Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: August 16, 2018

What We’re Reading

Gaza

Israel commits to Gaza reconstruction in Hamas cease-fire deal,

Israel has committed to the reconstruction of Gaza and discussing the possibility of airports and seaports in the Hamas-controlled coastal territory.

Palestinian president lashes out at US over Gaza situation,

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has lashed out at the United States over its proposals to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Head of Egyptian intelligence reportedly visits Tel Aviv to discuss Gaza truce,

Kamel is also scheduled to meet Thursday with Abbas at his headquarters in the West Bank.

US-Israeli/Palestinian relations

US ambassador tells Israeli MK ‘no reason to evacuate settlements’ in peace deal,

MK Yehudah Glick, who organized the sit-down with Har Hebron Regional Council chairman Yochai Damari, recounted the statement to the Times of Israel and said that the ambassador was “very explicit” in his remark regarding Israeli communities in the West Bank.

US warns no one will be ‘fully pleased’ by Israeli-Palestinian peace plan,

The Trump administration said Wednesday that neither Israelis nor Palestinian would be “fully pleased” by its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, whose contents are one of the most guarded secrets in Washington.

Rashida Tlaib on Democratic Socialism and Why She Supports the Palestinian Right of Return,

The newly elected Democratic nominee for Congress talks about why she supports a one-state solution for Israel-Palestine.

Occupation/Human rights

Opinion: Just Look at Ben-Gurion Airport,

“Profiling is the name of the game, intended to make it easy for us, the privileged Israeli Jews, and deprive and degrade all the rest.”

U.N. agency says schools for Palestinian refugees to open on time despite U.S. cut,

Schools teaching half a million Palestinian refugees will reopen across the Middle East as planned later this month, a U.N. agency said on Thursday, despite funding cuts by its biggest donor the United States.

Want to combat Israeli authoritarianism? Listen to Palestinians,

“Jewish and international observers are constantly having to catch up to what Palestinians have always known about Israel. This needs to change.”

Between garbage and sewage: Israel's future plans for Khan al-Ahmar,

To avoid being transferred to a garbage dump in East Jerusalem, the villagers of Khan al-Ahmar will have to convince three other Bedouin communities to evacuate the area. After that, they can live near a wastewater site.

Israeli politics

As Israel enshrines Jewish superiority, what's next for its Palestinian citizens?,

With the passing of the Jewish Nation-State Law, Israel has fundamentally redefined its relationship with its Palestinian minority. Now, Arab citizens are coming together to fight a law that entrenches their second-class status.