NEWS
PM Fayyad is hospitalized [1] with a stomach ailment [2]. (Foreign Policy/AP)
Hamas leaks the fact that it has reelected Khaled Mishaal [3] as head of its Politburo. (AP)
Hamas imposes a new law enforcing rigid gender segregation [4] in schools and prohibiting any interaction with Israelis [5]. (New York Times/Xinhua)
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention protest [6] following the death of one of their colleagues due to cancer, allegedly due to insufficient care. (AP)
Pres. Abbas says there is no need for a minisummit [7] on reconciliation with Hamas in Cairo. (Xinhua)
Israel's Navy prepares to defend offshore [8] natural gas deposits it is exploiting. (Reuters)
A Palestinian researcher says Israel has arrested over 1000 Palestinians [9], and over 200 children, since the beginning of the year. (PNN)
Israeli police arrest five settlers [10] in connection with the near-fatal shooting of a Palestinian a few weeks ago. (+972)
A new poll suggests most Palestinians still support a two-state solution [11] and that Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is their most popular politician. (Jerusalem Post)
Millions allegedly embezzled [12] from the PA by former official Muhammad Rashid may have ended up in Canada. (Globe and Mail)
Cancer rates [13] are increasing in Gaza. (Al Monitor)
The Israel Project [14] is being transformed by its new leadership. (The Forward)
COMMENTARY
Hussein Ibish [15] says by reconfirming Mishaal as its leader, Hamas is once again avoiding change. (Now)
Amira Hass [16] explains that Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement in the occupied territories long preceded the emergence of suicide bombings. (Ha'aretz)
Chaim Levinson [17] asks what the settlers learned from the first intifada 25 years ago. (Ha'aretz)
The National [18]says Abbas must end his campaign against his critics. (The National)
Shaul Rosenfeld [19] says Pres. Obama doesn't understand the risks Israel has taken for peace. (YNet)
Zalman Shoval [20]says the argument that "peace is the best security" isn't very convincing to many Israelis. (Jerusalem Post)
J.J. Goldberg [21] says Israel's new government has no clear position on a two-state solution and is badly divided. (The Forward)
Writer William Sutcliffe [22] says the Israeli occupation was "so much more brutal than I thought it could be." (The Guardian)
Alan Eisner [23] says AIPAC's new strategy of reaching out to liberals is bound to fail. (The Forward)
Ali Ibrahim [24] looks at the many different roles played by smuggling tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Ahmed Othman [25] says the United States and Israel now have a simple choice: allow Iran to go nuclear or take military action to prevent that. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
APN interviews Yossi Alpher [26] on the latest developments regarding Israel. (APN)