Following an urgent petition submitted by Alaa Mahajna on behalf of the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, the court froze the demolition of the village, giving the state until July 11 to respond.

European diplomats on Thursday tried to pay a solidarity visit to a West Bank village under threat of demolition by Israel but police barred them from reaching a school there.

“The purpose of herbicides is to enable farmers to grow produce, but Israel is quietly using them to do just the opposite in the Strip — in the name of security.”

“This is not really a story about under-funding UNRWA. This is about the people who strenuously seek to eliminate it.”

Seven decades after a report documented executions by Israel’s pre-state army of Poles and Arabs – as well as incidents of torture and looting – the authorities are still censoring the documents.

“In stepping up its efforts to enforce a law barring BDS supporters from entering Israel, the Netanyahu government is effectively chipping away at the idea of a national home for the Jewish people.”

“American Jewish groups have, for the most part, condemned the Trump administration’s policy of separating parents from their children at the border,” writes Peter Beinart. “So why can’t they condemn the Netanyahu administration’s policy of destroying villages like Khan al-Ahmar?”

“The Jewish community’s traditional unconditional support for Israel’s occupation is rapidly changing. Now is the time to present an alternative to those who justify a violent military regime.”