News:

The UN has begun investigating Israeli attacks that hit UN facilities during last summer's Gaza war. (Reuters) 

Jordan is preparing a UN resolution on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement that could be presented to the Security Council in the coming weeks. (AFP/Ha’aretz)

The French Parliament votes in favor of recognizing the State of Palestine. (Reuters/Times of Israel/The National)

The four parties of the Belgian Coalition call on the Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine. (PNN/JTA/Times of Israel)

The UN says Israeli trade controls caused a $310 million loss for the PA in 2011. (Times of Israel)

Israeli occupation forces demolish a building and 20 stores in Shufat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma’an/PNN)

Israeli occupation forces injure a Palestinian teenager near Nablus. (Ma’an)

The State Department says it has received assurances from Qatar that its assistance to the Palestinians will not reach Hamas. (JTA)

Israeli lawmakers approve a motion to dissolve the Knesset in a preliminary vote. (AP/Reuters/JTA/Times of Israel)

Former Pres. Peres says there will be no peace or security with PM Netanyahu. (Jerusalem Post)

Sec. Kerry says he hopes Israel’s new government would advance peace talks with the Palestinians. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)

The UN General Assembly calls on Israel to join an international treaty against nuclear proliferation. (Ha’aretz)

Pres. Assad says 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 on ISIS targets in Iraq. (Reuters)

An Iraqi official says the woman detained in Lebanon is not the wife of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi. (AP/Reuters/Washington Post)

Diplomats worldwide are working together to target ISIS extremists. (AP)

A court in Egypt sentences 188 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death over an attack on a police station near Cairo last year. (New York Times/The National)

King Abdullah of Jordan 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 world public opinion is increasingly turning away from Israel. (The National)

Peter Beinart asks why Israel’s proposed “Jewish nation-state” bill offends Jewish Americans more than the occupation. (Ha’aretz)

Chemi Shalev gives 15 reasons why Netanyahu could lose the next election. (Ha’aretz)

Aaron David Miller says right now this election is Netanyahu’s to lose, rather than one that presages some change in Israeli attitudes. (Foreign Policy)

Ha’aretz says if Netanyahu wins again at the ballot box, Israel’s future is in danger. (Ha’aretz)

David Horovitz looks at the rise of the newly right-wing Israel. (Times of Israel)

Nahum Barnea says Netanyahu is blaming Israeli voters for his inability to rule. (Ynet)

Al-Monitor interviews FM Lieberman. (Al-Monitor)

David Ignatius says paranoia is the best weapon against ISIS extremists. (Washington Post)

The New York Times says the international community is failing in the shared responsibility to assist people forced to flee their countries. (New York Times)

Thomas Friedman looks at how the “foreign policy of fear” took hold after Sept. 11.  (New York Times)

Michael Young says Lebanon’s Presidential stalemate will not end soon. (The National)

Rami Khouri says Egypt is now impossible to analyze. (Daily Star)

Abdul Rahman Al Rashed 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 fears a Middle East without intellectuals and writers to speak out against the repression and intimidation. (Asharq al-Awsat)