NFL news: Saints reportedly sign Zach Wilson to a 1-year contract

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The New Orleans Saints have reportedly made an addition to their quarterback room.

The team signed Zach Wilson to a one-year contract, according to multiple reports.

Wilson, 26, spent last season with the Miami Dolphins and will serve as the backup quarterback to Tyler Shough.

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Zach Wilson looks to throw a pass against the New England Patriots during the fourth quarter at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Jan. 4, 2026. (Brian Fluharty/Imagn Images)

The Saints will be Wilson’s fourth team in four seasons. He spent the first three years of his career with the New York Jets after being selected with the No. 2 overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft.

After three disappointing seasons with the Jets, they traded him to the Denver Broncos in April 2024. The Broncos declined Wilson’s fifth-year option, and after the season he signed with the Dolphins.

Wilson has seen little game action over the last two seasons, not playing at all with the Broncos in 2024. With the Dolphins last season, he appeared in four games, completing 6 of 11 passes for 32 yards.

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Miami Dolphins quarterbacks Zach Wilson and Tua Tagovailoa talk on the field before the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 15, 2025. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

With the Jets, Wilson started 33 games, going 12-21 while completing 57% of his passes for 6,293 yards with 23 touchdowns and 25 interceptions.

Wilson will join Shough and 2024 fourth-round pick Spencer Rattler in the quarterback room.

Shough impressed in his nine starts last season. The Saints went 5-4 in his starts while Shough completed 67.6% of his passes for 2,384 yards with 10 touchdowns with six interceptions, while rushing for 186 yards and three touchdowns.

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Zach Wilson looks to throw a pass against the New England Patriots during the fourth quarter at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Jan. 4, 2026. (Brian Fluharty/Imagn Images)

However, Shough battled numerous injuries throughout his college career. He sustained a broken left collarbone in 2021, re-injured that same collarbone in 2022, and broke his fibula in 2023.

The Saints hope he remains healthy as they look to win the NFC South next season and return to the playoffs for the first time since 2020.

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UN passes resolution naming slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’ | Slavery News

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Resolution on transatlantic slavery supported by 123 countries, while three opposed it – including the US and Israel.

A ⁠United Nations resolution, proposed by Ghana, to recognise transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations, has been adopted despite pushback from Europe and the United States.

At a UN General Assembly (UNGA) vote on Wednesday, 123 countries supported the resolution, which ⁠is not legally binding but carries political weight, while three opposed it, including the US and Israel, and 52 abstained, including the United Kingdom and European Union countries.

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Ghana said the resolution ⁠was needed because the consequences of slavery, which saw at least 12.5 million Africans abducted and sold between the 15th and 19th centuries, persist today, including racial disparities.

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, a key architect of the resolution, said the resolution’s passing was “a route to healing and reparative justice”.

“The adoption of this resolution serves as a safeguard against forgetting … Let it be recorded that when history beckoned, we did what was right for the memory of the millions who suffered the indignity of slavery.”

Ghana’s foreign minister, Samuel Ablakwa, said the resolution called for accountability and could pave the way for a “reparative ‌framework”.

“History ‌does not disappear when ignored, truth does not weaken when delayed, crime does not rot … and justice does not expire with time,” Ablakwa said.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UNGA that “far bolder action” was required from more states to confront historical injustices.

The Netherlands remains the only European country to have issued a formal apology for its role in slavery.

 

The resolution has come after the African ⁠Union last year set out to create a “unified vision” among its 55 ⁠member states about what reparations for slavery may look like.

It urges member states to engage in dialogue on reparations, including issuing formal apologies, returning stolen artefacts, providing financial compensation, and ensuring guarantees of non-repetition.

Despite the longstanding calls for reparations, there is also a growing backlash.

Several ⁠Western leaders have opposed even discussing the subject, with critics arguing that today’s states and institutions should not be held responsible for historical wrongs.

Both the EU and the US voiced concerns that the resolution could imply a hierarchy among crimes against humanity, ⁠treating some as more serious than others.



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What is the controversy over Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone? | Politics News

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The government is facing questions after it emerged that the prime minister’s former chief of staff’s phone was stolen, leading to the likely loss of his messages with sacked US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson.

The government-issued device was reported stolen after Mandelson’s firing, but before parliament forced the government to publish all papers and communications relating to his appointment and time in office.

However, the theft of a device containing so much sensitive information, as well as the feared loss of messages of which parliament has mandated the release, has raised a number of questions, particularly after the police admitted they took down the wrong address of the theft.

So what do we know about what has happened?

Mr McSweeney’s government-issued iPhone was stolen shortly before 22.30pm on 20 October, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

This was a month after Lord Mandelson was sacked as ambassador to the US following the release of a cache of emails showing he had a much closer relationship with deceased paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein than previously known.

The police have taken the unusual step of releasing a transcript of Mr McSweeney’s emergency call to police reporting the theft, which reveals confusion over where it actually occurred.

Although Mr McSweeney said it was on “Belgrave Street in Westminster”, it was misrecorded by the police call handler as Belgrave Street in Tower Hamlets.

The explanation for this is that the street in Westminster is actually called Belgrave Road, and when the call handler typed “Belgrave Street” into their system, it entered the address as East London, which went unnoticed. The force has now reopened the investigation.

In addition, although Mr McSweeney said it was a “government phone”, he did not say he was the prime minister’s chief of staff, and the Met Police has said that it means the detail “could not reasonably have shaped our decision-making”.

Watch: The rise and fall of Morgan McSweeney.

It is worth noting that over 2,000 government devices across all departments were lost or stolen in 2024, according to figures published by The Guardian.

However, Mr McSweeney did tell the call handler that the phone has a tracking system, and he told the police call handler that he phoned his office before calling 999. Sky News understands the Number 10 security team was informed.

In addition, the prime minister’s spokesman told journalists that “long-established and robust processes to manage information security following the theft of government work devices” were deployed.

Why is the theft of McSweeney’s phone an issue?

Firstly, he was the prime minister’s chief of staff, so the PM’s most senior political advisor. His phone contained the contact details for and messages with Sir Keir Starmer, the cabinet, and the most senior British officials.

This is information that the foreign intelligence services of adversaries like Russia, China and Iran would be very interested in obtaining.

But there is controversy because it also contained messages exchanged with Lord Mandelson, who had been fired as US ambassador just over a month before it was stolen.

Sir Keir Starmer praised Morgan McSweeney in parliament after his resignation.

The humble address passed by the Commons specifically mandates the release of “electronic communications between the prime minister’s chief of staff and Lord Mandelson” because Mr McSweeney is said to have been the main advocate for his initial hiring – which led to his resignation from Downing Street last month.

It is now feared that those messages are completely lost, although Sky News understands that the Cabinet Office does hold some messages between the pair. They have not yet been published, but the government says it is “committed to complying with the humble address in full”.

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What outstanding questions are there?

Opposition politicians are raising questions about whether Mr McSweeney complied with data retention rules, which require senior officials to ensure all significant information is recorded on government systems.

Former Tory cabinet minister Sir James Cleverly wrote on X: “There should not have been anything on McSweeney’s phone about the appointment of Mandelson that wasn’t forwarded to the Civil Service. Where are the messages?”

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Downing Street repeatedly declined to say this afternoon if Mr McSweeney followed government guidance on handling messages, indicating it was up to him to decide how it applied to exchanges with Lord Mandelson, which are feared to be lost after the theft of his phone.

The official also told journalists: “There is established guidance in place for the management and recording of electronic communications on non-corporate communications channels, including WhatsApp.

“Messages only need to be kept where they relate to substantive discussions or decisions that form part of the official record.

“Significant government information exchanged via these channels must be captured into government systems by copying, forwarding, screenshotting or recording its substance.

“That applies regardless of how and where the communication takes place, including on personal devices.”



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EEOC says Planned Parenthood of Illinois harassed White employees

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Planned Parenthood of Illinois has been ordered to pay $500,000 following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which found that the entity “engaged in unlawful discrimination and harassment against White employees.”

“Planned Parenthood of Illinois (Planned Parenthood) violated federal law when they segregated employees by race, subjected White employees to harassment, and engaged in disparate treatment against White employees regarding terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found as part of a class investigation into charges brought by multiple Planned Parenthood employees,” the agency said in a March 19 announcement. 

The EEOC said it found Planned Parenthood of Illinois had mandatory “affinity caucuses” that were separated by race, and employees of other races were barred from participating, and that a Planned Parenthood manager made racially harassing statements. 

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Planned Parenthood also required that “all employees attend DEI-related training sessions which involved repeated harassing and derogatory statements targeting White employees, including that they ‘are White and do not feel racism the same way non-White patients feel,’ and that ‘white supremacy is exerted at every level of oppression (individual, interpersonal, organizational, and societal).’”

Staff were also told they had to attend one to two-hour sessions of segregated racial affinity groups or DEI training, and White employees were refused access to time off that was given to Black employees.

The EEOC said that the allegations violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

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“Segregating employees by race violates the core promise of our nation’s civil rights laws,” Andrea Lucas, EEOC chair, said in a statement. “Title VII guarantees equal treatment for every employee and prohibits race discrimination in America’s workplaces. Those protections equally apply to White workers.

“There is no DEI exception to Title VII’s requirements. Employers who deliberately separate workers or subject them to harassment because of their race, including White employees, violate federal law. The Commission will continue to enforce these protections to ensure equal opportunity for all.”

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A volunteer clinic escort poses for a portrait outside a Planned Parenthood location in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2021. (Reuters/Gaelen Morse)

The EEOC also said it was “pleased” that Planned Parenthood of Illinois dismissed a manager whose conduct was uncovered by the investigation.

In response to a request for comment, the EEOC referred Fox News Digital to its original statement. Fox News Digital reached out to Planned Parenthood of Illinois for comment.

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Morning Consult Report: PM Modi’s influence continues, again becomes the world’s most popular leader; Trump left far behind – Morning Consult Report: Pm Modi Become World’s Most Popular Leader Once Again; Donald Trump lags far behind.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again emerged as the most popular leader globally. According to the latest survey by American data analytics firm Morning Consult, Prime Minister Modi has got an approval rating of 68 percent, which keeps him at the first place among the world’s top leaders. In the survey conducted by Morning Consult between March 2 and 8, PM Modi appeared far ahead of his global counterparts. This ranking reflects his popularity and strong leadership despite being in power for the third consecutive time.



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At the same time, US President Donald Trump could not make it to the top-10 of this list and got only 39 percent approval rating. After PM Modi, Switzerland President Guy Parmelin and South Korea President Lee Jae-myung came second, who received 62-62 percent approval rating.

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In third and fourth place were the leaders of the Czech Republic and Argentina, who received approval ratings of 57 and 56 percent, respectively. Talking about other global leaders, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer got 24 percent approval rating and French President Emmanuel Macron got only 17 percent approval rating, due to which they remained far behind in the list.

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It is noteworthy that PM Modi has recently achieved a historic achievement in Indian politics. He has completed a total of 8,931 days of leadership including his tenure as Chief Minister and Prime Minister of Gujarat and has now become the longest serving head of the country. This Morning Consult rating is prepared on the basis of a seven-day moving average based on the opinions of adults from different countries.

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The US oil blockade has brought Cuba’s power grid to the brink of collapse. Frequent blackouts, which are disrupting daily life, could soon have more serious consequences. Al Jazeera’s Nour Hegazy explains why that might be exactly what the White House wants.



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Dame Sarah Mullally enthroned as first female Archbishop of Canterbury in historic ceremony | UK News

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Dame Sarah Mullally, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1,400-year history of the job, has begun her new role.

The new archbishop marked the start of her job as the Church of England’s top ministry in a ceremony on Wednesday in Canterbury Cathedral.

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Image: Dame Sarah Mullally strikes the west door of Canterbury Cathedral three times, as is tradition. Pic: PA

The event marked the beginning of her public ministry as both the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The ceremony was attended by over 2,000 people, including Prince William and the prime minister.

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Image: The St John’s Bible was used by the new archbishop for her Corporal Oath. Pic: Reuters

Representatives from many of the communion’s 42 member churches, as well as representatives from the Vatican and the Orthodox Church, also attended.

Dame Mullally is the 106th person to fill the position, and broke into a broad smile as those gathered greeted her as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.

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The St John’s Bible was used by the new archbishop for her Corporal Oath – the first time this Bible has been used in this way.

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She was named to the role last October, and confirmed in it by a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in January, but Wednesday marked the symbolic start of her tenure.

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Image: Dame Sarah Mullally embraces the Rt Rev Paulina Hlawiczka-Trotman, Bishop of the Lutheram Church. Pic: Reuters

The Dean of Canterbury, Very Reverend David Monteith, said the first female archbishop “would have almost been unimaginable even 50 years ago”.

“Today matters,” he said.

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Her appointment to the role is not the first time that the 63-year-old has been a trailblazer.

The archbishop previously worked as a cancer nurse, becoming the chief nursing officer for England at the age of 37, the youngest person ever to hold the post.

In a nod to her former career, the archbishop secured her ceremonial cloak with a buckle from the belt she wore as a nurse.

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At the age of 40, she became a priest; 23 years later, she now heads another English organisation.

Her meteoric rise is notable.

The English church only ordained its first female priests in 1994, and its first female bishop in 2015.

She was named a bishop in 2015, becoming the fourth woman in the Church of England to reach that rank.

Three years later, she was named bishop of London, a prominent position within the church.

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Image: Sarah Mullally arriving at the service. Pic: Reuters

She will be aware that her appointment may deepen rifts within the Anglican Communion.

Members are deeply divided over issues such as the role of women and the treatment of LGBT+ people.

Dame Mullally replaces former Archbishop Justin Welby.

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Image: Sarah Mullally and clergy members arriving at the service. Pic: Reuters

Her predecessor announced his resignation in November 2024, after he was criticised for failing to act decisively and tell police about allegations of physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at a church-affiliated summer camp.

One of her first tasks will be to confront concerns that the church failed to stamp out the sexual abuse scandals that have dogged it for more than a decade.



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Loyola Phoenix apologizes for ‘illegal immigrant’ label in murder post

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The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper of Loyola University Chicago, has issued an editor’s note apologizing for an Instagram post calling the alleged killer of 18-year-old student Sheridan Gorman an “illegal immigrant.”

“On March 23, a post on The Phoenix’s Instagram page carried the following headline: ‘Immigrant Man Charged in Murder of Sheridan Gorman, DHS Involved,’” the editor’s note, posted below a Sunday article about Gorman’s murder, read. 

“That headline didn’t reflect the most important elements in the story, and it was taken down minutes later to prevent any further harm to affected community members,” the editor’s note continued. 

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Sheridan Gorman was allegedly killed by Jose Medina. (Sheridan G. Gorman via Instagram and DHS)

“Additionally, in the body of the original post, we described the man who was charged as an ‘illegal immigrant,’ using language provided by the Department of Homeland Security,” it went on. “That language does not align with Associated Press style, nor does it align with the values of this newspaper.”

A Sunday press release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called the alleged killer, identified as Jose Medina-Medina, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela. 

Medina-Medina, who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol on May 9, 2023, and subsequently released into the U.S. under President Joe Biden’s administration, was charged on Sunday with the shooting of Gorman after being arrested on Friday for allegedly killing Gorman, who attended Loyola University. 

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“No human’s existence is illegal, and we quickly changed our wording to reflect that,” the editor’s note continued.

“We acknowledge the harm such language can cause and the power and importance of the words we choose to use,” it added. “We deeply regret these errors, and we’re committed to continuing the high standards we hold for ourselves as journalists and members of the Loyola, Rogers Park and Chicago communities.” 

Fox News Digital reached out to The Loyola Phoenix and Loyola University for comment. 

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Only Trump decides when cyberwar turns into real war • The Register

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rsac 2026 There’s a theoretical red line with cyber warfare. Cross it, and the US will respond with a physical attack like missile strikes. And that line “is whatever the President says it is,” according to former NSA boss retired General Paul Nakasone.

Nakasone, speaking during an RSA Conference keynote on Wednesday with three other former NSA directors and commanders of US Cyber Command, argued that there shouldn’t be a well-defined red line. “The president should have a lot of leeway in which he determines whether or not the nation’s going to respond kinetically.”

Retired US Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, on the other hand, said he thinks there should be a “series of minimums, like loss of life, loss of infrastructure associated with health and well being.”

Rogers served as the head of the NSA under President Obama in 2014 when North Korean state-sponsored goons hacked Sony Pictures, stole massive amounts of private information, and then deployed data-wiping malware to destroy files and IT infrastructure.

“I remember sitting down with President Obama in the aftermath of Sony and North Korea doing a destructive attack against the US company and talking about the criteria for an offensive act,” Roger said. 

Sir, if this had been a Tomahawk missile and had created the same effect, we’d be having a totally different discussion

“Because the analogy I used was, sir, if this had been a Tomahawk missile and had created the same effect, we’d be having a totally different discussion,” he continued. “My concept was, sir, this is the beginning. You’re going to see more of this over time. So what is the criteria we’re going to use? Is it cost to repair? Is it time to repair? Is it value – in this case, freedom of speech? Is it a loss of life? Is it a movie? What is the criteria that we’re going to use to define what is an offensive act, and therefore permits an offensive response?”

All of the retired military officials on stage “have been through this,” Rogers said. “We just never could get to a well-defined red line.”

This means that US President Trump, a convicted felon who has said he is only guided by his “own morality,” not international law or legal constraints, gets to define that red line in cyber – a thought that should be way more terrifying than a swarm of AI agents starting the robot apocalypse.

Nakasone also lamented the country as a whole becoming “numb” to cyberattacks and crime. Ransomware infections and extortion continue to plague enterprises and governments, increasing in speed and costliness. Chinese government spies like Volt and Salt Typhoon have been embedded in US networks for years. America’s lead cyber-defense agency hasn’t had a boss in more than a year while a third of its employees have either been fired or left voluntarily.

“I think we’ve become numb to it,” Nakasone said. “I go back to 2008 when we discovered Russian malware in our classified networks. It was all hands on deck. We continue to see these different intrusions, and intrusions have gotten to a size that the scale is just incredible. We are out of balance in terms of being able to keep up with the adversary, whether or not it’s ransomware, or deep fakes, or the brain drain within our government – we need more work on this.”

The four former NSA chiefs’ keynote happened midway through a conference notably absent of current federal-government speakers. Despite this – or perhaps because of it – the four men made the pitch for increased public-private collaboration on all things security-related, and especially AI.

“AI, there we’re going, is a civilizational challenge that our nation be the lead,” retired General Keith Alexander said. “Because whoever’s the lead will be the future superpower, and that AI includes robotics, drones, biotech, cybersecurity, and the foundations upon which it’s built. It’s the public and private sector working together. It will be both the government and you all helping to protect this country, to ensure that we live through it, and AI will be a big part.” ®



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Israel forcibly displaces more Palestinian families in East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Rights group says Israel ‘expanding ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem, throwing Palestinian families into the streets’.

About a dozen Palestinian families have been pushed out of their homes in occupied East Jerusalem, as human rights groups warn that Israel is intensifying a wave of forced displacement across the area.

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said on Wednesday that at least 11 Palestinian families were forced out of their homes in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan, just south of Jerusalem’s Old City and the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

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“Amidst the ongoing illegal and lethal Israeli-American offensive against Iran, Israel is expanding its ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem, throwing Palestinian families into the streets,” B’Tselem said in a social media post.

Videos shared online showed a heavy Israeli police presence in the neighbourhood as workers wearing orange, reflective vests removed the families’ belongings from their homes.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), a humanitarian group, said the homes are expected to be transferred to the Israeli settler organisation Ateret Cohanim. “Over 1,000 more Palestinians in East Jerusalem are at risk of forced eviction,” the group wrote on X.

Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have faced a wave of soaring Israeli settler and military violence in the shadow of Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

At least 1,052 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and troops in the West Bank between the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023 and the end of January of this year, according to United Nations figures.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have also been displaced across the West Bank since the war on Gaza began.

Silwan, which sits just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls, has faced years of pressure from the Israeli authorities and groups pushing to expand illegal Israeli settlements in the heart of the neighbourhood.

More than 200 families vulnerable

In early January, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from more than two dozen Palestinian families in Batn al-Hawa, challenging their looming eviction.

Israeli rights group Ir Amim noted at the time that the area had seen “a sharp escalation in evictions”, with Israeli settlers already taking over the homes of at least six Palestinian families.

“The eviction cases are based on a discriminatory Israeli law enacted in 1970, which grants Jews exclusive rights to reclaim property allegedly owned prior to 1948, while denying Palestinians the same right,” the organisation said in a statement on January 2.

A Palestinian man (R) watch a settler family walking past a group of Israeli police officers as 11 Palestinian families in the Batan al-Hawa area of Silwan are evicted to make room for Israeli settlers, in the predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, on March 25, 2026.
Israeli settlers walk past Israeli police after the eviction of Palestinian families in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, on March 25, 2026 [AFP]

B’Tselem said on Wednesday that approximately 90 families – totalling 700 people – in Batn al-Hawa face “an imminent threat of forced displacement” alongside another 1,500 people from 150 families in Silwan’s al-Bustan area.

“This is the reality of systematic, institutionalized violence and a clear manifestation of an Israeli policy aimed at engineering the demographic balance and ‘Judaizing’ the neighborhood by exploiting discriminatory laws,” the group said.

“These measures are designed to expand Israeli presence and control over one of the most politically and religiously sensitive areas in the region, serving as a crucial component of the broader ethnic cleansing currently unfolding across the West Bank.”



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