News:
Fatah and Hamas say they have reached an agreement over the terms of areconciliation deal. (Ma’an/Xinhua/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post/Ynet)
PM Netanyahu tells Pres. Abbas to choose between peace with Israel or reconcilationwith Hamas. (Reuters/Xinhua/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Abbas renews his threat to dissolve the PA if peace talks fail. (New York Times)
An Israeli Minister reports progress in talks with Palestinians. (Times of Israel)
Jewish “price tag” extremists vandalize a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem. (PNN/Jerusalem Post/JTA/Times of Israel)
Palestinian citizens of Israel condemn a plan to recruit Christians in the Israeli military. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces arrest 17 Palestinians in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
A short American film questions the ways Israelis and Palestinians see each other as a result of the conflict. (AP)
France will unveil a plan to prevent young Muslims from going to fight in Syria and becoming radicalized. (Reuters)
The UN says aid efforts for Syria have failed. (New York Times/AP)
Former PM Blair says the world must take a stand against Muslim extremists. (Ha’aretz)
The US will deliver 10 Apache helicopters to Egypt. (Reuters)
Lebanon’s Parliament fails to elect a new President. (AP/Xinhua/Daily Star)
PM Erdogan calls the killing of Armenians during World War I “our shared pain.”(AP/Jerusalem Post)
An Amnesty International report says Qatar is failing to protect domestic workers from exploitation. (AP)
Commentary:
Rami Khouri says more people are realizing Israel is slowly turning into an “apartheid-like state.” (Daily Star)
Salman Mashalha says the PA should hold new elections and get rid of the “corrupt old guard.” (Ha’aretz)
Ha’aretz says Israel continues to undermine the principle of “non-refoulement.” (Ha’aretz)
The Washington Post says Pres. Assad is feeling confident enough to call for elections. (Washington Post)
The National says Assad’s election plan is “farcical and surreal.” (The National)
Osama Al Sharif says Jordan will likely tighten control of its borders with Syria due to the fear of infiltration. (Jordan Times)
Michael Young says Lebanese may not know who will be their next president, but this uncertainty is a “refreshing rarity” in the Middle East. (The National)
The New Yorks Times says neither the closing of Abu Ghraib nor the passage of time can erase the stain created by the brutalization of inmates. (New York Times)
Abdel Monem Said says bringing down the Mehleb government because of the electricity crisis in Egypt will serve nothing. (Al Arabiya)
Ali Ibrahim says if the current situation in Libya persists, the most plausible scenario is international intervention. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Faisal Abbas asks if Qatar will live up to its commitments and normalize its relations with the other GCC states. (Al Arabiya)
Hassan Hassan outlines the details of Qatar’s reported deal with other GCC states.(Foreign Policy)

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