Occupation/Human rights
Evacuation deadline passes for West Bank Bedouin village slated for demolition, Times of Israel
Residents of a West Bank hamlet were bracing Monday for the demolition of their homes after the passing of an Israeli-imposed deadline for Khan al-Ahmar’s inhabitants to evacuate before forced removal.
UNRWA cuts: The 'slow death' of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Middle East Eye
“By the end of September, UNRWA will no longer have a penny, including for schools and medical centres.”
Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Raises $120 Million for UNRWA After Dramatic U.S. Aid Cuts, Ha'aretz
Donor countries raised $120 million for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants after meeting on Friday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, amid warnings by the agency that its funding will dry up after the United States announced last month that it was halting aid.
Who in Israel Cares About Another Dead Teen in Gaza?, Ha'aretz
“Israel has a fail-safe, copy-paste system for whitewashing the military’s killing of civilians,” writes Hagai El-Ad.
Israel’s Stranglehold on Area C: Development as Resistance, Al-Shabaka
In the face of Israel’s policy of expansion in the West Bank, Palestinians view their own development as a means of resistance.
We told ourselves we weren't settlers. We were something different, Local Call
“In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Ze’ev, we didn’t think of ourselves as settlers, despite the fact that we lived beyond the Green Line and our neighbors were Palestinian.”
Palestinian politics
Palestinians to support Israel's Arabs in general strike on Monday, Reuters
Palestinians called a general strike for Monday in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in support of an Israeli-Arab protest against Israel’s Nation State Law.
Palestine sues US at international court over Jerusalem embassy, Al Jazeera
Palestine filed a complaint against the United States with the United Nations top court over Washington’s decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
BDS and Settlement boycotts
Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in Court, ACLU
A new wave of state laws that try to limit Americans’ constitutional right to engage in political boycotts is now 0 for 2 in federal court.
US-Israeli/Palestinian relations
Trump’s Two-State Solution: News That Was No News, LobeLog
“If we’ve learned anything about President Donald Trump it’s that for him words have no meaning, or at least not their obvious meaning,” writes Jim Zogby.