Abbas invokes one-state solution at UN

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UN

Palestinian President Abbas Puts One-state Solution on the Table,

Speaking at the highest international forum, Abbas declared that the one-state solution is an option for the Palestinian leadership. “Neither you, nor we, will have any other choice but to continue the struggle and demand full, equal rights for all inhabitants of historic Palestine,” he said.

At UN, Netanyahu uses Iran threat to sideline Palestinians,

Netanyahu will remember the UN General Assembly meeting of 2017 as the opening salvo of a major campaign to restore the Iranian nuclear threat to the top of the agenda.

Occupation/Human rights

Palestinians submit Israel 'war crime' evidence to ICC,

Four Palestinian groups allege high-level Israeli officials are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Hundreds of Israelis enter Al-Aqsa on eve of Rosh Hashanah,

Hundreds of Israelis entered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the eve of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah, which marks the start of the Jewish new year, on Wednesday, under the protection of armed Israeli forces.

Israeli forces uproot dozens of fruit trees in northern West Bank,

Israeli forces have uprooted dozens of fruit trees and leveled Palestinian land west of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank district of Tulkarem.

Gaza

Can the Quartet Eject Qatari Influence from Gaza?,

Below the surface, the UAE’s interest in Gaza fits into a larger geopolitical picture: Abu Dhabi is now challenging the regional influence that Qatar expanded via Islamist groups such as Hamas.

Israeli politics

The police brutality haunting Tel Aviv's 'backyard',

The shooting death of a young Palestinian man exposes simmering fault lines in Jaffa, where rapid gentrification has left much of the population blind to the world of police violence and intimidation in which their neighbors live.