FMEP in the news
Living In Fear: One Family’s Struggle To Survive In The Occupied West Bank, Think Progress
ThinkProgress’s Jack Jenkins participated in an FMEP trip to Hebron, in the West Bank. Here’s what he saw.
Israeli politics
The incitement Netanyahu doesn't want to talk about, +972 Magazine
The Israeli prime minister casts blame on Arab MKs and long-dead clerics but won’t talk about the messianic incitement coming from his own government. And forget about a discussion on the occupation’s role in inciting violence.
Pressured premier, at home and abroad, The Jerusalem Post
Benjamin Netanyahu is feeling the heat on the domestic and international fronts.
US-Israel relations
Talking to an Arab and Palestinian Audience Shouldn’t Lose You the Jewish Vote, Ha'aretz
“Recognizing that Palestinians are dying too, as did Democrat hopeful Martin O’Malley, shouldn’t be controversial,” writes Peter Beinart. “But in the 2016 presidential campaign it’s risky merely to acknowledge the suffering of both sides.”
Occupation/Human rights
An Organized Barbarity Called 'Demolishing Terrorists’ Homes', Ha'aretz
“Insisting on due process in cases of demolition of terrorists’ houses obscures the fact that this practice has across-the-board support,” writes B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad.
Clashes in West Bank and Gaza: Officers Run Over Knife-wielding Palestinian, Ha'aretz
Dozens of Palestinians throw stones, firebombs at Israeli troops, after Palestinian factions declared a day of support of Hebron, termed ‘Palestinian rage capital.’
A life of constant fear for Jerusalem Palestinians, Local Call
“From checkpoints and soldiers to the fate of our children, fear is everywhere in East Jerusalem these days,” writes Fuad Abu Hamed.
8-month-old baby dies from tear gas inhalation near Bethlehem, Ma'an News
An eight-month-old Palestinian baby died Friday from tear gas inhalation in Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem during clashes in the area, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
PHOTOS: Israeli Border Police assault, pepper spray Palestinian journalists, +972 Magazine
A Border Police officer pepper sprays Palestinian journalists who were covering a West Bank protest. The IDF is ‘looking into the incident.’
You may not see it, but Jerusalem is being torn apart, +972 Magazine
“Redrawing the map of Jerusalem will not lock out potential attackers,” writes Yoav Galai. “Instead, it will only spark the sort of reaction one could expect following the wholesale nullification of rights from a significant number of Palestinians.”