Walid Salem has been director of the Center for Democracy and Community Development (CDCD) in East Jerusalem since 1993. He teaches democracy and human rights at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, and is the author of numerous books and articles on democracy, civil society, citizenship, refugee issues and Jerusalem. Introduction: The re-emergence of the settler colonial […]
The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs condemns, in the strongest terms, the Israeli government’s decision to annex 250 donums of land belonging to the Sur Baher in Jerusalem, for the Israeli municipality to build over 2,000 new housing units. The ministry also condemns the occupation forces bulldozing of 12 thousand acres of land in “Wadi Qana” […]
President Mahmoud Abbas followed with great interest Secretary Kerry’s speech and reiterated his commitment to a just and lasting peace as a strategic option. President Abbas said: “The minute the Israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities, including in and around Occupied East Jerusalem, and agree to implement the signed agreements on the basis […]
In 2015, Tobias Ellwood, Britain’s foreign and commonwealth affairs minister for the Middle East and Africa, said that the United Kingdom was going to mark 100 years since the Balfour Declaration. But what does it mean to mark such an event if the U.K. is unwilling to repair the damage it caused to the national […]
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Thursday unveiled the world’s largest floor mosaic for public display in the West Bank district of Jericho. The mosaic covers the floor of the reception hall and the large bath of Hisham’s Palace, an Islamic archaeological site, north of Jericho, and has been described as one of the largest and […]
