News:
Israel announces plans [1] for 1,800 new settlement housing units [2] in the occupied territories. (AFP/AP)
PM Netanyahu reportedly rejects the inclusion of Jerusalem [3] in Sec. Kerry's framework for peace. (Ha'aretz)
The US reportedly threatens to cut aid to the PA [4] if current peace talks fail. (Times of Israel)
US reportedly denies pressuring the Arab League [5] to recognize Israel as a "Jewish state." (Jerusalem Post)
Divisions are growing within Israel's cabinet [6], especially over peace with the Palestinians. (JTA)
Israel is continuing a controversial excavation project [7] in occupied Hebron. (AFP)
Palestinian citizens of Israel continue to voice outrage over population transfer [8] proposals. (AP)
A minority of Palestinian citizens of Israel may support [9] joining a Palestinian state. (Ha'aretz)
Palestinians host their first ever [10] Arab Media Conference, but Israel denies many participants entry. (The Media Line)
In defiance of the World Bank, Israel is refusing to allow Palestinians to use a landfill [11] in the occupied West Bank. (Ha'aretz)
Fatah says it has made a proposal for national unity [12] to Hamas. (Ma'an)
Islamic Jihad may be attempting to sabotage [13] Palestinian reconciliation. (Jerusalem Post)
Suspected Jewish extremisst cut down Palestinian fruit trees [14]. (AFP)
A further "price tag" attack [15]may have been thwarted. (YNet)
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon worry [16] about conflict with Hezbollah. (The Daily Star)
Former PM Sharon's health [17] condition reportedly worsens [18]. (AP/Xinhua)
US officials are concerned that extremists in Syria are recruiting and training Americans for attacks in the US [19]. (New York Times)
Indonesian jihadists [20] are being drawn into Syrian conflict. (AP)
US may be readying to resume nonlethal assistance [21] to the Syrian opposition. (New York Times)
Nearly 500 have been killed [22] in fighting between rival Syrian rebel groups. (AP)
A bomb kills 22 [23] at an Iraqi military recruiting center. (New York Times)
Iraqi Kurds begin exporting [24] their oil through Turkey. (AP)
Libya is trying to gain control of militia members by withholding their pay [25]. (Christian Science Monitor)
Tunisia's Islamist Prime Minister resigns [26] in favor of a new technocratic government. (AFP)
Commentary:
ATFP Pres. Ziad Asali [27] explains why Palestinians are so puzzled and disturbed by Israel's "Jewish state" demand. (Ha'aretz)
Alex Fishman [28] speculates on what Kerry's framework agreement might look like. (YNet)
Israeli Tourism Minister Landau [29] says there are no more "red lines" in negotiations which are making substantial progress. (Jerusalem Post)
Kifah Ziboun [30] looks at the future of the Jordan Valley. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Ben Caspit [31] says settler "price tag" violence will ignite the next intifada. (Jerusalem Post)
Aluf Benn [32] says Israel's refusal to disclose the full list of who it sells arms to raises moral issues. (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass [33] says Palestinian bureaucracy and politics can make foreign investment very difficult. (Ha'aretz)
The Telegraph interviews FM Lieberman [34], who calls Palestinian citizens of Israel "schizophrenic." (The Telegraph)
Haviv Rettig Gur [35] says Lieberman's population transfer proposal was cynical but politically canny. (Times of Israel)
Lior Akerman [36] says Israel is right to demand Palestinians recognize it as a "Jewish state." (Jerusalem Post)
Charles Krauthammer [37] says those who would boycott Israel should be boycotted themselves. (Washington Post)
Michael Felsen [38] says the only way to counter a growing boycott movement is to aggressively promote peace. (Ha'aretz)
Assaf Sharon [39] says the occupation is producing a growing boycott movement that is harming Israel. (YNet)
Hassan Hassan [40] says a new uprising against them may have destroyed Al Qaeda's hold on parts of Syria. (Foreign Policy)
Rodger Shanahan [41] asks why so many Shiites are fighting in Syria. (The Daily Star)
Greg Jaffe [42] looks at the new memoir by former Defense Secretary Gates, which he calls self-contradictory. (Washington Post)
Alan Phillips [43] doesn't think much of Gates' book. (The National)
The Daily Star [44] says Gates' book shows why the US is nearing irrelevance in the Middle East. (The Daily Star)
H A Hellyer [45] says religion can be a positive force in Egypt. (The National)
Shadi Rahimi [46] says jailed Egyptian activists despair for the future of the country. (Al Monitor)
Mustapha Al Noman [47] asks what's next for Yemen. (Asharq Al Awsat)
May Yamani [48] says Saudi Arabia yearns for return to familiar stability, which it probably won't get. (The Daily Star)
Fouad Ajami [49] says the US needs to be very careful about considering a tilt towards Iran and away from Sunni Arab states. (Wall Street Journal)
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