As President Obama arrived in Israel, security forces surrounded a new tent village erected by Palestinian activists to protest the planned settlement corridor east of Jerusalem.
The new coalition government is calling for a rewrite of Israel's Basic Law that would officially make the state's democratic character subservient to its Jewish character.
The Israeli high court dismissed an appeal by an “unrecognized” Bedouin village demanding access to water. A land titling plan for the Bedouin is being blocked by the military.
UNICEF reportes that Israeli practices on the detention of children may violate international legal standards, finding that mistreatment is “widespread, systematic and institutionalized.”
Hundreds took to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza in a second day of protests following the death of a Palestinian prisoner who PA officials say died as a result of torture.
Residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Safafa are appealing to Israel’s Supreme Court to halt construction of a highway that will divide the Arab district.
Israeli soldiers dispersed a rally near the West Bank the town of Beitunia. At least 1,000 protesters were marching to Ofer Prison in support of four Palestinians on hunger strike.
Israeli firm SodaStream bills itself as eco-friendly by obviating the need for soda bottles—as it illegally operates on stolen Bedoin and Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
A committee investigating Israel’s 2010 Gaza flotilla raid found that the IDF’s own war crimes investigations meet international standards, but that there is still room for “improvement.”
The UN Human Rights Council adopted the first report of an International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, charging serious violations.
Knesset candidate Jeremy Gimpel sparked outrage when Israeli TV broadcast footage of him joking before a Florida church group of plans to "blow up" the Dome of the Rock.
Palestinian activists have established a protest encampment in the E1 Corridor, where Israel plans to build new settlements linking Jerusalem with the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc.
