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And Then the Power Was Cut in the Children's Hospital in Gaza,

A technical problem stopped the generator, and the children’s respirators started to work on batteries. But after 15 minutes the batteries ran out.

Occupation/Human rights

Half a century of occupation threatens our international legal order,

“Israel’s policy of cherry-picking legal obligations vis-a-vis Palestinians undermines the credibility of our legal order established in the aftermath of World War II. This could have dangerous implications for the rule of law beyond the region,” writes Gerald Horton.

Tracking the Trends of the Palestinian Cause Since 1967,

“The Palestinian cause today has in some respects reverted to where it stood before the 1967 War. It is worth retracing this trajectory to understand how we reached the current situation, and derive insights on where to go from here,” write Nadia Hijab and Mouin Rabbani.

The First Dissenting Israeli Voices of the Occupation,

A matter of days after the fighting ended in June 1967, intellectuals and journalists began expressing concerns about the implications of the lightning victory in which extensive territory was captured from Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

Things will get worse for Palestinians. Why I still have faith,

“Freedom and rights will not come soon. In fact, the situation will get even worse as Israel’s right wing government grows stronger,” writes Nadia Hijab. “This is one reason why I have faith: Israel is finding it very hard to legalise its occupation of Palestinian land in 1967 and the harder it tries the worse it looks.”

Don't blame the education system for Israel's occupation denial,

“Ignoring Palestinians, whether the refugees from the 1948 War or those who remained under military rule in the occupied territories, is part and parcel of our Zionist outlook,” writes Gil Gertal.

Even forensics can't stop Palestinian teen's killer walking free,

Nadeem Nuwara and Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh Salameh Abu Daher were shot dead by Israeli Border Police officers during a 2014 protest. Forensic evidence didn’t stop the Israeli authorities from failing to adequately prosecute the killings.

PHOTOS: Who is and isn't allowed into Jerusalem on Ramadan,

Tens of thousands of Palestinians crossed through Israeli checkpoints Friday morning to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

US-Israeli/Palestinian relations

Embassy location 'part of peace process,' Ambassador Haley says,

– The ultimate location of America’s embassy in Israel will be determined by peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said on Sunday.

Shifting Mideast an ‘opportunity’ for Israel, top US official says,

A changing dynamic in the Middle East is fostering an environment for Israel to have better ties with its Arab neighbors and revive the peace process with the Palestinians, a top White House official told Jewish officials Sunday, affirming a theme that marked much of US President Donald Trump’s trip to the region last month.

In video, Bernie Sanders says ‘occupation must end’,

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a Jewish former candidate for US president, said “the occupation must end” in a video message to the left-wing Meretz party.

Palestinian politics

Official: Abbas halts monthly stipends for Hamas ex-inmates,

Dozens of Hamas activists once imprisoned by Israel did not receive their support payments this month from the group’s political rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a Gaza-based official said Sunday.

Western Wall must remain under Jewish sovereignty: Palestinian official,

“We understand that the wall … is sacred for Jews,” Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah, told Israel’s Channel Two television.

Armed struggle OK alongside diplomacy — Abbas adviser,

Armed struggle can be waged in parallel to diplomacy, a senior adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a television interview last week.

Palestinians call Israeli economic offer too little, too late,

While Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon made a dramatic visit to Ramallah to announce a package of economic concessions, the Palestinians were less than impressed.

Hamas leader heads to Egypt for rare talks with officials,

Hamas’ newly chosen leader in the Gaza Strip on Sunday traveled to Cairo for talks with Egyptian security officials, in the first high-level meeting between the sides in months, a Hamas official said.

Israeli politics

Two-thirds of Jewish Israelis don’t consider West Bank occupied – poll,

Nearly two-thirds of Jewish Israelis do not consider holding on to the West Bank a form of occupation, according to a new survey. The poll also found that more than four-fifths of Israelis think US President Donald Trump’s chances of orchestrating a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians within the next two years are low.