Jerusalem

Bio Henry Cattan

A Jerusalemite jurist and lawyer who wrote widely on the status of Jerusalem and the Palestinian claim to Palestine

Graphic Palestinians in the Jerusalem Municipality

A quick visual overview of the demographic breakdown of Palestinians whom Israel counts as being resident inside the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem, based on Israeli data

Interactive Map Checkpoints around Jerusalem

An interactive map of the checkpoints around Jerusalem that control Palestinian access to the city

Interactive Map Palestinian Jerusalem Governorate (Muhafazat al-Quds)

An interactive map of the Palestinian governorate of Jerusalem and its two subdistricts, J1 and J2

Short Take Only in Jerusalem

If Jerusalem is closed to you, what else cannot be accessed? 

Photo Jerusalem, 1898

A glimpse of Jerusalem at the point when the New City was just beginning to breach the walls of the Old City

Case Study The Case of Akram Abd al-Haq: When the Court Surprisingly Ruled That Palestinian Jerusalemites Are “Native Residents”

After a 30-year legal fight, Palestinian Jerusalemite Akram Abd al-Haq was able to have the permanent-resident status with which he was born reinstated, offering hope for others.

Bio Wasif Jawhariyyeh

A musician and diarist who created an invaluable account of life in Jerusalem from the late Ottoman to the British Mandate periods

Case Study Forcibly Displaced for a Spouse’s Acts: The Case of Nadia Abu Jamal and Her Three Children

The state inflicts devastating punishment on a Palestinian family for the actions of a dead man; the consequences are lifelong and irrevocable, especially for the children.