Sheikh Jarrah

Petition seeks to block yeshiva project for foreign students on east Jerusalem public land

The petitioners also asked the court, sitting as an Administrative Affairs Court, to freeze the plan while it considers their challenge.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, on November 17, 2025.
Israel begins dismantling UNRWA facility, January 20, 2026.

High Court to hear challenge to laws restricting UNRWA operations, claims of impact on population

 A look at Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

Sheikh Jarrah: Land, legacy, and conflict in Jerusalem’s history

An Israeli border policeman scuffles with a Palestinian protester during clashes amid ongoing tension ahead of an upcoming court hearing in an Israeli-Palestinian land-ownership dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem May 3, 2021.

Israeli officer charged for shooting sponge grenade at Sheikh Jarrah teen


Local court freeze eviction of Salem family from Sheikh Jarrah

The family, which fled from Jaffa during the 1948 War of Independence, had settled in a small area of Sheikh Jarrah know as Um Haroun, which had been a Jewish neighborhood prior to the war.  

 PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS gather in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, February 14.

Letters to the Editor February 21, 2022: Not even a paper tiger

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Sheik Jarrah: Politicians abusing their immunity - police

The Israel Police In a sharply worded statement denounced politicians' taking advantage of their immunity in order to create provocations after MK Ben Gvir set up his "office" there last week.

 MK ITAMAR Ben Gvir and Tal Yoshubiev (left) at a press conference outside the Yoshubiev home in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Sunday.

Israeli-Palestinian talks will foster Arab ties, Saudi Prince Faisal says

Jordan, Egypt, Germany, France called for an end to Palestinian eviction.

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud arrives to attend the G20 meeting of foreign and development ministers in Matera, Italy, June 29, 2021.

Hamas doesn’t need Sheikh Jarrah or Jerusalem to start a war - opinion

This week, Ben Gvir was at the center of renewed conflicts in Sheikh Jarrah, Bennet was the first PM to visit Bahrain and Pelosi visited the Kenesset.

 JEWS AND Arabs clash this week in Sheikh Jarrah.

Making connections between Hamas, UAE, Sheikh Jarrah and Israel-Turkey

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Hamas is trying to sabotage budding reconciliation between Israel and Turkey like it did in 2017.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses with children as he visits the Turkish Pavilion of Expo 2020 in Dubai on Monday.

What is life like for a Jew living in Sheikh Jarrah?

JERUSALEM AFFAIRS: For Tal Yoshubiev, the torching of his cars and house are not going to change anything.

 MK ITAMAR Ben Gvir and Tal Yoshubiev (left) at a press conference outside the Yoshubiev home in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Sunday.

Reporting Palestinian violence undermines anti-Israel agenda - opinion

Everything about these attacks undermines everything that J Street and the slam-Israel media and the State Department crowd are trying to promote.

 A CONFRONTATION takes place between Palestinian protesters and police in Sheikh Jarrah on Monday.

Will anyone douse the fiery tensions in Sheikh Jarrah?

Too many conflicting interests of different groups stir in the cauldron and, as usual, it is the residents who pay the high price.

 PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS gather in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, February 14.

Israel, Hamas ‘not interested’ in clash over Sheikh Jarrah - report

Egyptian mediators are at the center of the prevention of another eruption in the east Jerusalem neighborhood, balancing the claims of Israelis and Hamas.

 Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in Sheikh Jarrah