Top news stories from Israel/Palestine: June 6, 2018

What We’re Reading

BDS and Settlement boycotts

Palestinians welcome Argentina decision to cancel Israel game,

Palestinians have welcomed the Argentinian football team’s decision to pull out of a planned friendly match with Israel.

New York Senate Passes Bill Banning Funds To Pro-BDS Individuals, Groups,

The New York Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on Monday that would bar the state from investing in or contracting with any business, individual or organization engaging in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.

Occupation/Human rights

Israeli soldiers shoot and kill 21-year-old Palestinian in Nabi Saleh,

Izz ad-Din Tamimi is the third resident of Nabi Saleh killed by the IDF since the village began its unarmed protests against the occupation a decade ago.

Israel’s Human Rights Violations: France Should Show The Way,

A wide range of voices, including European Union and the UN, have issued strong statements of support for Human Rights Watch, which is appealing the revocation of Country Director Omar Shakir’s work permit in an Israeli court.

Israeli Plan Against 'Illegal and Hostile Bedouin Construction' Falsifies Data,

Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Galant, who presented the plan to the Interior and Environment Committee, declared that southern Israel faces “agricultural terrorism” on the part of the Bedouin and as a result the Jewish hold over the land must be strengthened.

Israel orders evacuation of 5 families in Jordan Valley for military exercises,

Israeli forces on Tuesday delivered temporary eviction notices to five Palestinian families in the Hamsa al-Fawqa area in the Jordan Valley in the northern occupied West Bank district of Tubas.

Israeli troops avoid charges over death of Palestinian teen shot in back,

Samir Awad, 16, was shot dead in 2013 as he fled soldiers. His lawyer says the court decision to drop case encourages the ‘easy trigger finger’ of the Israeli army.

Palestinians outraged at Israeli bill to ban filming of IDF,

The Palestinian Ministry of Information and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate are fighting a bill under discussion in the Knesset to ban the filming and photographing of Israeli soldiers.

Israeli politics

Knesset Legal Adviser Blocks Proposed Fines on Repeated Calls to Boycott Israel or Settlements,

The Knesset’s legal adviser’s office has blocked an amendment to the Boycott Law that would allow courts to require payment of 100,000 shekels (around $28,000) in compensation without requiring proof of damage from anyone who “maliciously, more than once,” calls to boycott Israel or the settlements.

Palestinian politics

PA warned Paris that Gaza border clashes financed by Iran — report,

The Palestinian Authority informed the French government last month that Iran was financing and encouraging the weeks of violent protests along the Gaza border, Channel 10 reported Tuesday.