A California judge recently threw out a lawsuit launched by a former Israeli solider which attempted to apply Israeli defamation law against Palestinian activist Suhair Nafal. Nafal’s attorney says the attempt to introduce Israeli law into a U.S. courtroom was truly unprecedented. “This was not a lawsuit against Suhair,” he told Mondoweiss. “This was a lawsuit from Israel against all activists.”

Three 17-year-old Gaza boys were killed by Israeli forces near the Gaza fence on January 20. Their families deny Israel’s accusation that they were attacking Israeli soldiers, and are demanding the return of their bodies, according to a report by Middle East Eye.