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Expelling Israel’s Arab population?

Israeli negotiators, including Tzipi Livni, proposed “swapping” some of Israel’s Arab villages into a Palestinian state.

Baqa al-Gharbiyya separation wall

Israel delays vote on controversial bill

Legislation deeming Israel ‘the national state of the Jewish people’ has enraged the country’s Palestinian minority.

'Only the Jewish people have national rights,' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says [Reuters]

‘Collective punishment’

Jerusalem’s most disenfranchised residents are being targeted in a ‘draconian’ crackdown, rights groups say.

East Jerusalem has been convulsed by months of unrest [Getty]

Chaos across the Green Line

Violence worsens after Israeli troops fatally shoot Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.

The army says it will send two more battalions to the West Bank, as police have deployed heavily inside Israel [AP]

Jerusalem on edge

One thousand extra police officers have been sent to the city, and dozens of Palestinians have been arrested.

Unrest has spread across much of East Jerusalem over the past several months [Getty]

Gaza plan ‘relieves Israel of responsibility’

Complicated mechanisms could risk prolonging the Gaza reconstruction efforts, critics argue.

There is widespread concern that, after three devastating wars any effort to rebuild Gaza will eventually be lost in a renewed military offensive.[EPA]

Jerusalem simmering over ‘Judaisation’ plan

An influx of ideological settlers into East Jerusalem threatens to put an end to the two state solution.

Residents of East Jerusalem have fought almost nightly with Israeli security forces [AFP]

Israel vague about new ‘diplomatic horizon’

Israeli PM appears eager to strengthen regional ties, while postponing discussions on Palestinian statehood.

'Something is changing in the Middle East,' according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [AP]

PA struggles to gain foothold in Gaza

Beneath the hostile rhetoric, Israel, PA and Hamas are quietly working to keep the status quo.

The one subject Abbas discussed at length at his UN speech was the construction of Gaza [Reuters]

ISIL a distant threat for Israel

Despite Israeli PM’s rhetoric at UN this week, experts say ISIL fighters are not a formidable threat to the country.

ISIL was a focal point in Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Barack Obama this week [EPA]