NEWS:
Six more Palestinians are killed [1] at a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. (Ma'an)
The UN appeals for aid for Palestinian refugees in Syria [2]. (AFP)
Israeli business leaders tell PM Netanyahu stalled peace efforts and continued occupation will"ruin Israel's economy." [3] (Ha'aretz)
Former Pres. Clinton says Israel must make peace in order to survive [4]. (AP)
In trying to revive peace talks, Sec. Kerry is stymied by a profoundly divided Israeli government [5]. (New York Times)
Palestinians demand "clarification" [6] of Israeli Economy and Trade Minister Bennett's statement ruling out the possibility of a Palestinian state. (Xinhua)
Palestinian officials say recent statements contradicting a two-state solution [7] by numerous Israeli officials show Israel has no interest in peace. (PNN)
Netanyahu insists Israel is still committed [8] to a two-state solution. (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli journalists [9] meet with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah. (Al Monitor)
Palestinian citizens of Israel say a proposed new law greatly extending preferential treatment for military veterans is blatant discrimination [10]. (The Media Line)
A Palestinian NGO claims Israel has a plan to expand Jerusalem [11] by confiscating 5.5 acres of adjacent Palestinian land. (Ma'an)
Israeli police search for suspected Jewish extremist vandals [12] who attacked an Arab town in Jerusalem, vandalizing at least 28 cars [13]. (AP/Xinhua)
Israelis debate whether to call such "price tag" attacks "terrorism." [14] (Christian Science Monitor)
Israeli settlers threaten to occupy a Palestinian village [15] in the northern occupied West Bank. (Ma'an)
Hamas calls on Hezbollah [16] to withdraw all its troops from Syria, even as the groups try to decrease tensions [17]. (Xinhua/Al Monitor)
Many Israelis doubt [18] the ability of the new Iranian president to change his country's policies. (Xinhua)
Seeking a larger role in the region, China is hosting a Middle East peace conference [19]. (AP)
Islamist students vow to fight a PA crackdown [20] on their activities in in the occupied West Bank. (Times of Israel)
Unemployment is promoting drug addiction in Gaza [21]. (Al Monitor)
COMMENTARY:
Raphael Ahren [22] asks why Israel is so afraid of the Arab Peace Initiative. (Times of Israel)
Ha'aretz [23] says a new law being considered by the Knesset would greatly increase discrimination against Arabs and others in Israel, and intensify apartheid-like qualities of the state. (Ha'aretz)
David Newman [24] says the proposed new law is definitely discriminatory, and some form of national service for all might be the answer. (Jerusalem Post)
Amos Harel [25] says the election of Iran's new reformist president delays Israel's military options by at least a year. (Ha'aretz)
AP interviews Pres. Peres [26], who has just turned 90. (AP)
The Washington Post also interviews Pres. Peres [27]. (The Washington Post)
Reuters also interviews Pres. Peres [28], who backs plans to arm Syrian rebels. (Reuters)
Pierre Klochendler [29] looks at life in the Golan Heights in the shadow of the Syrian war. (Xinhua)
Uzi Baram [30] says lack of honesty and credibility has become a virtual norm among Israeli politicians. (Ha'aretz)
Franco Rizzi [31] says new PM Hamdallah has a history of working for intercultural dialogue. (Jerusalem Post)
Jim Torczyner [32] says Pres. Abbas made a wise choice in appointing Hamdallah. (Jerusalem Post)
Akiva Eldar [33] thinks the Israeli public is veering towards the left. (Al Monitor)
Elie Ferzli [34] says Hamas fears renewed violence in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon due to tensions with Hezbollah. (Al Monitor)
Reuters [35] looks at whether or not Israel has enacted any kind of "de facto settlement freeze" this year. (Reuters)
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