Sec. Kerry phones Israeli Amb. Oren to object to Israeli plans to "legalize" four "unauthorized" West Bank settlement outposts. (Ha'aretz)

 

Kerry is returning to the region for more peace efforts this week. (The Guardian)

 

Palestinian officials say they have done everything they can to cooperate with US peace efforts, including delaying possible moves in multilateral organizations, and say there is "a good opportunity" at hand. (AP)

 

The Emir of Qatar says the "Arab Spring" has made Israeli-Palestinian peace were urgently needed than ever. (YNet)

 

The Yesh Atid leader, Finance Minister Lapid, says he favors an immediate return to negotiations with Palestinians despite recent comments to the New York Times that provoked a backlash within his own party. (Jerusalem Post)

 

Egypt launches a rescue effort for officers kidnapped by extremists in the Sinai Peninsula. (New York Times)

 

Egyptian soldiers protesting the kidnappings maintain the closure of the Gaza crossing pointfor a fourth day. (Xinhua/Los Angeles Times)

 

Israelis and Palestinians continue to quarrel over what exactly happened to 12-year-old Mohammed al-Dura at the start of the second intifada. (AP)

 

The boy's father denounces a new Israeli government report claiming he was never kill that all, insisting his son was "killed in cold blood." (Xinhua/Israeli International Affairs and Strategy Ministry/Ma'an)

 

Strategic Affairs Minister Steinitz defends the report. (Jerusalem Post)

 

An Israeli court postpones a decision on the eviction of 10 Palestinians from a hotly contested neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma'an)

 

Israeli forces say they fired back across the frontier separating Syria and the occupied Golan Heights when they were attacked across cease-fire lines. (Reuters)

 

Two are killed in a suspected clash between feuding clans in Gaza. (Ma'an)

 

The EU denies it is delaying proposed plans to label all Israeli settlement products. (Ma'an)

 

The Zionist Organization of America regains its tax-exempt status. (JTA)

 

The Gaza hip-hop group Palestinian Unit persists in spite of a ban against it by Hamas on the grounds they "too Western." (Al Monitor)

 

A veteran psychologist and Palestinian refugee in Lebanon is counseling newly-arrived Syrianrefugees. (Daily Star)

 

 

 

Tal Harris asks which, if any, Israeli decision-makers are capable of responding seriously to the Arab Peace Initiative. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)

 

Ha'aretz calls the new Israeli government report on Mohammed al-Dura "harmful propaganda." (Ha'aretz)

 

Herb Keinon says it's not clear whose interests are being served by resurrecting the controversy. (Jerusalem Post)

 

Shlomi Eldar also wonders what, 13 years after the fact, the report's authors could hope to be achieving. (Al Monitor)

 

Michael Wilner says Israel is concerned about a new State Department report finding discrimination against non-Jews and non-Orthodox Jews in Israel. (Jerusalem Post)

 

Amos Harel says Israel should save its resources for dealing with Iran, not Syria. (Ha'aretz)

 

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi looks at the growth in Gaza of Salafist extremists opposed to Hamas. (Jerusalem Post)

 

Adel Safty says Israelis must begin to understand the injustice faced by Palestinian refugees. (Gulf News)

 

Samar El Yassir says Palestinian refugees in Syria are particularly vulnerable. (Al Monitor)

 

A.B. Yehoshua says it's time to redefine Zionism realistically for the contemporary era. (Ha'aretz)

 

AFP and Variety look at the new Palestinian film "Omar." (AFP/Variety)