Lawyers

• Settlements Law, NGOs Say Israelis Can Be Prosecuted For War Crimes

  The NGO petition to the High Court of Justice about Israel's settlements legislation is the second petition to be filed against the law.

• Palestinian Activists in a $34.5 Billion Lawsuit against U.S. Entities Supporting West Bank Settlements

  It has been confirmed that at $34.5 Billion lawsuit is on its way against U.S. Corporations and other Americans supporting West Bank Settlements in a filing by a group of Palestinian activists represented by the Martin McMahon and Associates law firm on Monday.

• Netanyahu sets legal actions against Arab lawmakers for visiting Palestinian families

  Benjamin Netanyahu seeks legal action to ban three Arab legislators after they had a meeting last week with the Palestinian families who had killed by Israeli forces.

• Palestinian Authorities Arrest Chief Negotiator’s Aide For Spying For Israel

  An employee under Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was arrested for alleged espionage and collaboration with Israel.

• U.S. House Speaker Boehner to visit Israel

  John Boehner, Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the center of a political furor in Washington over relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will visit Israel in coming weeks, his office said on Friday.

• Israeli border policeman arrested over Palestinian boy's killing

  Israeli police have arrested a paramilitary border policeman over the fatal shooting of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank in May, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

• Israel's settlement plans cast doubt on peace commitment: U.N.

  Israel's decision to accelerate planning for some 1,000 new settler homes in East Jerusalem raises serious doubts about the Israeli commitment to peace with the Palestinians, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.

• Palestinians draft U.N. resolution on ending Israel occupation

  The Palestinians have drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an end to Israeli occupation by November 2016, which they have shared informally with Arab states and some council members, U.N. diplomats said on Wednesday.

• Israeli policeman charged over violent arrest of U.S. teen

  An Israeli policeman was charged on Wednesday with assault causing bodily harm against a 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent during a protest over the revenge killing of the teenager's cousin days before the eight week war with Gaza.