NEWS

PM Fayyad is hospitalized with a stomach ailment. (Foreign Policy/AP)

Hamas leaks the fact that it has reelected Khaled Mishaal as head of its Politburo. (AP)

Hamas imposes a new law enforcing rigid gender segregation in schools and prohibiting any interaction with Israelis. (New York Times/Xinhua)

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention protest following the death of one of their colleagues due to cancer, allegedly due to insufficient care. (AP)

Pres. Abbas says there is no need for a minisummit on reconciliation with Hamas in Cairo. (Xinhua)

Israel's Navy prepares to defend offshore natural gas deposits it is exploiting. (Reuters)

A Palestinian researcher says Israel has arrested over 1000 Palestinians, and over 200 children, since the beginning of the year. (PNN)

Israeli police arrest five settlers in connection with the near-fatal shooting of a Palestinian a few weeks ago. (+972)

A new poll suggests most Palestinians still support a two-state solution and that Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is their most popular politician. (Jerusalem Post)

Millions allegedly embezzled from the PA by former official Muhammad Rashid may have ended up in Canada. (Globe and Mail)

Cancer rates are increasing in Gaza. (Al Monitor)

The Israel Project is being transformed by its new leadership. (The Forward)

COMMENTARY

Hussein Ibish says by reconfirming Mishaal as its leader, Hamas is once again avoiding change. (Now)

Amira Hass explains that Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement in the occupied territories long preceded the emergence of suicide bombings. (Ha'aretz)

Chaim Levinson asks what the settlers learned from the first intifada 25 years ago. (Ha'aretz)

The National says Abbas must end his campaign against his critics. (The National)

Shaul Rosenfeld says Pres. Obama doesn't understand the risks Israel has taken for peace. (YNet)

Zalman Shoval says the argument that "peace is the best security" isn't very convincing to many Israelis. (Jerusalem Post)

J.J. Goldberg says Israel's new government has no clear position on a two-state solution and is badly divided. (The Forward)

Writer William Sutcliffe says the Israeli occupation was "so much more brutal than I thought it could be." (The Guardian)

Alan Eisner says AIPAC's new strategy of reaching out to liberals is bound to fail. (The Forward)

Ali Ibrahim looks at the many different roles played by smuggling tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Ahmed Othman says the United States and Israel now have a simple choice: allow Iran to go nuclear or take military action to prevent that. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

APN interviews Yossi Alpher on the latest developments regarding Israel. (APN)