Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. is set to receive an award from a think tank headed by a man who frequently claims that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s top aide has ties to terrorist groups. Ambassador Ron Dermer will be a guest of honor at the Center for Security Policy’s annual Freedom Flame award dinner in December, a formal ticketed event where donors can contribute $150 to $25,000 to attend. Top-dollar tickets include a “photo-op with dignitaries.”

Israeli Nature and Parks Authority forces demolished several graves inside a Palestinian cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, according to local sources.

“From the prime minister down, the Israeli government has effectively dropped the charade that the occupation is temporary, or that it actually fears consequences for its intransigence,” writes Michael Omer-Man.

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal made a rare plea on Wednesday for uniting his popular Palestinian Islamist movement with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), bringing it, for the first time, into the umbrella group recognized internationally and by Israel as the representative of the Palestinians.

Hamas has released Zaki al-Sakani from prison, raising questions of whether it was part of a deal between Hamas and Mohammed Dahlan, with whom it just restored relations.