Think about it: No infrastructure, no running water, no electricity and no educational framework for your children. You live under the constant fear of projectiles fired by training military forces, and all the while, the state destroys the few buildings and basic infrastructure you managed to build. Would you stay?

“Israel is poised to demolish Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank – an act that could be a war crime. But Britain could save it,” writes David Zonsheine.

In keeping with a pattern found in many settlements, an Israeli bank, Bank Leumi, is partnering with the developer to build a project in the settlement of Alfei Menashe through what are called “accompaniment agreements,” used in Israeli construction projects to protect homebuyers’ investments.

The incident took place near the Israeli outpost of Netiv Ha’avot, where 15 homes were evacuated Tuesday.

A lawmaker from the ruling Likud party said Wednesday that the “Jewish race” is the smartest in the world and possessing of the “highest human capital,” which is why, he said, the Israeli public did not buy into the allegations of wrongdoing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

All those arrested on suspicion of assaulting policemen Tuesday during the evacuation of Netiv Ha’avot in Gush Etzion were released from detention Wednesday.

A former mayor joined protest, saying: “the residents of Afula don’t want a mixed city, but rather a Jewish city, and it’s their right. This is not racism.”

Palestinian medical experts have been reporting unusually large and destructive bullet wounds among protesters in Gaza, leading to claims that IDF snipers have been using prohibited, ‘expanding’ ammunition. There could be another explanation.

The UN General Assembly has also asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to recommend an ‘international protection mechanism’ for occupied Palestinian territory.

“There’s a sense of despair, affecting everyone. It doesn’t feel like a holiday outside,” says Abu Asad, hoping for better days and dreaming of a time when customers buy new clothes for the holiday and for the wedding season that follows.

Security forces fire tear gas and use violence to disperse demonstrators denouncing PA measures against beleaguered coastal strip.

Some 60,000 PA employees in the beleaguered Strip reel from Ramallah’s decision to cut their pay amid ongoing Fatah-Hamas feud.