Theirs is the smallest quarter in the Old City, home to Armenians with the same status as Palestinians in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem — residents but not citizens, effectively stateless.

Israel conquered east Jerusalem, including the Old City, in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and swiftly annexed the area. Silwan begins at the foot of the Old City walls where the Bible says the City ...

Palestinians from the Abu Diab family inspect the rubble of their house after it was demolished by Israeli forces — AHMAD GHARABLI Tired and sad, Palestinian activist Fakhri Abu Diab stood amid the ...