News:
The US and Israel remain divided [1] on Iran. (Times of Israel)
Israel calls on the west [2] to secure "a better deal" [3] with Iran, but is trying to mend fences with the US [4]. (AP/Xinhua)
Newly-reinstated Israeli FM Lieberman [5] says it's time to mend fences [6] with the United States over Iran [7]. (Ha'aretz/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Israeli press reports suggest Pres. Abbas is actively preventing a third intifada [8]. (PNN)
Palestinians mark the ninth anniversary [9] of the death of the late Pres. Arafat. (Xinhua)
AP provides a Q&A [10] on questions surrounding the death of Arafat. (AP)
There is an agreement to remove all arms [11] from a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. (Xinhua)
An Israeli NGO calls plans for a new Jewish town in the Negev "racist." [12] (AFP)
Israeli occupation forces detain 10 Palestinian [13]s in the West Bank. (Ma'an)
PA police arrest [14] Bethlehem journalist George Canawati. (Jerusalem Post)
A global Palestinian 'Right to Education Week' [15]kicks off at Birzeit University. (Ma'an)
A giant "Question of Palestine" mural [16] is unveiled in Nablus. (Ma'an)
Egypt destroys more [17] Gaza smuggling tunnels. (Times of Israel)
Members of the Syrian opposition will attend [18] potential upcoming peace talks. (Xinhua)
Syrian troops and rebels clash [19] on the outskirts of Damascus. (AP)
Gunmen violate a cease-fire [20] to try to assassinate pro-Hezbollah sheik [21] in Lebanon. (AP/Reuters)
Eight more people [22] are killed in attacks in Iraq. (Xinhua)
Leaders of a breakaway regional province movement [23] in Libya declare their own oil company. (AP)
Egypt's constitution-drafting committee [24] warns of differences within the group. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [25] says Arab-Americans are torn between visions of success and perpetual victimhood. (NOW)
Alon Pinkas [26] says Netanyahu is engaging in unnecessary quarrels with the US. (YNet)
Dalia Dassa Kaye [27] says many Israelis, unlike Netanyahu, believe in diplomacy. (Los Angeles Times)
Ha'aretz [28] says Israel should stop stealing Bedouin land. (Ha'aretz)
David Landau [29] says Netanyahu's analogies between the Palestinians and Iran are ridiculous. (Ha'aretz)
Moshe Arens [30] says Israelis are confident, but don't believe Abbas can end the conflict. (Ha'aretz)
Einat Wilf [31] says hostility to Israel can be a form of anti-Semitism. (Ha'aretz)
David Ignatius interviews Egyptian intelligence chief el-Tohamy [32] about relations with the US and other issues. (Washington Post)
Roger Cohen [33] says a nuclear deal with Iran is achievable. (New York Times)
The Washington Post [34] says US needs better strategy for dealing with Iran. (Washington Post)
Stanley Fish [35] continues his musings about the idea of boycotting Israeli universities. (New York Times)
Aaron David Miller [36] says there isn't much the US can do to impact domestic politics in Egypt. (New York Times)
Mohamed Farid Al-Shayyal [37] says excluding the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood from politics won't help democracy, but Majdi Hamdan [38] says it will. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Faisal Al Yafai [39] says Syrians are starting to consider the unthinkable: Pres. Assad might stay in power. (The National)
Asharq Al-Awsat interviews Kurdish leader Barham Salih [40] on the future of Iraq. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Rami Khouri [41] says the Arab world needs to embrace basic freedoms for individual citizens. (The Daily Star)