Palestinian advocates at The Hague face death threats

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Occupation/Human rights

Who’s sending death threats to Palestinian advocates in The Hague?,

In an interview with +972, the representative in The Hague of Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights group, talks about the slew of threats she and her organization have received for months, and why she believes the Israeli government is behind them.

Occupation 101: An Insider's View of the Complexity of Palestinian Resistance,

Journalist Ben Ehrenreich’s ‘The Way to the Spring’ offers a riveting – and admittedly one-sided – look at Palestinian society, its internal struggles and resistance against Israel.

Arab Jerusalemites priced out of own neighborhoods,

“Israel’s policy of restricting Palestinian growth while encouraging Israelis to settle in Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods has always made it hard for the city’s Arab population to find decent and affordable homes, and things are worse than ever,” writes Daoud Kuttab.

Palestinian politics

Co-founder of Hamas military wing issues startling apology to Palestinians,

Muhammad Nazami Nasser, who co-founded Hamas’s notorious military wing in 1991 and was directly involved in the killing of Israeli soldiers, published a startling Facebook post in which he apologized to fellow Palestinians for his activities. He also indicated that he now considers the Islamist terror group, which he did not mention by name, to be “the devil,” sowing hatred and bringing destruction to the Palestinian people. He made no apology for terrorism and violence directed against Israel.

Encountering Peace: The democracy of Palestine,

“If there is one thing clear as day, it is that the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank want to have their say on their leadership in a democratic way,” writes Gershon Baskin.

Gaza

Inside Gaza's Underground Smuggler Tunnels,

Vice News explores the underground network of tunnels that connect the Gaza Strip to Israel and Egypt to see how goods and soldiers move in and out of the Palestinian territory.

Israeli politics

Barak: Netanyahu gambled over the US military aid—and lost,

“Instead of receiving $4.5 billion per year—which was both plausible and expected just one year ago, shortly after the signing of the nuclear agreement with Iran—Israel will receive $3.8 billion. Even these funds will only be given on the condition that Israel agrees to refrain from demanding any additional funding from Congress,” former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday evening.