While the media focused on Khan al-Ahmar’s nonviolent struggle against its destruction, Israeli authorities demolished 12 structures in a nearby Bedouin community, laying the groundwork for further evictions.

According to an examination by the Israeli State Comptroller, government ministries participate in the financing of illegal projects in the West Bank.

Now agriculture minister, then settler activist, Uri Ariel was already planning in the 1970s the eviction of Bedouin living east of Jerusalem that is taking place now in Khan al-Ahmar.

The High Court of Justice ordered the state on Wednesday to explain the legality of a recent decision to expand the autonomy of Israeli settlers in the divided West Bank city of Hebron.

“The nation-state law makes it plain. Israel is for Jews only, on the books.”

“Those of us who care about the fundamental freedoms that make up the foundation of any democracy, including Israel’s, are right to be outraged. We know that introducing extreme legislation is part of the right wing’s legislative strategy, which has already effectively unraveled elements of Israeli democracy that many of us felt were immutable,” writes Libby Lenkinski.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday that Israel should close its embassy in Dublin after the Irish Senate passed legislation a day earlier boycotting products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Nine House Democrats demanded greater transparency from the Trump administration on Wednesday, asking for more details on its review process of US aid to the Palestinian Authority and Gaza Strip.

Israel shut down Gaza’s ability to conduct trade because of flaming balloons and kites that Palestinians have been floating over the border. There is no security justification, just collective punishment.