The European Union’s outgoing envoy to the Palestinian territories says the 28-nation bloc is moving forward with measures against West Bank settlements.

A Jewish American human rights group is urging US authorities to investigate whether taxpayer dollars are being used to fund Jewish terrorism against Arabs and Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank.

In the West Bank, IDF soldiers have in numerous instances burst into a Palestinian house, wreaked havoc, and disappear with the money and the gold.

“The violence at the Holy Esplanade accompanying the commemoration of the 9^th of Av may have been a mere preview of the High Holidays in September,” writes Ofer Zalzberg. “Dozens of young Palestinians barricaded themselves within the Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacked the Israel Police at the holy site with stones and firecrackers in order to prevent the ascension of religious Jews to the Temple Mount on the day marking its destruction.”

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel is trying to accelerate construction of pre-army religious academy in Ma’aleh Efraim, without following zoning protocols.

Jewish settlers on Thursday morning took over a building in the Batn al-Hawa area in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, claiming the building was sold to the far-right Jewish organization Ateret Cohanim, locals told Ma’an News.

Security forces arrest 3 people who refuse to evacuate illegal construction in Geulat Zion, near Shiloh in the West Bank.

A Palestinian man stabbed and injured an Israeli Border Police officer Wednesday evening outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, police said.

“Someone wants to prosecute the state after one of its agencies hurt him and his family, but the state – the accused party – refuses to let him see a lawyer so he can sign a power of attorney and hand over his documentation. This conflict of interest is objectionable, unreasonable and unacceptable,” writes Amira Hass. “But it’s perfectly acceptable when speaking of a family in Gaza, one in which the mother was killed and three other family members were injured during the IDF’s routine incursions.”

Out of the 2,200 Palestinians killed in last summer’s assault on the Gaza Strip, over 80 percent were civilians. Nearly 150 families lost three or more relatives, with some families disappearing entirely. Activestills’ Anne Paq returns to Gaza to tell the story behind the numbers.

The lack of attention given by the government to monuments in the Gaza Strip coupled with the lack of awareness on the part of citizens are resulting in further neglect of an impressive collection that could put Palestine on the map.

Israeli air force targets weapons facility after projectile explodes in Eshkol region; no casualties reported on either side.

“Only popular protests led by politicians bring results, but instead of taking to the streets, Herzog is behaving as if ‘leader of the opposition’ were another cabinet post in Bibi’s government,” writes Yossi Klein.

“Questions about the potential departure of Mahmoud Abbas go wider than a succession battle and the malaise is bigger than one man,” writes Ben White.

Some claimed the Palestinian Peace Coalition (PPC) was shut down to minimize influence of political opponent Yasser Abed Rabbo.

Palestinian leaders have set September 15-16 as the dates for their first congress in nearly 20 years after president Mahmoud Abbas announced his resignation as head of a top PLO executive body.