On 20 April 2026 the Jerusalem District Planning Committee approved an 11-storey ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious school known as Or Somayach, or the Glassman Yeshiva, in the heart of Sheikh Jarrah. The project will rise on five dunams of land at the southern entrance to the neighbourhood, directly opposite Sheikh Jarrah Mosque. It includes dormitories for hundreds of students and residential units for teaching staff. Palestinian officials immediately condemned the move, saying it deliberately exploits the current regional distractions. While fragile ceasefires hold in Gaza and Lebanon and attention shifts to Iran, Israel is pressing ahead with its settler-colonial project in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. This latest step in Sheikh Jarrah is no isolated event. It is part […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![Palestinians gather to demonstrate against the illegal Jewish settlements and deportation policy of Israel, at Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in Jerusalem on August 18, 2023. [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AA-20230818-31946221-31946198-DEMONSTRATION_AGAINST_ILLEGAL_JEWISH_SETTLEMENTS_IN_JERUSALEM.jpg)
