Israeli warplanes launched air-strikes on targets across the Gaza Strip, injuring at least 17 people including seven children—hours after Hamas pledged to commit to a truce if Israel stops bombarding the Strip.
Hamas’ armed wing announced that it would commit to a truce if Israel stops bombarding the Gaza Strip. However, the al-Qassam Brigades vowed to retaliate if Israel continues to attack the besieged enclave.
Israeli cabinet minister Moshe Yaalon told thousands of mourners of the Itamar massacre victims: “The conflict is not about Israel’s borders, but a struggle for our existence.” Yet Itamar is outside Israel.
Bedouin leaders in Israel’s Negev desert rejected a government offer to compensate “unrecognized” communities for some 50% of their lands, as a new thrust of Jewish settlement is planned.
In vivid contrast to Lara Logan’s sexual abuse in Cairo, the mob slaying of a young Palestinian man in Jerusalem in an anti-Arab frenzy has been subject to an effective blackout.
Israeli prosecutors are preparing a $275,000 lawsuit against Bedouin families for the cost of removing them from government land they tried to take over northwest of Beersheba.
Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets at protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron, leaving at least nine injured. Protesters demanded a withdrawal of Israeli army troops from the city.
Fatah leader Tawfik Tirawi called for a “day of rage” against the United States next Friday after the Obama administration blocked a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements on the West Bank.
Israel’s Knesset approved introduction of a bill banning boycotts against the state, following a heated debate during which Arab and left-wing MKs walked out.
A report from Israeli rights organization Yesh Din shows 91% of Palestinian complaints about settler violence on the West Bank end without indictments.
Palestinians demonstrating in support of Egyptian anti-government protesters were forcibly disbanded when a few dozen men in plainclothes disrupted the rally in Ramallah.
Jewish Voice for Peace Los Angeles chapter leader Estee Chandler discovered a “WANTED for treason and incitement against Jews” poster plastered on her front porch.
