Government officials are reportedly trying to prevent the building of new homes for Jews in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, opposite the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. The ...

In the Palestinian town of Silwan, nestled in the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem to the south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, around 7,000 residents are all too familiar with the threat of forcible ...

Recent days and weeks have seen "Silwan" hit the headlines time and time again, as dozens of Jewish families have moved in to this predominantly Arab neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem despite the ...

Jewish settlers have focused on the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan because of its historical past and strategic present. Their efforts have now made the district into a potent contemporary ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A group of artists has filled a Palestinian area of east Jerusalem with paintings of large, wide-open eyes. The murals are a reminder that all eyes are on the neighborhood of Silwan, ...

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SILWAN, East Jerusalem — Elias Karaki awoke at 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning to a loud banging noise coming from the house next door, formerly owned by his son Nabil. “I saw settlers go into the house, ...

Israeli forces on Tuesday tore down a Palestinian house in Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a local official. “Israeli bulldozers backed by police forces demolished the ...

Jawad is a director of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan, East Jerusalem. The center was funded by residents to document human rights violations and to improve the lives of people form the ...

An Israeli court has postponed a hearing in the case of two Palestinian families facing forced displacement from their homes in the Batn al-Hawa area in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of ...

Violence erupted after the demolition of a Palestinian business by Israeli forces began in the al-Bustan area of the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Tuesday. Israeli forces ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Palestinian reporter Jalal Abukhater about the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes and businesses in an East Jerusalem neighborhood. That is the sound of bulldozers ...