Occupied Jerusalem, Old Town, Armenian Quarter:
A questionable real estate transaction between Armenian Patriarch Nourhan Manougian and Australian-Israeli settler Dany Rubenstein is testing the resolve of the local community, which opposes the encroachment of settlers on their land.

Ibrahim Husseini: https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/the-battle-for-jerusalem-plays-out-in-the-armenian-quarter/ @palestine

#Jerusalem #colonisation #community #religion #AUPol #israelPalestine #JewishState #JewishSupremacy #nationalism #zionism #WestBank #OPT #occupation #resistance

The battle for Jerusalem plays out in the Armenian Quarter

Jerusalemite Armenians are under pressure from Israeli settlers to relinquish control of property in the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City. In the battle for Jerusalem, many Armenians are adamant keeping the property out of the settlers’ grip.

Mondoweiss

#WaterSupply

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are denied control of the aquifers under their feet, and must instead buy the water back in limited quantities from the Israeli national water company, Mekorot, via Israel's auxiliary: the Ramallah-based so-called "Palestinian Authority" #PA.

• While Israelis have access to an average of 300 liters of water per day,
• Palestinians in the West Bank enjoy only 80 liters — 20 liters less than the World Health Organization’s recommended daily quantity.
• For Palestinians in Gaza, it is currently as low as 3 liters.

"Long neglected by the Jerusalem Municipality, Kufr ‘Aqab residents now receive only a few hours of water a week — and the authorities refuse to help": https://www.972mag.com/kufr-aqab-jerusalem-water-crisis/

#occupation #community #water #Jerusalem #israelApartheid #Palestine #israelPalestine #JewishState #JewishSupremacy #nationalism #zionism #WestBank #OPT #OneState #colorLine #ethnicCleansing #waterShortage

In Jerusalem’s largest Palestinian neighborhood, taps have run dry

Long neglected by the municipality, Kufr ‘Aqab residents now receive only a few hours of water a week — and the authorities refuse to help.

+972 Magazine
He fought to save Sheikh Jarrah for years. Now he may be evicted

After a long legal battle, an Israeli court ruled that settlers can take over Salah Diab's lifelong home. But he refuses to give up fighting.

+972 Magazine