Palestinian politics
Palestinians pop up in Panama Papers, Al-Monitor
The Panama Papers included many names from the Palestinian Authority, an institution already facing widespread allegations of corruption.
Hamas sentences 5 Gazans to death for giving Israel information, The Times of Israel
A Gazan military court sentenced five men to death on Monday, charging them with being informants for Israel.
Occupation/Human rights
Literary Stars Learn ‘Occupation 101’ Firsthand in Tense Tour of West Bank, The Forward
It’s not every day that some of the most acclaimed novelists in the world find themselves caught up in a flashpoint of the Israeli occupation.
Opinion: By Constructing in the Settlements, Israel Is Giving a Boon to Boycotters, Ha'aretz
“Netanyahu and Ya’alon are more concerned with appeasing the extreme right than with the rising threat to Israel’s standing in the world,” write the editors of Ha’aretz. “Any rational leader should halt construction in the settlements now and begin substantive negotiations with the Palestinians.”
Why Palestinians mark Prisoners' Day, Local Call
“More than 7,000 Palestinians, including hundreds of minors, are currently in Israeli prisons. Honoring prisoners and ‘freedom fighters’ isn’t just a Palestinian tradition, however. Israelis do it, too,” writes Noam Rotem.
Palestinians take to streets to mark Prisoners Day, Al Jazeera
Thousands demonstrate in West Bank and Gaza Strip to shed light on plight of 7,000 Palestinians incarcerated by Israel.
Why Israel wants these bedouins to pay for their village's demolition, Al-Monitor
After demolishing the unrecognized Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev region for the 96th time since 2010, Israel is now seeking for villagers to pay damages in compensation for the recurrent demolition work in a bid to force them out.
Israel and the United Nations
UNESCO says no Jewish history on Temple Mount, The Jerusalem Post
In the context of Jerusalem’s Old City, the document refers to Israel solely as “the occupying power” and refers to the site itself, the world famous esplanade flanked by the Western Wall – considered by many experts to be the last existing retaining wall of the mount that once held the ancient Jewish temples – only by its Islamic moniker.