Murder Rate Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel Remains High Amid Israeli Police Inaction

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.

Officials of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel signed normalization agreements in Washington. Palestinian leaders criticized agreements reached without securing Palestinian...

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.

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.

The first day of the May 2021 Gaza war followed confrontations in Jerusalem. Palestinian armed groups launched rockets and Israel began air strikes on Gaza.

Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket fire continued as the war intensified; civilian casualties and damage mounted.

On the third day of the war, Israeli attacks and rocket fire continued while families in Gaza faced growing danger and displacement.