News:
Israeli and Palestinian [1] negotiators meet [2] in Jerusalem [3]. (Reuters/PNN/JTA)
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will hold separate talks today [4] with Special Envoy Indyk. (Times of Israel)
Jewish “price tag” [5] extremists vandalize [6] a mosque [7] in northern [8] Israel [9]. (AP/Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz/JTA)
A journalist [10], who is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, [11] is moved to house arrest in a case involving hisrecent visit to Lebanon [12]. (New York Times/AFP/Ha’aretz)
Newly appointed Commissioner-General of UNRWA [13] Krähenbühl vows to help end the blockade of Gaza. (PNN)
Sec. Kerry [14] wants to ease restrictions [15] for visa-seeking [16] young Israelis. (Ha’aretz/JTA/Jerusalem Post)
Tensions in Jerusalem [17] are reflected in ugly rivalries over the Ras Khamis neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. (New York Times)
Hamas says Egyptian authorities have kept the Rafah crossing with Gaza [18] closed for 81 days in 2014. (Ma’an)
Gaza’s Zayed city [19] provides much needed housing for Palestinians. (The National)
Gaza’s population keeps [20] on growing. (Al Monitor)
A right-wing Israeli organization is trying to block Arab Idol winner Assaf [21] from entering Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Christians mark [22] Good Friday in Jerusalem. [23] (AP/Ma’an)
Gunmen kidnap a Tunisian diplomat [24] in Libya. (Reuters)
Turkish Pres. Gul rules out [25] exchanging government positions with PM Ergodan. (Reuters)
Pursuant to a report by the IAEA [26], the US releases $450 million [27] of frozen Iranian funds. (Reuters/Jerusalem Post)
Commentary:
ATFP Pres. Ziad Asali [28] says Arab men have to play a major role in the battle for women’s rights. (Huffington Post)
Ha’aretz [29] says the frustration over the absence of progress in peace talks could lead Pres. Abbas to dismantle the PA. (Ha’aretz)
Ahmad Majdoubeh [30] says if FM Lieberman wants to build good relations with “moderate Arab countries” then he should make peace with the Palestinians first. (Jordan Times)
Bakir Oweida [31] says Israeli politicians must overcome the “fear of peace.” (Asharq al-Awsat)
Ben Caspit [32] says Middle East turmoil has prompted an “Israeli military revolution.” (Al Monitor)
Avichai Stollar [33] says a recently approved settlement in Hebron will exact an “unimaginable toll” on Palestinians living in the city. (Ha’aretz)
Zvi Gabbay [34] says Israelis must wait for Palestinian unity to achieve peace. (Ha’aretz)
Aaron David Miller [35] says the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is delaying a “day of reckoning.” (Foreign Policy)
Zeev Sternhell [36] says Israel’s road to becoming like apartheid-era South Africa “has been paved.” (Ha’aretz)
The National [37] says Pres. Assad must acknowledge that his regime survived because of Iran. (The National)
Raed Omari [38] says Jordan is becoming increasingly impatient with Syria. (Al Arabiya)
The National [39] says its time for young Algerians to form political parties and cultivate grass roots support. (The National)
The New York Times [40] says Twitter should not comply with Erdogan’s demands. (New York Times)
Robert Zaretsky [41] says the Algerian presidential election will maintain the country’s status quo. (Los Angeles Times)
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