Donald Trump’s promise of “a deal of the century” to end the conflict between Israel and the Arabs is getting legs. After a year of discussions led by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the main elements of the president’s design are coming into view. But it’s not exactly what the Palestinians want to see.

The U.S. officials say the administration won’t impose on the Israelis or Palestinians to accept the plan, but may release it so the parties and international community can judge it at face value.

“A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a Kansas law designed to punish people who boycott Israel is an unconstitutional denial of free speech. The ruling is a significant victory for free speech rights because the global campaign to criminalize, or otherwise legally outlaw, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement has been spreading rapidly in numerous political and academic centers in the U.S.,” writes Glenn Greenwald.

As a matter of law, there seems to be little prohibiting Israel from banning BDS activists from entering its territory.

A federal judge in Topeka has ruled that Kansas cannot tell contractors what they can and cannot boycott. That would seem obvious to anyone familiar with free speech protections under the First Amendment.

FMEP’s Weekly Settlement Report covers everything you need to know about Israeli settlement activity this week.

EU diplomats in the Middle East have proposed ways to undermine Donald Trump’s decision to establish Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Israel is developing archaeological and tourism sites to legitimise illegal settlements in Palestinian neighbourhoods of Jerusalem, European Union diplomats in the city have warned.

The Israeli municipality in Jerusalem began to impose taxes on church and United Nations properties in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel Hayom reported.

“Mr President, if the US goes forward with its decision to reduce aid to UNRWA, refugees like me and my family, who had already been forced from their lands and homes, will face a new humanitarian disaster, especially the poorer and more vulnerable families,” writes Mays Abu Ghosh.

This, according to IfNotNow — the organization through which the protests happened — is the first time young Jewish Americans organized for Palestinians of their own age.

The Jewish National Fund has been trying to evict the Sumarin familiy from their home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan for decades. An international campaigned stopped the eviction in 2011. Now, the family is threatened again.

Ghada had spent her entire life in the West Bank, yet somehow found herself deported to the Gaza Strip after being arrested by Border Police officers.

The Shamasneh family needs your help.

If elected prime minister in the post-Netanyahu era, former minister Gideon Sa’ar would approach the international community with a package of alternatives to a Palestinian state, because it would be in Israel’s interest and would show goodwill, Sa’ar told members of The Jerusalem Post staff on Wednesday.