Gaza
Gaza aid workers fear impact of Hamas allegations, The Times of Israel
Getting foreign aid to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza has never been easy, but aid workers say Israeli allegations that several of their own colluded with Hamas could make it even harder.
How Gaza's electricity crisis is becoming Israel's water catastrophe, Al-Monitor
The inability to treat wastewater in the Gaza Strip because of a lack of electricity is threatening to contaminate the water supplies of Gaza as well as Israel unless immediately addressed.
US-Israel relations
US: Israeli seizure of abandoned Palestinian property ‘unprecedented’, The Jerusalem Post
The United States slammed Israeli plans to seize abandoned Palestinian property, so that it could relocate 40 settler families who live in the West Bank outpost of Amona.
Black Lives Matter platform author defends Israel ‘genocide’ claim, The Times of Israel/JTA
The co-author of the Black Lives Matter platform passage accusing Israel of “genocide” defended the term, saying Israel’s actions fit in its wider definition. “The way we look at it is, we take strong stances,” Ndugga-Kabuye, a New York City organizer for the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, told JTA. “The demand we’re making is we’re against the US continuing funding and military aid to the government of Israel. These are all things that are going to be in debate.” Ndugga-Kabuye said state actions don’t need to rise to the level of the Holocaust or other historical genocides to deserve the term, which he said could connote unjust state killing of a disadvantaged group.
Israeli politics
Netanyahu: I care more about Palestinians than their leaders do, The Times of Israel
After two Palestinians who work for World Vision and the United Nations were charged by Israel this week of aiding the Islamist terror organization Hamas, Netanyahu took the opportunity to attack the group on social media.
Netanyahu's corruption investigation picks up steam, The Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist that the police investigation into his campaign finances will lead to naught, as a number of his associates were brought in for questioning, according to an Israeli Channel 10 report.
Netanyahu cost Israel billions in US arms deal, rival Lapid says, Middle East Eye
Israel is being short-changed on its 10-year military aid package with the United States, and it is because of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s behaviour, one of his political challengers said on Tuesday.
Zionist Union implodes, Yesh Atid soars in latest polls, The Times of Israel
Center-left opposition mainstay collapses to 8 and 10 seats, while Yair Lapid’s centrist party doubles to 22; coalition parties also get a boost.
Occupation/Human rights
Opinion: An Israeli compared this Palestinian nationalist poet to Hitler. He’s dead wrong., The Washington Post
When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, everything is a battleground, even the area’s poets.