News:
Human Rights Watch accuses [1] the Palestinian security forces of arresting and questioning West Bank students over their political opinions. (AFP)
A delegation of eight members from a European observers mission [2] to monitor the Rafah border crossing arrives in Gaza. (Ma’an)
The PLO says PM Netanyahu's [3] new right-wing religious "government of war" [4] is a blow to an already stagnating peace process. (AFP/Ha’aretz)
Israeli forces release Palestinian singer Shadi al-Burini [5] after detaining him for several hours while he was shooting a video at the Huwwara checkpoint. (Ma’an)
Jewish settlers harass the head of the Palestinian Football [6] Association and the South African head of an anti-racism group during a tour in Hebron. (Ma’an)
Europe and the US are keeping a watchful eye [7] on Israel’s legislative plans. (Reuters)
AP looks at the key figures in Israel’s new government [8]. (AP)
Pres. Obama [9] in his message congratulating Netanyahu [10] on forming a new Israeli governmentemphasizes the importance of a two-state solution [11]. (JTA/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
The Syrian army, backed by Hezbollah fighters, makes advances [12] in mountainous areas along Syria's border with Lebanon. (Reuters)
The US begins training [13] Syrian rebels in Jordan [14] to fight ISIS. (AP/New York Times)
Saudi-led warplanes bomb targets [15] in Yemen's Saada province and drop leaflets asking civilians [16]to leave one district a day after promising a harsh response. (Reuters/AP)
Sec. Kerry meets with Gulf ministers [17] to discuss Iran and Yemen. (Reuters)
The US Senate votes [18] overwhelmingly to pass a bill giving Congress [19] the right to review, and potentially reject, an international agreement with Iran. (Reuters/AP)
A senior al-Qaeda leader dies [20] in a Yemen drone strike. (New York Times)
Commentary:
David Ignatius [21] says Netanyahu is struggling at home. (Washington Post)
Raphael Ahren [22] says for first time in 20 years, talks with the Palestinians don’t appear in any coalition agreement. (Times of Israel)
Ha’aretz [23] says Israel's new government will lead a racist legislation while working to “gut the courts.” (Ha’aretz)
Nathan Guttman [24] identifies seven things about Netanyahu’s new cabinet. (The Forward)
Siobhan O’Grady [25] profiles Israel’s new Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked. (Foreign Policy)
Carolina Landsmann [26] says the possibility presented by Bennett and adopted by the right wing, of eternal Israeli rule over the Palestinians, is impossible. (Ha’aretz)
Ami Ayalon [27] says the US and the international community should take the lead on a two-state solution. (Al-Monitor)
Fareed Zakaria [28] says tides in the region have shifted in Israel’s favor. (Washington Post)
Jane Arraf [29] says the threat of ISIS, combined with meager US and Iraqi government support, is driving Sunni tribes into the arms of Iranian-backed Shiite militias. (Foreign Policy)
The Daily Star [30] says Hezbollah now finds itself again providing crucial life support to the Syrian regime across the border. (Daily Star)
Michael Young [31] says Qalamoun is a test of Hezbollah’s hopes. (Daily Star)
Khairallah Khairallah [32] says Hezbollah is laundering weapons and power. (Al Arabiya)
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