Jerusalem: Situation Report, 2023–2025
How the Government וs Undermining the Prospects for a Two-State Solution
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Key Findings
A. Settlements around and within East Jerusalem neighborhoods:
Advancement of plans for 33,519 new housing units for Israelis in East Jerusalem, through the approval of plans for deposit or final validation.
Planning of four new settlements in East Jerusalem, located within or on the edges of Palestinian neighborhoods: Givat HaShaked, Kidmat Zion, the Lower Aqueduct, and Kiryat Menachem Begin in Sheikh Jarrah. (Two additional settlements—Atarot and “Nahlat Shimon”—were advanced in January 2026.)
Approval of the E1 plan and publication of tenders for its construction, alongside steps to seal off the entire Ma’ale Adumim area (the heart of the West Bank) from Palestinians, including through the construction of a new road.
Promotion of four new settlements in the outer ring surrounding East Jerusalem: Nahal Heletz, Shdema, Mishmar Yehuda, and Adam West.
Development of road infrastructure around East Jerusalem at a cost of billions of shekels for the service of the settlements.
B. Settlements within Palestinian neighborhoods:
Eviction of 11 families (64 individuals) from six homes in the Batan al-Hawa area of Silwan, followed by the entry of settlers into those properties. Dozens of additional families face imminent eviction.
Demolition of 37 homes in the al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, as part of a process that threatens the destruction of the neighborhood in its entirety, leaving hundreds of residents displaced.
Advancement of tourism-oriented settlement projects in Jerusalem’s Historic Basin, including land expropriations for the cable car project to the Old City/Silwan; the opening of a new visitors’ center on the outskirts of Jabal Mukaber and the “Omega” project; and the opening of a tunnel connecting Silwan to the Western Wall excavations, running beneath homes in Silwan and under the Old City walls.
Approximately 100 million shekels annually allocated to security for settlers within Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
Demolished houses in al-Bustan, Silwan, East Jerusalem, December 2024