Personnel of the Israel Lands Administration, backed up by a large police contingent, demolished the homes of some 300 residents in the “unrecognized” Bedouin village of al-Arakib in the Negev.
A deadly border skirmish between Israel and Lebanon was sparked by Israeli military tree-cutting on lands technically within Israeli territory although north of the border fence.
An illegal Israeli settlement outpost erected near the larger Kiyrat Arba settlement in Hebron was evacuated by Israeli forces, sparking violence from squatters, who torched Palestinian lands.
Amnesty International again called on Israeli authorities to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, after a further 74 were destroyed in the Jordan Valley earlier this week.
The Israeli Supreme Court has issued a 90-day injunction against the enforcement of a law preventing the prosecution of 400 protesters arrested during the 2005 Gaza disengagement.
Israel’s Knesset voted to revoke parliamentary privileges from Arab MK Hanin Zuabi due to her participation in the Gaza aid flotilla that was attacked by the Israeli military in May.
An Israeli military probe found intelligence and planning errors in the deadly Gaza Strip flotilla raid—but also concluded that no punishments are necessary.
Obama’s “humiliation” at the hands of Netanyahu has Washington’s “pragmatists” paranoid about a Zionist Occupied Government—because they fail to grasp Israel’s assigned role in the imperial order.
The Israel Defense Forces announced that several Israeli soldiers will face disciplinary action for their role in the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip.
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the US government’s knowledge of, and actions in relation to, Israel’s aid flotilla attack.
Human Rights Watch urged Hamas authorities to allow captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to communicate with his family and receive visits from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Eight were injured in the West Bank town of Beit Jala as locals and internationals gathered to protest the construction of Israel’s separation wall near the 18th century Cremisan monastery.
