Israeli settlers

 
In an open letter, a Palestinian boy describes how life has changed since settlers took part of his family’s home
 
 
Dear President Obama,

Tense situation: An Israeli soldier watches as protesters avoid a tear gas fired by the Israeli army during a protest over tension in Jerusalem, near the West Bank village of Hizma, south-east of Ramallah, last week (Image credit DailyMail -Reuters)
 
 

Israeli settlers have hanged a Palestinian man in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in another incident of brutality against Palestinians in the occupied territories, local sources say.

Image: Tel Aviv beach (photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Image: A Palestinian boy surveys the destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, 12 August. (Mohammed Asad / APA images)
 
 

Suhail Khalilieh a researcher at the Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem noted that the Israeli government is adopting the policy of “silent settlement expansion” likely because it fears an increase in popular anger in the West Bank and a rise in international pressures on Israel

 
Thousands of Palestinians gather for the funeral of Mohammad Abu Khdeir in Shu’afat. The young Palestinian was kidnapped, body was burned and killed . His charred body was found in a Jerusalem forest.
 
 

A new video has emerged showing the moment 16-year-old Palestinian boy, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was bundled into a car in al-Quds (Jerusalem), only to be found killed hours later.

UK Methodists sidestepped a proposal to “strengthen the Church’s commitment to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as a peaceful and effective method to persuade the State of Israel to end its military occupation of the Palestinian territories… by applying BDS to Israel in addition to the illegal settlements”. And they did so on a day when Israelis were ramping up their wildly disproportionate murder spree and collective punishment against Palestinians

Israel recently announced that it planned to resume punitive home demolitions after suspending the practice a decade ago.