Iran labels Palestinian President Abbas ‘CIA collaborator’

What We’re Reading

Iranian official accuses PA's Abbas of being CIA collaborator,

The PA and Iran’s last spat came in February when Iran announced it would send money to families, whose children carry out attacks against Israelis.

Offices Of Major Christian Charity Searched By Israeli Authorities After Staffer Detained,

The Israel-Palestine offices of the world’s largest evangelical Christian charity have been searched and a Gaza-based staffer has been detained for more than 40 days without evidence or trial, raising questions about the Israeli government’s use of “administrative detention.”

Israeli government mulls new plan to move Amona outpost,

Israel is preparing to move 41 homes in the Amona settlement in the West Bank that are sitting on private Palestinian land to a nearby patch of ground whose owners are unknown. The High Court of Justice has repeatedly ruled against the unauthorized outpost, and set a deadline in late 2016 for moving the homes.

With bomb covered in poisoned nails, Palestinian tried to attack Jerusalem tram,

A Hebron University student who attempted to bomb the Jerusalem light rail last month sneaked into through a valley east of the city, police revealed Tuesday.

Far-right claim that many Arabs willing to sell Jerusalem homes to Israelis refuted,

“The vast majority of Palestinians will never sell their home to Jewish Israelis,” says Peace Now.

Opinion: Treating Amona and Tira as equals,

“The Knesset’s new “regularization bill” seeks to legalize the status of a few dozen homes in Amona. But if the people of Amona can get retroactive legal approval for their illegally-built homes, why can’t the people of Israel’s Arab towns?” asks Yaron London.