A group of Israeli soldiers disobeyed orders to assist in the dismantling of two wooden structures that Jewish settlers had built without Israeli government authorization near Hebron.
Violent clashes erupted between Palestinian residents and Israeli troops as military forces razed two houses in al-Bustan neighborhood of East Jerusalem’s Silwan district.
Arab leaders reacted angrily after Hillary Clinton departed from her administration’s insistence that Israel halt settlement growth, instead applauding Tel Aviv’s “restraint on the policy of settlements.”
Amnesty International accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.
Hamas leaders are charging an Israeli plot to divide the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the wake of the latest violence at the Temple Mount, that left several injured and 20 detained.
Human Rights Watch responded to a New York Times op-ed by the organization’s ex-chairman Robert Bernstein that accused the group of bias against Israel and other “open societies.”
Commentaries on the passing of Marek Edelman, last surviving leader of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, have downplayed—or ignored—his anti-Zionism and support of the Palestinian cause.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay endorsed the Goldstone report on alleged war crimes in Gaza during a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Palestinians again clashed with Israeli security forces at the al-Aqsa Mosque—as protests mounted against Mahmoud Abbas’s capitulation on the Gaza war crimes probe.
Israeli soldiers used tear gas against Friday anti-wall protests in the West Bank villages of Bilin and Nilin.
Several Israeli military vehicles entered the Gaza Strip near al-Bureij refugee camp, according to local Palestinian sources.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Maxwell Gaylard said Israel’s two-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip is causing “a severe and protracted denial of human dignity.”
