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Restrictions on the Gaza Strip are part of a sequence going back decades predating Hamas control, analysts say. Ben White Al-Jazeera  /  June 10, 2019 This summer marks an important but often overlooked anniversary in the history of the Gaza Strip. Thirty years ago, in June 1989, Israel imposed for the first time...

The untold story of how behind-the-scenes deals prevented Palestinians from exploiting valuable natural resources. Al-Jazeera  /  June 5, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QLL6fHIGg&t=269s (48 minutes) Natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean is a highly-prized commodity. In 1999, geological surveys revealed that there were natural gas fields off the coast of Gaza. But through a series of poor decisions,...

International Crisis Group  /  Report # 202 (June 12, 2019) Israel is pursuing new ways of cementing its grip on occupied East Jerusalem, further enmeshing the city’s Palestinians while maintaining a Jewish majority within the municipal boundaries. These schemes could spark conflict. The new Israeli government elected in September should...

Awad Abdelfattah Middle East Eye  /  June 11, 2019 Palestinians inside Israel's borders must unite with refugees outside Israel to fight back against this plan to liquidate their national rights Palestinians within Israel have never been considered as part of the Arab-Zionist conflict by the international community, but rather as a non-Jewish...

David Friedman gives interview to The New York Times: ‘Israel has right to some, but unlikely all’ of disputed territory Reuters  /  June 8, 2019 The US ambassador to Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, land the Palestinians seek for a...

White House adviser says freedom from Israeli military interference is a ‘high bar’ Patrick Wintour The Guardian  /  June 3, 2019 Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s Middle East adviser and son-in-law, has expressed uncertainty over the ability of the Palestinians to govern themselves in a rare television interview broadcast on Sunday night. Kushner –...

European payment system nearly operational in key development to salvage Iran nuclear pact with world powers. Al-Jazeera  /  June 10, 2019 A European payment system designed to circumvent US sanctions on Iran will be ready soon, Germany announced on Monday. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran as part of...

Nadeem Shehadeh Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has lacked a formal constitution.  In 1951, the first Knesset decided that it would enact a series of “Basic Laws” that would eventually become the future Israeli constitution.1 This distinction placed the Basic Laws as the highest norm in the Israeli legal hierarchy. ...

Paul Craig Roberts Information Clearing House  /  June 2, 2019 Two days ago the US celebrated the 75th anniversary of D-Day with accolades to the armed forces and thanks to surviving veterans. The country stood strongly with the military. But today two days later is the 52nd anniversary of a day of shame...

An Israeli settler set fire to a field in Burin Middle East Monitor  /  May 24, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAgYyaHvNuc Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has released a video showing illegal Israeli settlers setting fire to fields in the occupied West Bank, contradicting the Israeli army’s claim that the blaze was started by Palestinians. The...