News:
Israel approves [1] the construction of 900 settler homes [2] in occupied East Jerusalem. (AFP/Times of Israel)
Palestinian Chief Negotiator [3] Erekat says the new Israeli government [4] will be belligerent and work against peace [5]. (AFP/PNN/JTA)
The PA is spearheading an effort to have Israel added to a UN list [6] of human rights violators. (JTA)
The Israeli army [7] will check for Hamas tunnels [8] near the Gaza border kibbutz. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Jewish settlers attack the car [9] of a senior adviser to PM Hamdallah near Nablus. (Ma’an)
The heads of Israeli and Palestinian football [10]will meet in Zurich in a bid to head off a Palestinian bid to expel Israel from the sport's governing body. (AFP)
Movie experts call on the Gaza Ministry of Culture [11] to reopen the movie theaters that were closed down during the first intifada. (Al-Monitor)
PM Netanyahu [12] clinches [13] a deal [14] to form a new government [15]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/JTA)
The Syrian army and Hezbollah advance in areas along the Lebanese border [16]. (Reuters/The National)
Hundreds of members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood [17] have returned from exile and are hoping to rebuild the movement. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia says all options are open [18] including ground operations to stop mortar attacks on its border towns by Yemen's Houthis. (Reuters)
In a letter to the UN [19], Yemen urges ground intervention [20] to save the country. (Reuters/AP)
Sec. Kerry says aid needs in Yemen [21] are dire. (New York Times)
Saudi Arabia agrees to a temporary halt [22] in Yemen attacks after talks with Kerry. (Washington Post)
Changes in Saudi Arabia's leadership [23] make the conservative kingdom's strategic positions less predictable. (Reuters)
The mayor of Tehran Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf [24] becomes a patron of the arts. (New York Times)
Commentary:
Nahum Barnea [25] says the new Israeli government can only survive thanks to Netanyahu’s authority and fear of elections. (Ynet)
Akiva Eldar [26] says the balance of power in the Knesset is clearly in favor of those supporting a two-state solution. (Al-Monitor)
Shmuel Rosner [27] says Netanyahu and his partners haven't been magnanimous in victory. (New York Times)
Peter Beinart [28] says violence doesn't erase the legitimacy of grievances – in Baltimore, Tel Aviv or the West Bank. (Ha’aretz)
Hussein Ibish [29] says the stakes have never been higher for relations between the US and its Gulf allies. (NOW)
Joyce Karam [30] asks if there will be a Syria for Iran bargain at the upcoming US-GCC summit. (Al Arabiya)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [31] says the most important aspect of the war in Yemen is not its intensity, but the disintegration of domestic partisan and tribal alliances. (Al Arabiya)
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