The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states on U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, sparking a warning from Washington that it will “take names.”

“Anger already aroused by Mr. Trump’s decision on Jerusalem potentially could turn against Arab leaders who would be seen to be cooperating with the United States and willing to sacrifice Palestinian rights to work with Israel [against Iran],” writes James Dorsey.

Palestinian Authority President Mhamoud Abbas met with the Saudi King Salman in Riyadh on Wednesday and discussed plans to respond to the recent decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday dispatched delegations to China and Russia in the hopes of finding international partners to “replace” the United States as mediator for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

“American Jews help sustain America’s near-automatic support for the Israeli government. And that support makes possible Israel’s denial of basic rights — the right to travel freely, the right to due process, the right to vote for the government that controls your life, the right to be a citizen of the country in which you live — to millions of Palestinians,” writes Peter Beinart.

How one IDF raid turned a Palestinian teenager into a heroine overnight.

The Israeli military says its investigation found that no live fire was ‘aimed’ at the wheelchair-bound amputee, who along with another protester, was shot by IDF troops from across the border fence separating Gaza from Israel last week.

Palestinian authorities should amend the cybercrime law to bring it in line with their international legal obligations, Amnesty International, Avaaz, Human Rights Watch, and 7amleh: The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media said in a joint letter to Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Salah Alayan.

The Israeli government wants to erect three new settlements in the Jordan Valley, housing about 10,000 people, and to expand existing settlements with 14 new neighborhoods.

The Israeli ministry tasked with fighting the BDS Movement is spending millions of shekels to place propaganda that looks like news in Israel’s most prominent media outlets.

Abbas has yet to call for a meeting of the PLO Executive Committee or its Central Council — the Palestinian main legislative body — or even the Fatah Central Committee, to discuss options for response.