Assassination of Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza City

Israel’s Supreme Court reversed an earlier decision and allowed authorities to keep the bodies of Palestinians killed in attacks as bargaining chips, prolonging families’ wait for burial.

Israeli forces raided the Ramallah offices of Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner-rights group, and the General Union of Service Sector Workers.

A Palestinian court ordered internet providers to block access to dozens of websites, raising concerns about freedom of expression and political debate.

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that food made in Israeli settlements in occupied territory must be labelled so consumers can identify its actual place of origin.

An attempted assassination targeted Islamic Jihad leader Akram al-Ajouri in Damascus; the attack also put others in the area at risk.

Israeli authorities announced plans intended to double the settler population in Hebron, where Palestinian residents face restrictions on movement.

The US Congress amended the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act to permit a resumption of American aid for Palestinian Authority security forces.

PalQuest’s year-end assessment describes the continued construction and expansion of Israeli settlements during the third year of the Trump administration.

PalQuest records a rise in visits by Israeli settlers to the Haram al-Sharif compound during 2019, amid Palestinian concerns about the site’s status.

The Trump administration presented a plan for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that would allow Israeli annexation of settlement areas and offered Palestinians a highly conditional form of statehood.