News:
Pres. Abbas may be softening [1] his opposition to an interim agreement [2] with Israel. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Palestinian officials say the terms of a potential land swap remain "undecided." [3] (Xinhua)
Pres. Obama and PM Netanyahu [4] discuss numerous issues during a phone call. (AP)
Sec. Kerry, in an apparent reference to Netanyahu [5], says he won't give into "fear tactics" [6] regarding talks with Iran. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Israeli occupation forces demolish a Palestinian home [7] in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces raid an African-Palestinian neighborhood [8] in Jerusalem. (Ma’an)
Israel is assembling Palestinian prisoners [9] about to be released [10]. (Ma’an/Washington Post)
Some members of the Israeli coalition express anger [11] at the next round of Palestinian prisoner release [12]. (New York Times/AP)
Israeli victims' families protest [13] the release of Palestinian prisoners. (Xinhua)
Israel's Economy Minister Bennett insists he never made a deal [14] with Netanyahu about trading settlements for prisoner release. (Jerusalem Post)
Experts see the release as essential to advancing peace [15] talks. (Xinhua)
Israel agrees to participate [16] in a UN human rights review of its conduct. (New York Times)
The EU is considering an Israeli proposal [17] to end the dispute over its occupation guidelines. (Jerusalem Post)
An Israeli government agency has been funding a call center trying to sell settlement homes [18], including unauthorized ones. (Ha'aretz)
A Palestinian citizen of Israel is suing a Tel Aviv café for firing him for "not being Jewish." [19] (Ha'aretz)
Israel complains to the UN [20] about rocket fire coming from Gaza. (PNN)
A new report details human rights violations against Palestinian refugees [21] in Syria. (PNN)
Iran reportedly offers a "new approach" [22] in nuclear negotiations. (AP)
Former UK FM Jack Straw insists he's not "anti-Semitic." [23] (Times of Israel)
The new Bank of Israel Governor says discrimination against Arabs must end [24] or Israel will suffer economically. (Jerusalem Post)
Commentary:
Akiva Eldar [25] says a series of studies demonstrates that Israelis have nothing to fear from the creation of a Palestinian state. (Al Monitor)
Roger Cohen [26] says angering Saudi Arabia does not serve American interests. (New York Times)
Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad [27] says, "My films condemn oppression." (Ma’an)
Avi Issacharoff [28] says Hamas is sinking into ever deeper political woes. (Times of Israel)
Adnan Abu Amer [29] asks why Iran postponed a visit by Hamas leader Mishaal. (Al Monitor)
Elior Levy [30] says Israel believes Hamas is preparing for its next conflict with Israel and wants to strike Tel Aviv. (YNet)
J.J. Goldberg [31] asks how Israel should respond to the discovery of a Hamas tunnel from Gaza to Israel. (The Forward)
Abdallah Schleifer [32] says conditions are ripe for a third Palestinian intifada. (Al Arabiya)
Yossi Klein Halevi [33] says the Israeli centrist majority isn't optimistic about achieving either peace or security. (Los Angeles Times)
Noah Klieger [34] says no one in Israel except negotiator Livni believes talks will result in peace. (YNet)
Bradley Burston [35] says Uri Avnery spent 90 years being ahead of his time, and he still may be. (Ha'aretz)
Kenneth Bandler [36] says Israel must invest more in its Arab population. (Jerusalem Post)
Eric Yoffie [37] says billionaire Sheldon Adelson should apologize for offensive remarks or be shunned by respectable Jewish groups. (Ha'aretz)
Zvi Hauser [38] says peace requires Palestinian recognition of Israel as a "Jewish state." (Al Monitor)
Samuel Lebens [39] says despite Hebron's importance to Jews, Israel must give it up for peace. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
The Washington Post [40] calls US policy toward Syria "empty words." (Washington Post)
Hussein Ibish [41] says Syrian Americans should engage the American political system to impact policy. (NOW)
Michael Weiss [42] says Iran is supplying free fuel and other supplies to the Syrian dictatorship. (Foreign Policy)
The BBC [43] looks at the potential for an independent Kurdish state in parts of Iraq. (BBC)
Asharq Al-Awsat interviews the head of Egypt's new constitution-drafting committee, Amr Moussa [44]. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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