BDS and Settlement boycotts
Was It A ‘Mistake’ When Israel Banned Me, Bibi?, The Forward
“On July 1, despite having a student visa and registration for a course at Hebrew University, I was denied entry to the country. I was held for seven hours, asked which Palestinians I know, why I spend time in Israel with people who are not Jews and what protests I have attended in the West Bank. I was then refused entry.”
Israeli attorney general to investigate security services’ interrogations of liberal activists, JTA
The Attorney General’s Office in Israel is investigating a spate of incidents in which prominent left-wing activists have been detained and questioned about their politics and ideologies when trying to enter the country.
Opinion: Welcome to Netanyahu's fortress state, +972 Magazine
“The detention and interrogation of high-profile figures such as Peter Beinart and Reza Aslan at Israeli entry points is forcing liberal American Jews to reckon with what Israel is becoming.”
Occupation/Human rights
The expulsion of Khan al-Ahmar: August 2018 update, B'Tselem
The state filed its response on 7 August 2018, insisting on the community’s immediate expulsion to the site originally proposed near the Abu Dis landfill.
Gaza
Israel reopens Gaza commercial crossing after month-long closure, Al Jazeera
The crucial Karam Abu Salem border crossing reopens allowing the vital transfer of goods into besieged Gaza.
Israeli politics
Will a new wave of Israeli legislation diminish internet freedoms?, 7amleh
This most recent policy brief from 7amleh the Arab Center for Social Media is focused on the dramatic upsurge in the number of laws being put forth by Israeli legislators that violate the right to privacy, freedom of expression and often exhibit racist and discriminatory features.
Bennett rejects potential truce deal with Hamas as ‘reward for terrorists’, Times of Israel
A key coalition ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday harshly criticized any deal for a long-term ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip, adding that ministers in his party will oppose it.
Jerusalem hostel bans Israel ‘haters’ Jon Stewart, CNN…and Times of Israel, Times of Israel
A hostel in Jerusalem’s Old City has published a list of “haters of Israel” who have been banned “because of crimes committed against the Jewish people,” drawing derision and ridicule from those blacklisted.