News:
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators [1] meet again with no sign of a breakthrough. (Reuters)
Pres. Obama will meet with Sec. Kerry [2] to discuss the future of the peace [3] talks. (AFP/Times of Israel)
FM Lieberman warns [4] the Palestinians that a prisoner release will not happen [5] as long as they try to join international agencies. (AP/Ynet)
Pres. Abbas will ask the Arab League [6] for economic aid [7]. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
The Arab League says [8] there is still a chance to move negotiations forward. (Ma’an)
The release of the Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti [9] is linked to the peace talks. (New York Times)
Former Pres. Carter backs the PLO [10] move to sign 15 conventions. (Ma’an)
Palestinians want Russia and the EU [11] to change the format of peace talks. (Ynet)
Extremist Jewish [12] settlers injure six Israeli [13] soldiers and destroy a military post [14]. (Xinhua/Ha’aretz/JTA)
Hamas leader Haniyeh warns Palestinian refugees [15] in Lebanon against inter-Palestinian violence. (Ma’an)
Thousands of Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem have been living without water [16] for over a month. (AP)
Israel’s High Court upholds [17] a decision by the military to prevent a Palestinian olympian [18] from leaving Gaza. (AP/Ha’aretz)
King Abdullah [19] of Jordan meets with Pope Francis [20]. (AP/Jordan Times)
The World Food Program [21] says Syrian wheat production has hit an all time low. (Reuters)
An Israeli official [22] says Pres. Assad again used chemical weapons [23] two weeks ago. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Syrian Information Minister [24] Zoabi says the presidential election [25] will not be delayed. (Reuters/Xinhua)
A gunman kills a Dutch priest [26] in the Syrian city of Homs [27]. (AP/New York Times)
Syria’s polio outbreak [28] has now officially spread to Iraq. (New York Times)
Women activists in Egypt [29] are worried that their rights in the new constitution have not yet been implemented. (AP)
PM Erdogan [30] says Turkey’s next elected president will be a more powerful figure. (Reuters)
In parts of the Anbar province [31] there will be no balloting [32] due to fighting. (AP/Xinhua)
A young Iraqi hopes [33] books will stop his peers from migrating. (Washington Post)
Commentary:
Hassan Barari [34] says neither the Palestinians nor the Israelis are capable or willing to offer the concessions necessary for peace. (Jordan Times)
Aaron David Miller [35] outlines five rules for saving Kerry’s initiative. (New Republic)
Dennis Ross [36] provides his suggestions for how to move the process forward. (WINEP)
J.J. Goldberg [37] says Palestinians have been easing the terms for renewing talks with Israel. (Jewish Daily Forward)
Klaus Schwab [38] says there is a strong constituency in Israel and Palestine to make peace a reality. (Times of Israel)
Daniel Landes [39] says ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a Jewish imperative. (Ha’aretz)
Nehemia Shtrasler [40] says PM Netanyahu wants the peace talks to keep going but he will not give up the West Bank. (Ha’aretz)
Yoram Schweitzer, Benedetta Berti and Shlomo Brom [41] look at the erosion of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza. (INSS)
The Daily Star [42] says the violence that has erupted in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon undermines their “legitimate struggle.” (Daily Star)
The Jordan Times [43] says Syrian refugees in Jordan should not resort to violence. (Jordan Times)
The Los Angeles Times [44] says the US should pressure Egypt to stop the crackdown on opposition groups. (Los Angeles Times)
H.A. Hellyer [45] asks if there is a link between government policies and the rise of terrorism. (Al Arabiya)
Octavia Nasr [46] says with every political battle, Lebanon sinks deeper into the abyss. (Al Arabiya)
The National [47] says young Arabs are seeking to emulate the UAE’s success. (The National)