Looking for answers on Gaza that go beyond the reductive explanations in the headlines? Israeli NGO Gisha provide answers to some of the frequently asked questions they get about the Strip.

The protests by Palestinians on the Gaza border fall into the category of a state of war and thus human rights law does not apply to the rules of engagement, the state said in its response to a High Court petition filed by human rights groups.

“We were sitting in the bulldozer and suddenly I heard people talking and running. I couldn’t see anything ahead, so I turned around to look behind us and saw about thirty settlers with wooden sticks, knives and slingshots about 10-15 meters away,” one witness recounted.

“Once again, our family is reminded of the painful loss of Nadim,” his father, Siam, told Human Rights Watch. “This unjust court verdict shows a state that is unwilling to uphold justice for Palestinians.”

“The notion that the demand for the right of return is exclusive to the Palestinians is patently false,” writes Dahlia Scheindlin.

Israel’s government is outsourcing ‘mass consciousness activities’ to private organizations, unaccountable to the public. A new petition to the High Court aims to stop it.

The UK’s would-be next top diplomat this week called for a review of her country’s arms sales to Israel to ensure Jerusalem would not use British weapons “to attack innocent Palestinian civilians.”

Less than two weeks away from the scheduled transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are pumping a quarter of a billion dollars into the Islamic Waqf and a slew of Muslim organizations in East Jerusalem, Hadashot news reported Wednesday.

“No doubt [Abbas] feels embittered and besieged on all sides. But by succumbing to such dark, corrosive instincts he showed that it is time for him to leave office,” write the New York Times editors.

As Israel faces rising tensions with Iran, Syria and Gaza, its Parliament passed a new law allowing the prime minister and defense minister to decide alone whether their nation will go to war.