US-Israeli/Palestinian relations
White House launching Israeli-Palestinian peace plan next month in Bahrain, Axios
The White House is planning to launch the economic part of the Trump administration Israeli-Palestinian peace plan in mid-June and will hold a special international workshop on Bahrain on June 25–26 to discuss the implementation of the economic plan.
Palestinians to shun U.S.-led economic conference, say they weren't consulted, Reuters
“The financial crisis the Palestinian Authority is living through today is a result of the financial war that is being launched against us in order to win political concessions,” Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh told his cabinet. “We do not submit to blackmail and we don’t trade our political rights for money.”
U.S. Complicity in Israel’s Violations of International Law, Lobelog
During the past 50 years, there has been a steady erosion in U.S. policy toward Israeli behavior in Palestinian lands.
Occupation/Human rights
Israeli West Bank Archaeological Digs Must Not Be Made Public, Top Court Rules, Ha'aretz
The decision upholds both the state’s position and a lower court ruling. The state had argued that releasing the names of the archaeologists carrying out the digs would make them vulnerable to academic boycotts.
Despite its flaws, we need to fight for Israel’s High Court, Local Call
By propping up a legal system that does not protect the most vulnerable and powerless, the justices of Israel’s High Court have planted the seeds of its own destruction.