US-Israeli/Palestinian relations
This Is What the Beginning of a Real Israel Debate Looks Like, New Republic
More than any other policy matter, BDS has highlighted both the power that pro-Israel lobbies continue to exert over American politics and their panic at losing it.
A Democratic Civil War Will Hurt Both Palestinians and Israelis, The American Prospect
The Democrats need an open discussion about Israel and Palestine. If it’s going to be a debate and not a civil war, it should be empathetic and critical toward both sides. It should be aimed at best defining the pragmatic progressive policy aimed at a just resolution of the conflict—a more active, less hesitant policy than previous Democratic administrations have taken.
How To Speak About The Israel Lobby In A Non-Anti-Semitic Way, The Forward
Israeli politics
Likud's mainstreaming of West Bank annexation, Al-Monitor
Occupation/Human rights
Palestinian family evicted from Jerusalem home to make room for settlers, Local Call
The Abu Assab family home, located in Jerusalem’s Old City, is expected to be occupied by right-wing Jewish Israeli settlers. Nearly 200 Palestinian families in East Jerusalem are under threat of eviction by settler organizations.
Jordan Expands Managing Body of Temple Mount to Stop Israel From Changing Status Quo, Ha'aretz
Among the new members appointed to the council are top PLO and PA officials including Adnan al-Husayni and Khatem Abdel Kader; Sheikh Ekrima Sabri; Mohammed Hussein, mufti of Jerusalem; and the president of Al-Quds University, Dr. Imad Abu Kishek.
The Palestinian activists protecting Hebron from settler violence, +972 Magazine
After Israel boots the only internationally mandated human rights observer group in Hebron, Palestinian volunteers step up to monitor settler attacks amid a sense of heightened hostility.