News:
Palestinian officials demand an inquiry [1] after the killing of a Gaza teenager by Egyptian forces. (New York Times)
Israel withholds tax [2] revenues from Palestinians [3] and threatens lawsuits [4] against them. (The Guardian/Reuters/AFP)
Israel threatens more punitive measures [5] against Palestinians. (AP)
Israel's responses will not include more settlement activity [6]. (Ha'aretz)
Israel urges the US Congress to halt aid [7] to the PA. (Ha'aretz)
US officials say Palestinian ICC moves will have "implications [8]" for American aid to the PA. (Reuters)
Freezing Palestinian tax revenues is a double-edged sword [9] for Israel. (Ha'aretz)
Pres. Abbas says he may resubmit [10] a recently defeated draft UNSC text to the Security Council. (Xinhua)
Chief PLO negotiator Erekat says Palestine will decide when to submit a new UN resolution [11] in meeting with Arab ministers. (Ma'an)
Jordan was reportedly displeased [12] by the Palestinian UN initiative. (Ha'aretz)
MK Tibi says Israelis should think about the ICC when they "murder Palestinian children [13]." (YNet)
Israeli officials say they're not concerned [14] about facing ICC charges. (Al Monitor)
Israel's Supreme Court rules against [15] the separation wall in the historic West Bank village of Battir. (Ma'an)
Rights groups say there was an 80% increase in detentions [16] of Palestinians by Israel in 2014. (Ma'an)
Hamas and Islamic Jihad hold a joint meeting [17] in Gaza. (Ma'an)
Tourism to Israel sharply decreased [18] after the Gaza war last summer. (Jerusalem Post)
Israel allows a FIFA delegation [19] to cross into Gaza after several hours delay. (Xinhua)
The speaker of Libya's Parliament rejects foreign [20] military intervention. (AP)
The Libyan military says it opened fire [21] on a "suspicious" Greek tanker. (AP)
20 Egyptian Christians [22] are kidnapped [23] by extremists in Libya. (AP/Xinhua)
Two Saudi border guards [24] are killed [25] in an attack near the Iraqi border. (AP/BBC)
Reuters looks at the foreign fighters [26] joining the battle against ISIS. (Reuters)
Lebanon says ISIS seeks bases [27] within the country. (Reuters)
ISIS gained ground [28] among Muslim extremists the world over in 2014. (Los Angeles Times)
The Western-backed Syrian National Coalition elects a new leader [29]. (Reuters)
The "rise and ugly fall [30]" of a moderate Syrian rebel may offer valuable lessons for the West. (Washington Post)
Iyad Madani, secretary-general of the 57-nation OIC, visits Jerusalem [31] and urges other Muslims to follow suit. (AP)
A Kuwaiti MP says he is facing criminal charges [32] after supporting legalizing the sale of alcohol. (AP)
Nida Tunis asks veteran politician Habib Essid [33] to form a new Tunisian government [34]. (AP/Reuters)
Iran's president urges a nuclear deal [35] with the P5+1. (Los Angeles Times)
Former U.S. Congressman Slattery is optimistic [36] about a nuclear deal after visiting Iran. (Al Monitor)
The falling price of oil is squeezing Hezbollah's [37] finances. (Christian Science Monitor)
Yemen's Shiite rebels reject [38] an agreed-upon federal plan for the country. (AP)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [39] says Palestinians desperately need a coherent national strategy. (The National)
Ha'aretz [40] says freezing Palestinian tax revenues is a bizarre Israeli response to the PLO UN initiative. (Ha'aretz)
Aaron David Miller [41] says Palestine's "diplomatic intifada" will fail. (Politico)
Avi Issacharoff [42] says both sides experienced "Pyrrhic victories" at the UN. (Times of Israel)
Aaron Magid [43] says the US must stop blaming Abbas for trying to join the ICC. (Ma'an)
Linda Heard [44] asks if the ICC will let down the Palestinians, just as the UN has done. (Gulf News)
Dennis Ross [45] says Palestinians should be pressured to focus on the substance, rather than symbols, of peace. (New York Times)
The Daily Star [46] says Palestinians are right to seek new paths to independence, and should keep on doing so. (Daily Star)
The Wall Street Journal [47] says the US should cut off aid to the PA if Palestinians try to use the ICC against Israel. (Wall Street Journal)
Oudeh Basharat [48] says even the center-left coalition of Herzog and Livni promises a continuation of the occupation. (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass [49] says that in the West Bank, every flat tire tells a story. (Ha'aretz)
Theodore Sasson [50] asks if Israel's "Jewish state" rhetoric will alienate the Jewish diaspora. (The Forward)
Bruce Riedel [51] asks if a Saudi succession process is about to take place. (Al Monitor)
Hassan Barari [52] says the US is too eager for a nuclear deal with Iran. (Arab News)
The Daily Star [53] dismisses Iran's "empty promises" to the international community. (Daily Star)
Lauren Williams [54] says ISIS has polarized Turkey. (Daily Star)
Diana Moukalled [55] says Jordan may be ISIS' next target. (Asharq Al Awsat)
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