Dear Friends of The Jerusalem Fund, The situation in Palestine is beyond horrifying. As we approach 600 days of Israel’s war of extermination in Gaza, over half a million Palestinians face imminent starvation, with the UN warning that at any given moment, tens of thousands of children are hours away from death by malnutrition as … Read more
Palestinian children waiting for hot meals distributed by humanitarian organizations as they face hunger on January 4, 2025, in the Gaza Strip. (Hassan Jedi / Anadolu via Getty Images) After over a month of deploying every means at their disposal to sabotage and collapse the ceasefire agreement with Palestinian resistance forces led by Hamas, Israel … Read more
Dear Friends, As we continue our mission in 2024, the gravity of the crisis in Gaza compels us to reach out for your support once again. The devastating genocide has plunged the Gaza Strip into an unprecedented humanitarian emergency, with over 500,000 people at risk of imminent famine. During this holy month of Ramadan, children … Read more
On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development made a significant impact at the University of Richmond with a compelling lecture delivered by its Executive Director, Jehad Abusalim. Addressing an engaged audience that included the University’s Provost and over 60 students and faculty members, Abusalim provided a detailed exploration of … Read more
A Conversation with Al-Haq International Lawyer Ahmed Abofoul On January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures in response to South Africa’s case against Israel. These legally binding ICJ orders require Israel to stop acts of genocide in Gaza, a historic achievement on the international stage. To better understand this development, we … Read more
Author’s Update: Subsequent to the publication of this article on January 9, the following number of Palestinian casualties have been reported in Gaza as a result of Israel attacks and bombardment: These figures have been reported by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in their flash updates numbered 88 to 95 and … Read more
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) will hold a panel discussion titled “2023 War on Gaza: The Responsibility to Prevent Genocide” on 12 December 2023, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (New York Time) in Conference Room 7 at UN Headquarters in New York. The event will also be livestreamed on UN … Read more
Join us for a screening of the film “Resistance Climbing,” which follows a diverse crew of Palestinian youth as they discover the joy of rock climbing, and embrace it as a source of much-needed respite from the oppression of the Israeli occupation. In the film, American writer and climber Andrew Bisharat visits the West Bank … Read more
On Wednesday June 21st afternoon, hundreds of Israeli settlers attacked the village of Turmusaya, north of Ramallah, setting homes, vehicles, and fields ablaze, injuring residents, and killing one Palestinian man. According to the mayor of Turmusaya, settlers storming in from the illegal Shilo settlement bordering the town, burned 30 houses and 60 cars while destroying … Read more
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