Israel Facing New Obstacles At United Nations

What We’re Reading

B'Tselem to address UN Security Council's informal meeting on West Bank settlements,

The Palestinian delegation has succeeded in convening the UNSC in an informal framework to discuss Israeli settlements; the meeting, to take place on Friday, will be addressed by Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of B’Tselem and Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now.

UNESCO Backs Motion Nullifying Jewish Ties to Temple Mount ,

The resolution, which omits any reference to the site being holy to Jews, was not backed by any European country.

Lapid: Israeli Radical Left working with antisemites on UNSC Arria Formula,

Head of Yesh Atid party accuses B’Tselem and Peace Now of trying to dictate to Israel “how to run our lives” because they intend to testify about Israeli settlements and human rights violations in the West bank

How Israel can contribute to Saudi's vision 2030,

shared interests could bring Saudi Arabia and Israel together, but “such benefits only have a chance of materializing if they are backed up by a comprehensive plan that fulfills the terms required by both parties.”

Palestinians Wonder: Who Will Be Our Next Leader?,

“It will be difficult to find a new leader who can represent the majority of Palestinians – because Palestinian society is so divided about its vision for the future,” writes Daniel Estrin

Abbas exempts Palestinian officer from serving prison sentence over critical Facebook post,

Osama Mansour, who served as the director of public relations and media at the Palestinian military liaison — a unit with the Palestinian security forces responsible for coordinating security with Israel — was detained on Oct. 1 for publishing a Facebook post asking Abbas to reconsider his decision to attend the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres.

Fifa urged to give red card to Israeli settlement clubs,

The Israel Football Association (IFA) says its sole concern is “to benefit football” and stresses: “Political issues are not part of our ‘playing field,'” but when Palestinian children want to play football in a stadium in a settlement, they are barred. Palestinian activist Fadi Quran tells an Israeli policeman, “Well, people in the world are watching and I think it’s important to know you have segregation.”

Resource: Fact-checking Israel's most stubborn illegal outpost,

“In recent months the residents of Amona and right-wing politicians have been waging a campaign designed to prevent the evacuation of this unauthorized outpost and to continue seizing the lands that belong to the residents of the Palestinian villages Silwad, Taybeh and Ein Yabrud. However, the High Court of Justice ordered the outpost be evacuated by the end of December 2016. It is crucial for the public to know the truth, especially in light of the vast misinformation on the subject. Here are a few of the most baseless arguments we’ve heard in the media recently (followed by our responses),” writes Yossi Gurvitz of Yesh Din.

Israeli navy opens fire at Palestinian fishing boats in northern Gaza Strip,

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR said that Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times in 2015, wounding 24 and damaging 16 fishing boats. “These attacks occurred in a time where the fishers did not pose any threat to the Israeli naval troops, as they were doing their job to secure a living,” PCHR said.

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