News:

Israeli occupation forces evacuate Palestinian activists protesting in the West Bank. (AP)

Hamas struggles to rein in armed factions that are not completely under its control. (The Washington Post)

FM Lieberman calls Sec. Kerry a “true friend of Israel” and criticizes Economy Minister Bennett’s comments. (Ha’aretz)

UNRWA announces that a strike by its employees in the West Bank has ended. (The New York Times)

Aid agencies working in the occupied territories express concern over rise in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and property.(Reuters)

A Fatah Central Committee delegation arrives in Gaza to examine the state of the parties apparatus in Gaza. (Ma’an)

Malcolm Hoenlein calls on western governments to combat the growing BDS movement. (AP)

Israel is trying to include more Arabs in its tech sector. (AP)

The Syrian government will take part in a second round of peace talks in Geneva. (AP/Reuters)

Syria begins evacuating civilians from a besieged area in Homs. (Reuters)

The Syrian rebels free hundreds of prisoners in an attack on a prison. (AP)

A bombing and a shooting kill six people in Iraq. (AP/Xinhua)

A blast hits two police vehicles injuring six people in Egypt. (Xinhua)

PM Zeidan calls on Libyans to avoid violence in settling a standoff over the interim parliament. (Reuters)

World leaders attend a ceremony for the formal adoption of the new Tunisian Constitution. (AP/AFP)
 

Commentary:

The Jordan Times says no one will fooled by Netanyahu’s “Jewish state” demand. (The Jordan Times)

Ahmad Majdoubeh says Kerry’s plan is the last chance to rescue the two-state solution. (The Jordan Times)

Bakir Oweida says Kerry’s plan will likely fail, and the Palestinians and Israelis will have to coexist anyway. (Asharq Alawsat)

Yehezkel Dror says Israel should seize the opportunity in the changing Middle East for peace and reform. (Ha'aretz)

Rami Khouri says the SodaStream controversy highlights important Palestinian and international activism against the Israeli occupation. (The Jordan Times)

David Landau uses excerpts from Jewish religious texts to show how Israeli incitement works. (Ha'aretz)

Ha'aretz says a new proposed bill forcing schools to present Israel as a "Jewish state" is anti-democratic. (Ha'aretz)

Harold James says the Syrian war could have dire global consequences. (The Daily Star)

Michael Young says US Syria policy is in total meltdown. (The Daily Star)

Anne Applebaum likens Pres. Assad starving Syrians to killing them with a low-tech weapon of mass destruction. (The Washington Post)

Alan Philps says Russia is being seen as a supporter of Assad’s “kneel or starve” policy in Syria. (The National)

Sherif Mansour says arrests of journalists in Egypt are an attempt to bring back “Mubarak-era repression.” (The Washington Post)

Vivek Wadhwa says social media is excellent for democracy, but terrorists are also using it. (The Gulf News)