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Jerusalem Municipality is planning new settlement homes in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Israeli media on Tuesday.
Municipal officials will meet on Wednesday to discuss a plan to construct 75 settlement homes in Beit Hanina neighborhood in the city, the daily Israel Hayom reported.
The initial plan includes allocating 11 square kilometers for the construction of eight blocks with seven to 12 floors.
In 1967, Israel built Pisgat Ze'ev and Neve Yaakov settlements in the same neighborhood.
According to Palestinian monitors, Israel has increased the pace of settlement building in East Jerusalem since U.S. President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the Israeli capital last year.
Roughly 600,000 Israelis currently live in more than 100 Jewish-only settlements built throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem since Israel occupied the territories in 1967.
The Palestinians want these areas, along with the Gaza Strip, for a future independent state of Palestine.
International law views the West Bank and East Jerusalem as “occupied territories” and views all Jewish settlement-building activity there as illegal.
A group of Israeli settlers have filed a lawsuit against Hamas with the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the Palestinian resistance group of committing “war crimes”, the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday.According to the newspaper, the lawsuit calls on The Hague-based tribunal to investigate purported “war crimes” committed by Hamas leaders who allegedly ordered Palestinian activists in Gaza to fly incendiary kites and balloons over Israeli territory.In recent weeks, Palestinian activists have been flying incendiary kites and balloons over Israeli territory as part of ongoing anti-occupation demonstrations along the Gaza-Israel buffer zone.UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of PalestiniansAccording to Israeli officials, the improvised aerial weapons have caused a number of fires inside Israeli territory resulting in significant material damage -- but no deaths or injuries.In May, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority called on the ICC to investigate Israel’s illegal settlement-building activities and war crimes allegedly perpetrated by the Israeli army.Palestine formally joined the ICC in 2015 after President Mahmoud Abbas signed the Rome Statute the previous year.Although Israel, too, signed the Rome Statute (which established the court) in 2000, it is not a member of the ICC.Confederation to ‘liquidate’ Palestinian cause: HamasUS envoy slams Palestinian AuthorityJordan rejects US-proposed confederation with PalestinePalestine still believes in 2-state solution: AbbasIsraeli navy injures Palestinian during boat protest
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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday hinted that Israel could strike Iranian targets outside Syria.The Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted Lieberman as saying: “We aren’t limiting ourselves to Syria. That should be clear.”Speaking at a conference in Jerusalem, the hardline defense minister did not elaborate on the nature of the Iranian targets that Israel might attack.In recent months, Israel has admitted to striking a number of Iranian targets inside Syrian territory.‘US is preparing to strike over 20 regime positions in Syria’UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of PalestiniansIsrael signals it could target Iranian military assets in IraqWorld-famous artists boycott Israeli music festivalIsraeli navy injures Palestinian during boat protest
Israel may strike Iran targets outside Syria: Lieberman
Israel's defence minister signalled on Monday it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done by carrying out scores of air strikes in civil war-torn Syria."We are certainly monitoring everything that is happening in Syria, and regarding Iranian threats we are not limiting ourselves just to Syrian territory. This also needs to be clear," Avigdor Lieberman told a conference in Jerusalem.Asked if this included Iraq, where sources told Reuters that Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies, Lieberman responded: "I am saying that we will contend with any Iranian threat, and it doesn't matter from where it comes ... Israel's freedom is total. We retain this freedom of action." 
Israel signals it could target Iranian military assets in Iraq
At least seven foreign artists, including Swedish and South African artists, decided to boycott the Meteor Music Festival in Israel. Many foreign singers canceled their participation to the Meteor Music Festival to be held on Sept. 6- 8, including the U.S. singer Lana Del Rey according to the Israeli Walla news website.Artists canceled their participations as part of the Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.Meanwhile, the Znobia and Khalas music groups put together by Israeli Palestinian origin Israelis will boycott the Meteor Music Festival.BDS is a global campaign devoted to pressuring Israel -- economically and politically -- to end its ongoing violations of international law.Israeli gov’t minister calls for ‘liquidation’ of HamasIsrael troops hurt 10 Palestinians during Ramallah demoIsraeli troops fire on Gaza protesters, wounding 52
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At least one Palestinian was injured on Sunday when Israeli naval forces opened fire on 50 boats carrying Palestinians from Gaza to breach the maritime blockade of the coastal strip.Scores of Gazans boarded 50 boats with the intention of sailing off the coast of the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli-imposed sea blockade on the Palestinian coastal enclave.According to an eyewitness, the Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinians wounding a young Palestinian.Since March, more than 170 people have been martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army fire during protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation and an 11-year blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly 2 million inhabitants of basic commodities.No deal with Hamas before captives returned: Israeli PM
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