News:
The UN has begun investigating [1] Israeli attacks that hit UN facilities during last summer's Gaza war. (Reuters)
Jordan [2] is preparing a UN resolution [3] on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement that could be presented to the Security Council in the coming weeks. (AFP/Ha’aretz)
The French Parliament [4] votes in favor [5] of recognizing the State of Palestine [6]. (Reuters/Times of Israel/The National)
The four parties [7] of the Belgian Coalition [8] call on the Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine [9]. (PNN/JTA/Times of Israel)
The UN says Israeli trade controls [10] caused a $310 million loss for the PA in 2011. (Times of Israel)
Israeli occupation forces [11] demolish a building and 20 stores in Shufat [12]refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma’an/PNN)
Israeli occupation forces injure a Palestinian teenager [13] near Nablus. (Ma’an)
The State Department says it has received assurances from Qatar [14] that its assistance to the Palestinians will not reach Hamas. (JTA)
Israeli lawmakers [15] approve a motion [16] to dissolve the Knesset [17] in a preliminary vote [18]. (AP/Reuters/JTA/Times of Israel)
Former Pres. Peres says there will be no peace or security [19] with PM Netanyahu. (Jerusalem Post)
Sec. Kerry says [20] he hopes Israel’s new government would advance peace talks [21] with the Palestinians. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
The UN General Assembly [22] calls on Israel to join an international treaty against nuclear proliferation. (Ha’aretz)
Pres. Assad says [23] the US-led anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria have made “no difference on the ground.” (Reuters)
The US reportedly has indications that Iran has carried out airstrikes [24] on ISIS targets in Iraq. (Reuters)
An Iraqi official [25]says the woman detained in Lebanon [26] is not the wife of ISIS leader [27] al-Baghdadi. (AP/Reuters/Washington Post)
Diplomats worldwide are working together to target ISIS [28] extremists. (AP)
A court in Egypt sentences 188 Muslim Brotherhood [29] supporters to death over an attack on a police station [30] near Cairo last year. (New York Times/The National)
King Abdullah of Jordan [31] meets with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Boehner and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Royce. (Jordan Times)
Commentary:
The National says [32] world public opinion is increasingly turning away from Israel. (The National)
Peter Beinart [33] asks why Israel’s proposed “Jewish nation-state” bill offends Jewish Americans more than the occupation. (Ha’aretz)
Chemi Shalev [34] gives 15 reasons why Netanyahu could lose the next election. (Ha’aretz)
Aaron David Miller [35] says right now this election is Netanyahu’s to lose, rather than one that presages some change in Israeli attitudes. (Foreign Policy)
Ha’aretz [36] says if Netanyahu wins again at the ballot box, Israel’s future is in danger. (Ha’aretz)
David Horovitz [37] looks at the rise of the newly right-wing Israel. (Times of Israel)
Nahum Barnea [38] says Netanyahu is blaming Israeli voters for his inability to rule. (Ynet)
Al-Monitor interviews FM Lieberman [39]. (Al-Monitor)
David Ignatius [40] says paranoia is the best weapon against ISIS extremists. (Washington Post)
The New York Times [41] says the international community is failing in the shared responsibility to assist people forced to flee their countries. (New York Times)
Thomas Friedman [42] looks at how the “foreign policy of fear” took hold after Sept. 11. (New York Times)
Michael Young [43] says Lebanon’s Presidential stalemate will not end soon. (The National)
Rami Khouri [44] says Egypt is now impossible to analyze. (Daily Star)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [45] asks if Iran's negotiations with the West are a mere appeal for help to catch up with a world which has changed a great deal. (Al Arabiya)
Tariq Alhomayed [46] fears a Middle East without intellectuals and writers to speak out against the repression and intimidation. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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