When it comes to the future of Jerusalem, 97% of the Palestinians living in the city say that they strongly object to the idea that Jerusalem should maintain its current municipal boundaries and be fully annexed to and controlled by Israel, according to a comprehensive survey conducted by the Leonard Davis Institute of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

With Israeli eyes set on all things Iran and an imminent US embassy move, last week’s publication of a document that provides the state with tools to legalize thousands of wildcat West Bank homes went largely unnoticed.

“It is clear that for all the power of the Israeli military and its lethal security services, the vibrancy of the Israeli economy, and the aggressive potency of Israeli nationalism, this is in many ways a failed colonial-settler project,” writes Rashid Khalidi.

A recent surge in hate crimes against Palestinians in the West Bank has drawn the attention of both local and international media. But the violence is just one part of the settlement system that is pushing Palestinians to abandon their land.

The Israeli authorities allow nearly no one from Jalazun to work in Israel, its unemployment rate is staggering and the army raids its homes every night.

Israel is persistently and systematically destroying the lives of the Bedouin communities throughout the Jordan Rift Valley, who once numbered in the tens of thousands, in order to limit these areas to Jews alone.

After eight years of suspension, settler-initiated evictions – with the direct backing of the state – are now advancing in full force in Sheikh Jarrah.

Foreign ambassadors of nine states declined to attend, including Germany, Russia, Poland and Sweden.

The six-week “Great March of Return” headed into its last days ahead of Nakba Day on 15 May, with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip joining demonstrations on Friday demanding the right of return sought by the besieged Palestinian territory’s 1.3 million refugees.

Israeli author and journalist Anshel Pfeffer discusses his new book, Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, with Al Jazeera UpFront host and award-winning writer and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan.

“Signing a political litmus test for a government contract is a violation of the Constitution,” Jordahl said. “I just felt like I had to put my foot down.” The American Civil Liberties Union is representing Jordahl.

Congress today advanced legislation that prioritizes the delivery of precision-guided munitions for Israel amid rising threats from its adversaries across the region. There’s just one problem: The United States’ own stockpile is already insufficient.