For incidents of violence, see
List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2015. • January 1 - The
Palestinian Authority signs a treaty to join and participate in the
International Criminal Court. • January 25 - Palestinian Authority Preventative Security officers arrest
Bara al-Qadi, a 22-year-old undergraduate student at
Birzeit University, for a social media post criticising Minister for Sport
Jibril Rajoub. The arrest prompted criticism from
Amnesty International. • September 9 -
Israel outlaws two grassroots Palestinian Islamist groups, "Mourabitoon" and "Mourabitaat", involved in aggressive protests at
Temple Mount against stepped-up visits by religious Jews. This escalates tensions over the status of the
Temple Mount and
Jerusalem, leading to the
2015-2016 Palestinian unrest. • September 10 - By a vote of 119 to 8, the
United Nations General Assembly adopts a motion to fly the flag of
United Nations General Assembly observers, presently including Palestine and the
Holy See, at the
UN Headquarters and offices. • September 13 - Israeli police raids the
al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with witnesses reporting that the police used
rubber bullets and
tear gas, and chained the doors of the mosque shut. There are numerous clashes around the site in the following days between
Israeli police and
Palestinian protestors. • November 30 - The two
Israeli minors involved in the
kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir are found guilty of murder by the Jerusalem district court. • December 16 - Israeli human rights organisation ''
B'Tselem releases a report listing twelve incidents in which Israeli soldiers and other security forces allegedly used excessive force against Palestinians, by shooting the assailants or suspected assailants even after they no longer posed any danger. B'Tselem'' accused
Prime Minister Netanyahu of overseeing a "new pseudo-normative reality" in which a "shoot to kill" approach should always be adopted by police officers or armed civilians regarding suspected Palestinian assailants. ==References==