US-Israeli/Palestinian relations
US leaving UN Human Rights Council -- 'a cesspool of political bias', CNN
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable.
Jordan's king tells Kushner: Mideast peace requires two state solution, Axios
According to a statement from the Jordanian royal court, King Abdullah told Kushner and Greenblatt there is a need to reach a comprehensive peace deal addressing the aspirations of the Palestinians for an independent state on the basis of the 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
BDS
What’s wrong with the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act?, Times of Israel
“We oppose the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act now before the US Congress because we believe it endangers academic freedom,” writes Cary Nelson.
Is Anti-Zionist Speech Anti-Semitic?, WNYC Studios
Gaza
Hamas, Jihad assert ‘right’ to fire rockets, as Israeli Air Force hits Gaza after kite attacks, Times of Israel
The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups issued warnings to Israel on Wednesday after a night of tit-for-tat attacks, saying that Palestinians have “the right” to fire rockets and mortar shells at Israel in retaliation for IDF strikes against targets in Gaza.
Palestinians skeptical of humanitarian efforts in Gaza, Al-Monitor
Occupation/Human rights
'You never told me': Confronting American Jewish myths about Israel, +972 Magazine
A group of young American Jews are challenging the the institutionalized myths they were taught about the Jewish state in classrooms, youth group trips, and summer camps.
Night Raids and Attack Dogs: For West Bank Palestinians, Their Homes Are Not Their Castles, Ha'aretz
Israel’s Border Police are increasingly using dogs to attack people in the middle of the night, while soldiers have used creative solutions like welding a door shut and keeping a family prisoners in their own house.
Vying for minds in East Jerusalem schools, Al-Monitor
The Israeli and Palestinian governments both want to infuse East Jerusalem schools with money in what many see as a tug of war for curriculum control.
Israeli politics
Bennett: ‘The West Bank will soon become part of Israel’, Middle East Monitor
The occupied West Bank and all the illegal settlements in it “soon become part of the State of Israel”, the head of the Jewish Home Party and Minister of Education in the Israeli government, Naftali Bennett, said yesterday.