Palestinian politics
Hamas threatens to boycott elections over arrests by PA, The Times of Israel
Sources close to terror group say threat is ‘real’; senior Hamas leader says Fatah considering delaying vote over disunity.
Will Palestinian municipal elections increase tension with Israel?, Al-Monitor
Israel might be confronted in October with a new reality, where Hamas takes over some West Bank municipalities.
Occupation/Human rights
Why is al-Aqsa Mosque compound a recurrent flash point?, Al Jazeera
Hundreds of Jewish settlers and far-right groups entered al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday.
'They want to uproot me and bring a Jewish citizen', Al Jazeera
The “unrecognised” Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran will be demolished to make way for up to 10,000 Jewish Israelis.
Using Black Ops Against Palestinian NGOs, Ha'aretz
The victims are the three Palestinian groups working to bring Israel to The Hague on war crimes charges.
Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian teen in West Bank, Al Jazeera
Seventeen-year-old was killed after soldiers entered al-Fawwar refugee camp near Hebron to “uncover weaponry”.
Settlements
‘Gush Etzion settlement bloc to grow to half-a-million people’, The Jerusalem Post
A half-a-million people will live in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc within the next decade, Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Galant estimated as he visited the region on Tuesday.
How Israel is drying out Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, +972 Magazine
Next door to the plush Israeli settlements of the Jordan Valley live small Bedouin communities who must struggle for even the smallest bit of water.