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Palestinian Gunman Kills Five in Israel

  • A Palestinian gunman killed five people in the city of Bnei Brak, Israel, marking the country’s fifth deadly attack in less than two weeks (New York Times)

Israel Hosts Summit With U.S., Four Arab Nations

  • Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said the summit, which started yesterday and was attended by envoys from the United States, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates, will become a regular forum focused on “building a new regional architecture” and countering Iran (Haaretz)

Israel to Host Abraham Accords Summit

  • Israel announced it will host a historic summit with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and diplomats from three Arab nations that recently normalized relations with Israel: Bahrain, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates (Al Jazeera)
  • Secretary Blinken will also visit the West Bank during his trip to the Middle East (Al Jazeera)

Arab Israeli Kills Four Non-Arabs in Israel

  • Police said an Arab citizen of Israel killed four non-Arabs and wounded two others at an outdoor shopping mall in the city of Beersheba before a civilian reportedly shot and killed him (Times of Israel)

Israeli Troops Demolish Palestinian Homes in the West Bank

  • Israeli troops demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of carrying out a deadly attack in the West Bank; Palestinians and Israeli forces exchanged fire during the demolition, wounding several Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

Israeli Court Rules Families Slated for Eviction in East Jerusalem Can Stay for Now

  • Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that four Palestinian families slated for eviction from East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood can stay in their homes until the Justice Ministry settles ownership claims (Times of Israel)

Israeli Police Scatter Palestinian Protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

  • Israeli border police cleared protesters supporting Palestinians facing eviction in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after they refused to move (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian Man Killed by Military Gunfire in the West Bank

  • Palestinian health officials reported that a Palestinian man had been killed by the Israeli military in Nebi Saleh, a village in the West Bank (Associated Press)

World Bank Calls on Israel to Let Palestinian Territories Upgrade Mobile Networks

  • The World Bank called on Israel, which is rolling out 5G technology for its own citizens, to allow the Palestinian territories to upgrade their 2G and 3G mobile networks (Bloomberg)
  • Separately, Israel notified the U.S. State Department that it would not oppose the United States returning to the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ‘(UNESCO); the United States left UNESCO in 2017 due to “anti-Israel bias” (Axios)
  • Meanwhile, thousands of people attended the funerals of three Palestinians from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade who were killed by Israeli forces; while the Palestinian Authority called the killings assassinations, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the killings showed “no immunity for terrorists” (CNN)

Former Israeli and Palestinian Negotiators Unveil New Proposal for a Two-State Solution

  • Former Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, led by Hiba Husseini and Yossi Beilin, created a new proposal for a two-state confederation that will be presented to a senior U.S. official and the UN secretary-general this week (Associated Press)
  • Separately, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh urged the African Union to revoke Israel’s observer status (Al Jazeera)

Israel to Discipline Three Military Commanders Over Death of Elderly Palestinian American Man

  • Israel announced it would reprimand one military commander and dismiss two others after they detained, gagged, and handcuffed Omar Assad, an elderly Palestinian man with U.S. citizenship who later died of a stress-induced heart attack caused by injuries sustained during his detention (New York Times)
  • Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) called on the Biden administration to investigate the death of Assad (Washington Post)

Israeli Authorities Evict Family From East Jerusalem Neighborhood

  • Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, demolished their home, and arrested eighteen people at the scene (Times of Israel)
  • Israeli authorities said a school for Palestinians will be built on the plot (BBC)
  • Meanwhile, the father of an ill Palestinian teenager said Israeli authorities extended his son’s detention without charge for another four months (Agence France-Presse)

Report: Israeli Police Used Pegasus to Spy on Dissidents Without Warrant

  • Israeli police reportedly used the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of Israeli citizens who opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government; a police statement denied the report (Calcalist)
  • Meanwhile, the American family members of a Palestinian-American man who died after being detained by Israeli soldiers last week have called for an international investigation (Washington Post)

Israel to Release Hunger-Striking Palestinian Prisoner

  • Hisham Abu Hawwash agreed to cease his 141-day hunger strike after Israel pledged to release him from detention without trial on February 26 [Al Jazeera]

Israel Approves ‘Confidence-Building Measures’ After Rare Meeting With Palestinian Leadership

  • After meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said he approved a tax payment transfer, merchant permits, and residency status for thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Following the announcement, the Israeli military struck Hamas targets in Gaza after shots were fired across the security fence; one Israeli and three Palestinians were reportedly wounded (Associated Press)

Hamas Gunman Kills One Israeli, Wounds Three Others in Jerusalem’s Old City

  • The gunman was shot dead by Israeli police. Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, said the man was one of its leaders in East Jerusalem (Reuters)

United Kingdom Set to Designate Hamas as Terrorist Group

  • Home Secretary Priti Patel said the government will introduce laws that could allow prison sentences of up to ten years for anyone involved with the Palestinian militant group (Politico)

Egypt, Qatar Reach Deal to Provide Materials to Gaza Strip

  • Egypt and Qatar signed deals to supply fuel and building materials to the Gaza Strip, Qatar’s foreign minister said (Reuters)

Israeli Spyware Detected on Six Palestinian Activists’ Phones

  • Military-grade Pegasus spyware from the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was reportedly discovered on the phones of six Palestinian activists—half of whom belong to Palestinian civil society groups declared to be terrorist organizations by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Associated Press)

Israel to Build 1,300 Settlement Homes in West Bank

  • Israeli authorities announced plans to construct more than 1,300 homes in West Bank settlements, the first such announcement during the Biden administration (Times of Israel)

Israel Designates Six Palestinian Civil Society Groups as Terrorist Organizations

  • The Israeli government designated six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist organizations in a move that was condemned by international human rights organizations (Reuters)

Israel Raises Quota of Permits for Gazan Traders by Seven Thousand

  • The country raised the quota of traders from Gaza who can enter Israel from three thousand to ten thousand (Times of Israel)

Israeli Forces Conduct Raids in East Jerusalem, Injuring Twenty-two Palestinians

  • Israeli forces wounded at least twenty-two Palestinians while conducting raids in East Jerusalem during the Palestinian holiday marking the Prophet Mohammed’s birthday (Al-Jazeera)

U.S., Israeli, Emirati Officials Meet in Washington

  • The top diplomats from the United States, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates met in Washington to mark the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords (US News)

Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Separate Incidents

  • Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinians in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank village of Burqin, in the Old City of Jerusalem, and in the Gaza Strip (Al Jazeera)