Tensions high again in east Jerusalem - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rina Bassist

Rina Bassist

Jun 7, 2021

Palestinian activist Mona el-Kurd talks on the phone at her home in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after being released from an Israeli police station, East Jerusalem, June 6, 2021. — Palestinian activist Mona el-Kurd talks on the phone at her home in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after being released from an Israeli police station, East Jerusalem, June 6, 2021. — Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

Sheikh Jarrah protest

Israeli court to reconvene next week on eviction of Palestinian families

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

A protester waving a Palestinian flag shouts at an Orthodox Jewish man in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem May 17, 2013, during a weekly demonstration against Jewish settlements and the possible eviction of a Palestinian family from their home. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZQQB

Jerusalem Eviction Postponed, Offering a Glimmer of Hope

Linah Alsaafin

Why residents of Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah face eviction

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

A Palestinian boy waves his national flag in front of the house occupied by settlers belonging to the Palestinian Al-Kurd family, Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Sept. 16, 2011.

Palestinian families forced to share homes with settlers in Sheikh Jarrah

Taghreed Ali