News:
Israeli occupation forces evacuate [1] Palestinian activists protesting in the West Bank. (AP)
Hamas struggles [2] to rein in armed factions that are not completely under its control. (The Washington Post)
FM Lieberman calls Sec. Kerry a “true friend of Israel” [3] and criticizes Economy Minister Bennett’s comments. (Ha’aretz)
UNRWA announces that a strike by its employees [4] in the West Bank has ended. (The New York Times)
Aid agencies working in the occupied territories express concern over rise in Israeli demolitions [5]of Palestinian homes and property.(Reuters)
A Fatah Central Committee delegation arrives in Gaza [6] to examine the state of the parties apparatus in Gaza. (Ma’an)
Malcolm Hoenlein calls on western governments [7] to combat the growing BDS movement. (AP)
Israel is trying to include more Arabs [8] in its tech sector. (AP)
The Syrian government will take part [9] in a second round [10] of peace talks in Geneva. (AP/Reuters)
Syria begins evacuating [11] civilians from a besieged area in Homs. (Reuters)
The Syrian rebels free hundreds [12] of prisoners in an attack on a prison. (AP)
A bombing [13] and a shooting [14] kill six people in Iraq. (AP/Xinhua)
A blast hits two police vehicles injuring six [15] people in Egypt. (Xinhua)
PM Zeidan calls on Libyans [16] to avoid violence in settling a standoff over the interim parliament. (Reuters)
World leaders attend a ceremony [17] for the formal adoption [18] of the new Tunisian Constitution. (AP/AFP)
Commentary:
The Jordan Times says no one will fooled [19] by Netanyahu’s “Jewish state” demand. (The Jordan Times)
Ahmad Majdoubeh says Kerry’s plan is the last chance [20] to rescue the two-state solution. (The Jordan Times)
Bakir Oweida says Kerry’s plan will likely fail [21], and the Palestinians and Israelis will have to coexist anyway. (Asharq Alawsat)
Yehezkel Dror says Israel should seize the opportunity [22] in the changing Middle East for peace and reform. (Ha'aretz)
Rami Khouri says the SodaStream controversy highlights important Palestinian and international activism [23] against the Israeli occupation. (The Jordan Times)
David Landau uses excerpts from Jewish religious texts [24] to show how Israeli incitement works. (Ha'aretz)
Ha'aretz says a new proposed bill [25] forcing schools to present Israel as a "Jewish state" is anti-democratic. (Ha'aretz)
Harold James says the Syrian war could have dire global consequences [26]. (The Daily Star)
Michael Young says US Syria policy is in total meltdown [27]. (The Daily Star)
Anne Applebaum likens Pres. Assad starving Syrians [28] to killing them with a low-tech weapon of mass destruction. (The Washington Post)
Alan Philps says Russia is being seen as a supporter of Assad’s “kneel or starve” [29] policy in Syria. (The National)
Sherif Mansour says arrests of journalists [30] in Egypt are an attempt to bring back “Mubarak-era repression.” (The Washington Post)
Vivek Wadhwa says social media is excellent for democracy [31], but terrorists are also using it. (The Gulf News)
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