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According to the BDS movement, the Israeli Shin Bet declined to present any charges or evidence that they against Mahmoud Nawajaa with him or his lawyer — a common practice used by Israeli officials who routinely cite unnamed “security reasons” to justify the detention of Palestinian political activists.

Israeli security forces stand guard as settlers gather on “Mount Jumjumah” in the city of Halhul, north of the West Bank of Hebron on June 30, 2020. (Photo: Mosab Shawer/APA Images)

It has been one month since Israel’s unofficial July 1st deadline to annex the West Bank passed. According to data gathered by Mondoweiss from local Palestinian news reports, from July 1st to the 31st, there were at least 25 reported incidents of Israeli settlers attempting to seize Palestinian land, setting up new outposts, attacking Palestinians, vandalizing Palestinian homes, mosques, and vehicles, and burning down Palestinian crops and agricultural lands.

Yesterday marked 37 days since 27-year-old Ahmed Erekat was killed by Israeli forces and his body was subsequently detained. As Palestinians across the West Bank took to the markets to prepare for this weekend’s Eid al-Adha festivities, the Erekat family took to the streets to demand the return of their son’s body.

Palestinians prepare sweet known in Arabic as "Halkoum" to be sold ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, at a factory in Gaza city on May 14, 2020. Photo by Mahmoud Ajjour

It’s the week before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, and the streets of Palestine were bustling today as people got their holiday shopping done. But in the past 24 hours, 481 new cases of the virus were recorded in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.