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  • May 22, 2016

    Israeli police assault a Palestinian citizen of Israel in Tel Aviv. A video of the incident shows them beating him without provocation after asking for his ID. Off Gaza’s n. coast, Israeli naval...

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Israeli police assault a Palestinian citizen of Israel in Tel Aviv. A video of the incident shows them beating him without provocation after asking for his ID. Off Gaza’s n. coast, Israeli naval forces open fire on Palestinian fishing boats twice, causing 3 injuries. They also arrest 3 fishermen. In the West Bank, IDF troops clash with stone-throwing Palestinian youths in c. Hebron, firing tear gas canisters and causing no serious injuries. They also conduct late-night raids nr. Ramallah, Tulkarm, and Jenin, arresting 7 Palestinians; and patrol nr. Hebron throughout the day. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest 2 Palestinians during a late-night raid in Issawiyya. (MNA, WAFA 5/22; PCHR 5/27)

Israel’s cabinet approves the revised framework agreement with the consortium of energy companies—Noble Energy and the Delek Group—contracted to extract natural gas from the Leviathan field, located off Israel’s n. coast. The new version of the agreement will allow future govts. to renegotiate the terms of extraction. (JP, TOI 5/22)