News:

Israel announces plans for 1,800 new settlement housing units in the occupied territories. (AFP/AP)

PM Netanyahu reportedly rejects the inclusion of Jerusalem in Sec. Kerry's framework for peace. (Ha'aretz)

The US reportedly threatens to cut aid to the PA if current peace talks fail. (Times of Israel)

US reportedly denies pressuring the Arab League to recognize Israel as a "Jewish state." (Jerusalem Post)

Divisions are growing within Israel's cabinet, especially over peace with the Palestinians. (JTA)

Israel is continuing a controversial excavation project in occupied Hebron. (AFP)

Palestinian citizens of Israel continue to voice outrage over population transfer proposals. (AP)

A minority of Palestinian citizens of Israel may support joining a Palestinian state. (Ha'aretz)

Palestinians host their first ever Arab Media Conference, but Israel denies many participants entry. (The Media Line)

In defiance of the World Bank, Israel is refusing to allow Palestinians to use a landfill in the occupied West Bank. (Ha'aretz)

Fatah says it has made a proposal for national unity to Hamas. (Ma'an)

Islamic Jihad may be attempting to sabotage Palestinian reconciliation. (Jerusalem Post)

Suspected Jewish extremisst cut down Palestinian fruit trees. (AFP)

A further "price tag" attack may have been thwarted. (YNet)

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon worry about conflict with Hezbollah. (The Daily Star)

Former PM Sharon's health condition reportedly worsens. (AP/Xinhua)

US officials are concerned that extremists in Syria are recruiting and training Americans for attacks in the US. (New York Times)

Indonesian jihadists are being drawn into Syrian conflict. (AP)

US may be readying to resume nonlethal assistance to the Syrian opposition. (New York Times)

Nearly 500 have been killed in fighting between rival Syrian rebel groups. (AP)

A bomb kills 22 at an Iraqi military recruiting center. (New York Times)

Iraqi Kurds begin exporting their oil through Turkey. (AP)

Libya is trying to gain control of militia members by withholding their pay. (Christian Science Monitor)

Tunisia's Islamist Prime Minister resigns in favor of a new technocratic government. (AFP)

Commentary:

ATFP Pres. Ziad Asali explains why Palestinians are so puzzled and disturbed by Israel's "Jewish state" demand. (Ha'aretz)

Alex Fishman speculates on what Kerry's framework agreement might look like. (YNet)

Israeli Tourism Minister Landau says there are no more "red lines" in negotiations which are making substantial progress. (Jerusalem Post)

Kifah Ziboun looks at the future of the Jordan Valley. (Asharq Al Awsat)

Ben Caspit says settler "price tag" violence will ignite the next intifada. (Jerusalem Post)

Aluf Benn says Israel's refusal to disclose the full list of who it sells arms to raises moral issues. (Ha'aretz)

Amira Hass says Palestinian bureaucracy and politics can make foreign investment very difficult. (Ha'aretz)

The Telegraph interviews FM Lieberman, who calls Palestinian citizens of Israel "schizophrenic." (The Telegraph)

Haviv Rettig Gur says Lieberman's population transfer proposal was cynical but politically canny. (Times of Israel)

Lior Akerman says Israel is right to demand Palestinians recognize it as a "Jewish state." (Jerusalem Post)

Charles Krauthammer says those who would boycott Israel should be boycotted themselves. (Washington Post)

Michael Felsen says the only way to counter a growing boycott movement is to aggressively promote peace. (Ha'aretz)

Assaf Sharon says the occupation is producing a growing boycott movement that is harming Israel. (YNet)

Hassan Hassan says a new uprising against them may have destroyed Al Qaeda's hold on parts of Syria. (Foreign Policy)

Rodger Shanahan asks why so many Shiites are fighting in Syria. (The Daily Star)

Greg Jaffe looks at the new memoir by former Defense Secretary Gates, which he calls self-contradictory. (Washington Post)

Alan Phillips doesn't think much of Gates' book. (The National)

The Daily Star says Gates' book shows why the US is nearing irrelevance in the Middle East. (The Daily Star)

H A Hellyer says religion can be a positive force in Egypt. (The National)

Shadi Rahimi says jailed Egyptian activists despair for the future of the country. (Al Monitor)

Mustapha Al Noman asks what's next for Yemen.  (Asharq Al Awsat)

May Yamani says Saudi Arabia yearns for return to familiar stability, which it probably won't get. (The Daily Star)

Fouad Ajami says the US needs to be very careful about considering a tilt towards Iran and away from Sunni Arab states. (Wall Street Journal)