Occupation/Human rights
Court okays legalization of West Bank outpost, paving way for dozens more, Times of Israel
The Jerusalem District Court green-lighted the legalization of the central West Bank outpost of Mitzpe Kramim in a ruling published Tuesday, using an unprecedented legal tactic that could pave the way for regulating dozens of other illegal hilltop communities beyond the Green Line.
Israeli Settlers Set Up Unauthorized Outpost in Northern West Bank, Ha'aretz
The tiny agricultural settlement near Eli is one of a number of such outposts going up near the outer edge of state-owned enclaves, part of an effort to create territorial contiguity.
Why dismantling the PA could advance two-state solution, Al-Monitor
Israel Promises 'Revolution' for East Jerusalem Schools. Palestinians Say It's 'Brainwashing', Ha'aretz
After 50 years of neglect, the Israeli government is investing unprecedented sums in East Jerusalem, though many are calling the plan ‘Israelization.’
Satellite Imagery and the Palestine-Israel Exception, Al-Shabaka
Bipartisan legislation passed by the US House of Representatives in 1997 limits the quality of aerial photography of Palestine-Israel available to the public through platforms such as Google Earth and Bing Maps.
'I'd Do Exactly the Same Thing': Hebron Shooter Expresses No Remorse for Killing Subdued Palestinian Assailant, Ha'aretz
Speaking to Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom on Wednesday, the former army medic said “I have no doubt. Bring me back to those same seconds of the incident in Hebron – I would have done exactly the same thing. Because that is what needed to be done.”
Israeli politics
How Israeli MKs turned a fake UN resolution into a cudgel against Arab lawmakers, Times of Israel
A report on a Joint List-led measure criticizing Israel’s nation-state law was used by MKs on right and left to score political points, though the story appears to have been manufactured.
Calling Arab MKs 'Traitors', Israel's Tourism Minister Betrays His Job, Ha'aretz
“Minister Levin should know that besmirching public representatives by calling them “traitors” – people who should receive the death penalty or at least a long prison sentence – is in itself cause for turning to the United Nations for protection.”
Opinion: Israel's new gun reforms will end in blood, Local Call
Over the past few years, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has been gradually making it easier for average Israelis to obtain gun licenses. But instead of increasing security, it will only put more people, especially women, at risk.
US-Israeli/Palestinian relations
Haley: Palestinian ‘right of return’ should be ‘off the table’, Times of Israel
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday questioned Palestinian claims to a “right of return” to modern Israel, saying she believed that the hot button issue should be taken “off the table.”
Opinion: Trump's Treatment Of The Palestinians Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s Dangerous., The Forward
Palestinian politics
Abbas backs demilitarized Palestinian state, says funds better spent on schools, Times of Israel
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said he believed a future Palestinian state should be demilitarized, offering rare backing for a key Israeli demand in any peace deal.