“I always thought that if Israel were to unilaterally annex the occupied Palestinian territories, it would come under an international spotlight, with denunciations and protests around the world,” writes Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard. “I was wrong. Annexation is underway, but out of the spotlight, away from international attention.”

The shooting death of photographer Yasser Murtaja by Israeli snipers has left no doubt among Gaza’s journalists that they are being targeted. Now they are demanding solidarity from Israeli journalists on the other side of the border.

Without reports from Israeli journalists in Gaza, media in Israeli is mostly offering only the unquestioned repetition of the military’s and government’s view on the Great March of Return protests at the Israeli-Gaza border.

The Israel Defense Forces has identified and questioned the soldiers heard on a video shared on Whatsapp cheering after a Palestinian man approaching the Gaza border fence was shot by a sniper.

President Donald Trump’s advisor on Israel-Palestinian negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, said the U.S. would offer “an outstretched hand” to Gaza—but only when the Hamas leadership “renounces violence and ceases to threaten its neighbors.”

The Palestinian Authority has paid salaries to its West Bank employees this month but not those in Gaza, officials said on Monday, amid an ongoing split with the Strip’s Islamist ruling party, Hamas.

Standing Together, a new joint Arab-Jewish movement, is aiming to transform Israeli politics. It won’t be easy, but the Israeli left’s first step back to power might be believing that it can win again.