“Partially annexed or temporarily occupied, Palestinians living under Israel’s thumb do not need legal expertise or international recognition to realize how cheap their lives are to their oppressor,” writes Hagai El-Ad.

“We have always lived with hope,” said Mr. Teeti, 57, who with his daughter runs a wedding-planning business. “In our work, we try to create moments of happiness. But the general feeling is that there’s no light at the end of the tunnel.”

Elaine Zoughbi is married to a Bethlehem native and has lived in the city for 30 years. Two weeks ago she landed in Israel and was sent back to the U.S. ‘because you married a Palestinian.’

The Magistrates Court ordered Jewish residents of a house in Hebron to vacate the premises and pay a Palestinian Authority family NIS 579,600, Haaretz reported Monday. Jewish families have been living on the property since 2005 but a Palestinian plaintiff argued the deeds to the property were forged. The latest order follows a previous Supreme Court ruling.

In an unprecedented decision, Israeli authorities are denying hundreds of Palestinian Christians the right to travel to Jerusalem for the holiday, while barring all movement between the West Bank and Gaza.

Special U.S Envoy Jason D. Greenblatt said during an interview on Friday to Sky News in Arabic that a ‘two states’ solution means different things to different people.

Netanyahu’s Israel – illiberal, exclusionary, racist – is now the political centre.

The Arab League has pledged to pay $100m a month to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to plug the gap left when Israel blocked tax transfers earlier in the year.