News:
Palestinians say they are ready to extend [1] peace talks with Israel beyond the April deadline [2]. (AP/AFP)
Palestinian negotiators say [3] a framework agreement [4] with Israel is within reach. (Los Angeles Times/PNN)
Sec. Kerry is reportedly pressuring Israel [5] not to announce more settlements following the next prisoner release. (Xinhua)
Pres. Abbas has reportedly sent a letter [6] to Pres. Obama outlining his concerns [7] about a US proposal. (Xinhua/Ha'aretz)
A senior PLO official urges the EU [8] to place sanctions on whatever party thwarts peace talks. (Xinhua)
PM Netanyahu vows to continue with settlement expansion [9]. (AFP)
A recent survey suggests many settlers would voluntarily leave [10] a Palestinian state. (Al Monitor)
Abbas' guards [11] intervene in a violent confrontation [12] among PA security officers and officials [13]. (Ha'aretz/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Palestinian businesses suffer millions in losses [14] due to the recent snowstorms. (Ma'an)
The UN says nearly 1 million Palestinians in Gaza will need food aid [15] in 2014. (Reuters)
Two Palestinians are killed [16] by Israeli occupation forces [17] in separate West Bank incidents [18]. (Los Angeles Times/YNet/Times of Israel)
Palestinians say the killings threaten [19] the future of peace talks. (AFP)
Israeli occupation forces shoot [20] in the back and kill a Palestinian security officer [21] they were seeking to arrest [22]. (Reuters/AP/Xinhua)
Palestinians say the officer was killed "in cold blood." [23] (Ma'an)
Israeli occupation forces detain another Palestinian security officer [24] after raiding his home. (Ma'an)
Eight more Palestinians [25] are detained by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. (Ma'an)
In a deep crisis, Hamas is seeking support [26] and guidance from Gaza intellectuals. (Al Monitor)
Israel will ask Pope Francis [27] to reconsider only holding a mass in occupied Bethlehem. (YNet)
The Roman Catholic patriarch in Jerusalem says Israeli settlements hamper peace [28]. (YNet)
China's Foreign Minister visits Israel [29] amid the backdrop of controversy over an antiterrorism case. (AP)
China reiterates its support [30] for the Palestinian cause. (PNN)
Pres. Peres tells the Chinese FM peace is Israel's greatest desire [31] and Iran is its greatest problem. (Jerusalem Post)
Egyptian prosecutors accuse [32] former Pres. Morsi of a vast terrorist plot [33]. (New York Times/AP)
The charges against Morsi [34] include plotting with Hamas and "espionage." [35] (AFP/Washington Post)
The last charges against former Egyptian Pres. Mubarak's final PM are dropped [36]. (Reuters)
The Egyptian military counteroffensive in Sinai is still proving relatively ineffective [37]. (Ha'aretz)
Almost 2,000 Palestinians have died [38] in the Syrian conflict. (Jerusalem Post)
Like some other Middle Eastern countries, Tunisia is worried about their own youths beingradicalized by fighting in Syria [39]. (New York Times)
Syrian Kurds want their own delegation [40] at the upcoming Geneva peace talks. (Reuters)
The UN says people in Syria are systematically disappearing [41] in a nationwide "terror" campaign [42]. (AP/BBC)
Amnesty International accuses extremist Syrian rebels of atrocities [43]. (Reuters)
Syrians are positioned to soon become the world's largest group of refugees [44]. (Reuters)
The US denies [45] Syrian rebel suggestions it is prepared to live with Pres. Assad. (Jerusalem Post)
Attacks on Shiite pilgrims and others kill 24 in Iraq [46]. (AP)
Iran will soon resume nuclear negotiations [47] with the P5+1. (Xinhua)
PM Erdogan says a new corruption probe is just an effort to to smear his government [48]. (Reuters)
Several senior Turkish police officials are fired [49] after corruption arrests. (Reuters)
An influential US-based Turkish cleric denies he is behind [50] the corruption probe. (AP)
Nine officials and executives are facing corruption charges in Oman [51]. (Reuters)
The American Studies Association faces a backlash [52] after adopting a resolution supporting boycotts against Israel. (Ha'aretz)
Commentary:
The PLO [53] issues a "fact sheet" about occupied Bethlehem. (PLO)
Avi Issacharoff [54] says recent West Bank violence shows a third intifada is in the making. (Times of Israel)
Yonatan Gher [55] says, rather than being upset about being accused of "apartheid," Israel should make sure it doesn't practice it. (YNet)
Laura Wharton [56] says Israel's new administration in Jerusalem is a cause for serious alarm. (Jordan Times)
Shlomi Eldar [57] says Israel and Hamas have an unwritten code of coexistence. (Al Monitor)
The Daily Star [58] says the EU doesn't have much more credibility on settlements than the US. (The Daily Star)
In an open letter to Abbas, Carlo Strenger [59] says the Palestinians' fate is in their own hands. (Ha'aretz)
Maysoon Zayid [60] explains why she is a supporter of the one-state agenda. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
Uri Sadot [61] says Israel doesn't face a demographic "time bomb," as long as you don't count the population of Gaza. (Foreign Policy)
Khaled Diab [62] notes that reactions to apartheid in South Africa varied widely throughout the Arab world. (Ha'aretz)
Marissa Young [63] claims the PA is punishing Palestinians who seek to build ties with Israelis. (Jerusalem Post)
Owen Kirby [64] says a nuclear deal with Iran hardly means the end of its regional ambitions. (Jerusalem Post)
The New York Times [65] says the West should support the political compromises ongoing in Tunisia. (New York Times)
The CSM [66] says Tunisia is still an Arab Spring inspiration. (Christian Science Monitor)
Ariel Ben Solomon [67] says Egyptian DM Sisi is determined to stamp out all opposition. (Jerusalem Post)
Michael Young [68] calls for an "honest debate" about Syrian refugees in Lebanon. (The National)
Michael Young [69] also says Hezbollah has become cannon fodder in a war with Al Qaeda. (The Daily Star)
Jean Aziz [70] notes that Hezbollah is hinting at a change of attitudes towards the US and Lebanon. (Al Monitor)
Osama Al Sharif [71] says the apparent collapse of the FSA and SMC in Syria is a cause for serious alarm. (Arab News)
Samir Atallah [72] says the region is experiencing so much state failure, the Arab world has no simple metaphor for chaos. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Francis Matthews [73] acknowledges the US is working hard to allay GCC fears about its policies. (Gulf News)
Henri Barkey [74] says Abdullah Gul and democracy may prove the winners in the latest Turkish upheaval. (Al Monitor)
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