US-Israeli/Palestinian relations
Trump to demand only a 10th of Palestinian refugees keep their status: Report, Middle East Eye
The Israel Television News Company, formerly the news department of Israel’s Channel 2, said the US is set to announce that it will not accept UNRWA’s definition of a Palestinian refugee, which lays down that refugee status is passed from one generation to the next.
US cuts over $200m in aid to Palestinians, Al Jazeera
Palestinians slam Trump’s move, which follows big cuts to UNRWA funding, calling it ‘cheap blackmail as political tool’.
US aid cut to Palestinians hits NGOs hard, Al Jazeera
Palestinian aid staff decry US cut of $200m in economic assistance, months after also cutting contribution to UNRWA.
Occupation/Human rights
Israeli defence officials warn UNRWA cuts may strengthen Hamas: Report, Middle East Eye
Severe cuts to the United Nations’ agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, could lead to a vacuum in services that may be filled by Hamas, Israel’s defence officials warned the country’s leaders on Sunday, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.
Israeli Taxpayers Bear Financial Burden of Evicting Illegal West Bank Outposts, and Sometimes, Making Them Legal, Ha'aretz
The recent evictions of Amona and Netiv Ha’avot are a reminder of how the Israeli government relies on taxpayer money to bail out illegal outposts – and generously compensate evicted settlers.
'If I hadn't intervened, they would've been murdered', Ynet
Yair Elalouf, who aided three Arab men when they were attacked by Jewish youth last week at a Haifa beach, said Sunday that if he and his friend hadn’t intervened, “they would’ve murdered them.”
Censored and Surveilled: The Digital Occupation of Palestinians, Al Jazeera
“There is now total awareness among a lot of journalists that social media platforms are no longer secure, and that internet service providers can no longer be trusted … Everyone is watching you. Israel is watching you, the PA is watching you and you’re the journalist, the one who’s meant to be uncovering the story as it is.”
'Spilling enemy blood is allowed': After settler attack, Israeli activists speak out, +972 Magazine
Four left-wing Israeli activists were taken to a hospital after being violently attacked by settlers in the West Bank on Saturday. Violence by settlers against activists has grown more common over the past few months, yet it seems the authorities are doing very little to stop it.
FMEP Resources
FMEP Legislative Round-Up: August 24, 2018, Lara Friedman
Settlement Report: August 24, 2018, Kristin McCarthy
Palestinian politics
PA declares truce with clan in tribal court after weeks of unrest, Al-Monitor
Gaza
Gaza's children living with the trauma of wars, Al Jazeera
An Israeli air raid almost killed six-year-old Nama Abu Foul in 2014 and she, like many of Gaza’s children, still deals with the physical and mental injuries suffered during wars on Gaza.
Israeli politics
Israeli Cabinet Minister: Arab Lawmakers Should Be Charged With Treason for Turning to the UN, Ha'aretz
Yariv Levin of Likud leads a chorus of outcries by Jewish MKs and ministers against Arab politicians’ bid for international intervention against a controversial nation-state law Israel recently passed.