US-Palestinian/Israeli relations
Peter Beinart: I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs, The Forward
“On Sunday, we flew to Israel for my niece’s Bat Mitzvah, where I was detained and interrogated about my political activities at Ben Gurion airport.”
Rashida Tlaib Wants To ‘Humanize’ Palestinians Once She’s In Congress, Huffington Post
“I’m going to be a voice for them,” Tlaib said, lamenting the “walls and fences” that separate Palestinians and Israelis, “two people who have so much more in common.”
Trump Administration Seeks to Withhold Millions in Aid to Palestinians, Foreign Policy
he White House is seeking to withhold up to $200 million in relief aid for Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, severing a vital humanitarian lifeline at a time of rising political and security tensions in the area, according to three diplomatic sources.
Israeli politics
Tens of thousands of Palestinians and Jews protest Nation-State Law, +972 Magazine
Palestinian citizens of Israel, joined by their Jewish Israeli supporters, demonstrated against the Jewish Nation-State Law in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square.
Israeli Arabs' Show of Force Against Nation-state Law Highlights Their Enduring Isolation, Ha'aretz
“Like the Druze, tens of thousands came to protest in Tel Aviv, but the Jewish reaction was markedly different.”
Occupation/Human rights
Israel Allots $9.5 Million to Build New Settlement for Evacuees of Illegal Outposts, Ha'aretz
The Knesset Finance Committee approved the transfer Sunday of 35 million shekels ($9.5 million) for the construction of new housing sites for evacuees from the illegal outposts of Amona and Netiv Ha’avot.
Support for two-state solution drops to historic low, JTA
According to a new poll conducted by Tel Aviv University and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah, only 43 percent of Israelis Jews and Palestinians are in favor of such a negotiated end to the conflict, a decline of 9 and 8 points since 2016, respectively.