The town of Silwan is located south of the Old City, about 300 meters from the wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Its area is about 5,420 dunums, and its most important landmarks are: Ain Silwan.

About 60,000 Palestinians live in the town, distributed among 12 neighborhoods, the most prominent of which are: Wadi Hilweh, Batn al-Hawa, Al-Bustan, Ras Al-Amoud, Ain Al-Lawza, Wadi Qaddum, and Al-Thawri.

The town has been and continues to be the focus of the occupation's ambitions since the occupation of the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem, as the occupation arms seek to erase the Palestinian presence and turn it into a Jewish city.

The town has been and continues to be the focus of the occupation's ambitions since the occupation of the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem, as the occupation arms seek to erase the Palestinian presence and turn it into a Jewish city.

In the town of Silwan, there are 78 settlement outposts in which more than 3,000 settlers live, in addition to a number of Judaizing settlement projects established by the occupation to steal the town’s lands. Several settlement and Jewish organizations are active in it with the aim of controlling real estate, lands, and archaeological sites there.

Suspension pedestrian bridge One of the most prominent Judaization projects implemented by the occupation in the Wadi Al-Rababa neighborhood, where the occupation confiscated large areas of the neighborhood’s lands for its establishment, and it is considered the longest suspension bridge in the occupying state with a length of 200 meters.

Air train (cable car) A new, old project targets the entire area of the town of Silwan, and aims to facilitate settlers’ access to Al-Buraq Square and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Its route is 1.4 km with four stations, one of which is near the Mughrabi Gate, on an area of 9 dunums of land in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood.

City of David (Ir David) It is considered one of the most prominent settlement projects in Silwan. It was built near the Mughrabi Gate at the beginning of Wadi Hilweh, which is one of the largest settlement outposts in Silwan. The project is listed as a tourist attraction that receives thousands of settlers and tourists daily to wander through the tunnels under citizens’ homes in which it promotes the construction of the temple and the rebuilding of a Jewish city. In Silwan.

Valley Farm and Givati Parking Lot

Wadi Farm: One of the Judaization projects targeting the Wadi Al-Rababa neighborhood, it was opened in 2021 on citizens’ lands northwest of the neighborhood.

Givati Parking Lot: A project that devours an area of 3,500 square meters from the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood. It has been used for 15 years as a parking lot for settlers’ vehicles. The occupation plans to establish a settlement project in the place that will be the closest outpost to Bab al-Maghariba, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation has been conducting excavations on the site for decades. To search for traces of the alleged structure.

Red land It was seized by the settlement associations at the end of 2022, after it was leaked by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. It is considered one of the most important lands of Silwan. It is located at the end of the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, and its area exceeds 5 dunams. The occupation itself is working on a project to revive the “Shiloch Pool,” which it claims dates back to the era. the structure.