
June 3, 2026, 10:45 pm
Detention extended for Palestinian women’s soccer player arrested for ‘throwing objects’
Police say East Jerusalem resident Rand Halawani, 20, nabbed alongside unnamed 18-year-old; ex-national player also arrested Tuesday along with 3 other young women in West Bank
By AFP
Palestinian-French lawyer Salah Hamouri talks to reporters at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after being deported from Israel over his ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror organization on December 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
May 26, 2026, 10:34 pm
Israel says French-Palestinian lawyer operated East Jerusalem terror network from overseas
France-based Salah Hamouri, whose Jerusalem residency was revoked over PFLP ties, allegedly recruited five East Jerusalemites to ‘promote militant terror activity,’ say Shin Bet, police
By Charlie Summers
President Isaac Herzog (center right) with Somaliland’s first ambassador to Israel, Dr. Mohamed Hagi (center left), during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, May 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 19, 2026, 8:41 pm
Somaliland’s first-ever embassy anywhere will open in Jerusalem, envoy says
Diplomat from East African breakaway state says Israel will also open embassy in capital city of Hargeisa
By Nava Freiberg
Israel demolishes a structure inside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem on January 20, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 18, 2026, 8:25 am
Israel approves new defense complex on site of former UNRWA East Jerusalem HQ
IDF museum, enlistment office, office for defense minister set to be built; Katz says ‘nothing more symbolic or just’ than placing them over ruins of UN agency compound
By Stav Levaton
Zuhair Rajabi on the balcony of his home in Silwan, March 31, 2026. (Nurit Yohanan/Times of Israel)
April 9, 2026, 5:22 pm
Evictions in East Jerusalem surge as Palestinians lose court fight against far-right group
Dozens of families in Silwan already removed from their homes, and several more expected to follow, as Ateret Cohanim takes over houses by claiming trusteeship over land of pre-state Jewish owners
By Nurit Yohanan and Charlie Summers
Palestinian residents from Nuaman, a small village on the southeastern outskirts of Jerusalem, carry a man who was lightly injured by pepper spray during clashes with settlers on April 5, 2026. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2026, 3:38 pm
Settlers erect outpost in East Jerusalem, attack Palestinian locals
Four injured, 4 arrested after extremist youths descend on Palestinian hamlet; IDF nabs, then releases Israeli pair suspected of beating Palestinian family in West Bank
By Nurit Yohanan and Charlie Summers
Israeli authorities remove property from a Palestinian home in Silwan during the eviction of 11 families on March 25, 2026. (Peace Now)
March 26, 2026, 12:46 am
11 Palestinian families evicted after court found Jews owned E. Jerusalem land their homes were built on before 1948
1970 law allowing Jews to reclaim property lost before establishment of Israel leads to families being forced from Silwan homes where they have lived for decades
By ToI Staff, AFP and Nurit Yohanan
Paramedics arrive at the scene of a deadly shooting in Lod, which left a woman dead on March 19, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
March 19, 2026, 2:53 pm
Woman shot dead overnight in her home in Lod as killings of Arab citizens persist
Police said to suspect woman slain in ‘honor killing’ after paramedics find her lifeless near midnight; East Jerusalem bus driver gunned down the night before; no arrests
By Charlie Summers
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