NEWS:
The new PA budget [1], presented by PM Fayyad, calls for $1.4 billion in external financing this year. (Ma'an)
Palestinian factions welcome Qatar's proposal to host a reconciliation summit [2] in Cairo. (Xinhua)
Israeli occupation forces arrest five Hamas activists [3] in Hebron. (Ma'an)
Israeli occupation authorities seize privately held Palestinian land [4] to expand a checkpoint. (Ma'an)
An Israeli occupation commander says Palestinian violence in the West Bank is increasing [5]. (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinians reassert that they have a right to go to the Hague [6] if peace talks with Israel totally fail. (Ha'aretz)
Turkey is reportedly asking Israel for $1 million per fatality [7] from the flotilla incident. (Jerusalem Post)
Settler leaders urge the Israeli military to take former FM Lieberman's advice and authorize soldiers to open fire on rock-throwing Palestinians [8]. (YNet)
Local Gaza journalists boycott a meeting on Hamas' restrictive new press laws [9]. (Al Monitor)
Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria [10] face multiple obstacles trying to enter Jordan. (The Atlantic)
COMMENTARY:
Ha'aretz [11] says Israel needs to be very cautious dealing with developments on the frontier between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights. (Ha'aretz)
Eva Illouz [12] looks at the tension between Israel's "Jewish" and "democratic" characters. (Ha'aretz)
Sami Michael [13]says there is an epidemic of racism in Israeli society. (YNet)
Former FM Lieberman [14] condemns PM Netanyahu's apology to Turkey. (YNet)
Nathan Guttman [15] asks, with former DM Barak gone, who will be the point person in the new Israeli government to deal with the United States. (The Forward)
William Kolbrener [16] says Pres. Obama may have given Netanyahu space to maneuver on peace, assuming he wants it. (The Forward)
Mohammad Fadhel [17] joins those saying Obama's visit to the region shows he's given up on the two-state solution. (Gulf News)
Osama Al Sharif [18] agrees Obama has abandoned the Palestinians. (Jordan Times)
Former Israeli minister Ephraim Sneh [19] says a Palestinian state is "unavoidable." (Al Monitor)
Victor Kotsev [20] sees many encouraging signs for renewed peace efforts. (Sada)
Matt Hill [21] says Israel is "addicted to settlements," and Obama should "stop enabling its self-destruction." (The Independent)
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