Occupation/Human rights
With Drive-By Shootings and Deadly Manhunts, the West Bank Heats Up, New York Times
Palestinians sought in two deadly attacks were gunned down by Israeli security forces after intense manhunts, but hours later a bold midmorning drive-by shooting on Thursday killed at least two Israelis and raised fears that the West Bank was heating up into a new phase of violence.
Abbas’s office condemns recent violence, blames Israel for tense ‘climate’, Times of Israel
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s office condemned the latest acts of violence in the West Bank on Thursday, though it did not explicitly refer to two terror attacks against Israelis in the central West Bank this week.
Israeli exhibition showcases Palestinian home life in VR, Al Jazeera
Israelis get a chance to see how Palestinians live under occupation in virtual reality.
Forged Jerusalem home sale gets Jordan’s attention, Al-Monitor
Israeli politics
‘They’re Not Like neo-Nazis’: Inside the Israeli Movement Fighting Jewish-Arab Intermarriage, Ha'aretz
How Lehava recruits activists and fights relationships between Jewish men and Arab women
Natalie Portman: Israel's Nation-state Law Is 'Racist' and a 'Mistake' , Ha'aretz
Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman said that Israel’s nation-state law is “racist” and a “mistake” that she does not agree with it an interview she gave to London-based Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi, published Thursday.