Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Flames consume an olive grove near the West Bank village of Burin, as Palestinians try to extinguish the fire lit by marauding Israeli settlers. 

Burin, 10 May 2017
Credits: Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP / Getty Images

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian olive groves nr. Nablus, causing some damage before Palestinian residents of the area contain the blaze. IDF troops arrest a Palestinian allegedly carrying pipe bombs at a checkpoint nr. Ramallah, and 9 more Palestinians during raids in and around Bethlehem and Tulkarm. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest 1 Palestinian during a latenight raid in Qalandia r.c. In s. Israel, Israeli forces demolish 5 structures in the Bedouin village Sa‘wa. (JP, WAFA 5/10; PCHR 5/18)

Israel’s Knesset passes a preliminary reading of the so-called nation-state bill, which the Ministerial Comm. for Legislation approved on 5/7. The Constitution, Law, and Justice Comm. will now prepare it for a first reading in the full plenum. (HA, KNE 5/10)