East Jerusalem: Israel’s Colonial Project Revealed This video unravels Israel’s colonial policies and practices in occupied East Jerusalem, which aim to reduce the Palestinian presence in the city. At present, there are around 200,000 Israeli settlers and 300,000 Palestinians in East Jerusalem. These include some 100,000 Palestinians who have already been isolated by the wall. On the other hand, if the wall is completed by Israel, some 100,00 additional Israeli settlers would be placed on the ea

In 1956, when east Jerusalem was under Jordanian control, Jordan leased plots of land to 28 families in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, and the UN agency for Palestinian refugees built homes for them. But in 1967, Israel occupied east Jerusalem, then annexed it in a move never recognized by the international community. In 1970, the state enacted a law under which Jews could reclaim land in east Jerusalem they lost in 1948, even if Palestinians by then already lived on it. No such option exist