Reshaping the geographic space in the vicinity of East Jerusalem: Dynamics of spatial isolation and the fragmentation of the urban fabric

Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights and Targeted Villages affirms that the on-the-ground realities in the area extending between Al-Sawahra al-Sharqiya, Abu Dis, and Al-Eizariya, along with the surrounding small and scattered Bedouin communities, indicate a gradual transformation in the nature of the demographic and political geography. This area is increasingly moving toward greater spatial fragmentation and structural isolation. Rather than forming a continuous urban and social extension within a unified geographic fabric, these towns have, in practice, become more akin to isolated population units, separated by physical barriers and an accumulation of regulatory and security measures. In this context, the central role of military gates and both fixed and mobile checkpoints—established at the entrances, exits, and vital […]