Ceremony of Normalization between UAE and Bahrain, and Israel

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.

The UN Human Rights Office published a database of businesses involved in specified activities connected to Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory.

Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a 2017 law that had sought to legalize certain West Bank settlement outposts retroactively on privately owned Palestinian land.

The European Union attached an anti-terrorism clause to grants for Palestinian civil society organizations; Palestinian groups objected to its implications for their work.

The Palestinian Authority began issuing building permits in Area C of the West Bank, where Israeli planning controls severely limit Palestinian construction.

Palestinian diplomat and activist Hanan Ashrawi resigned from the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee, calling attention to the need for institutional renewal.

PalQuest’s account highlights violence against Palestinian citizens of Israel and criticism that Israeli policing failed to protect communities adequately.

Israel’s Knesset dissolved, setting another parliamentary election for March 2021 amid repeated political deadlock.

The United States announced that it would resume support for UNRWA, the UN agency serving Palestine refugees, after a funding halt under the previous administration.