Sec. Kerry will resume Middle East peace talks after a pause. (Reuters/Jerusalem Post/Ynet)

Experts counsel a “wait-and-see” approach after peace talks collapse. (JTA)

The Christian Science Monitor analyses the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (Christian Science Monitor)

UN Middle East Envoy Serry says Israel and the Palestinians must choose between a one-state reality and a two-state solution. (Ha’aretz)

Israeli and Palestinian UN Envoys accuse each other of sabotaging the peace process. (Reuters)

Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat says Israel never gave negotiations a chance to succeed. (PNN/Ha’aretz)

Palestinians are continuing with national unity plans. (AP)

PM Netanyahu is toying with unilateral measures. (New York Times)

Deputy DM Danon says Kerry’s “apartheid” comment calls the US role as an “honest broker” into question. (Ha’aretz)

Hamas says it will never recognize Israel. (The Media Line)

Jewish “price tag” extremists vandalize a car of a Palestinian citizen of Israel. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)

Israeli occupation forces demolish homes in a refugee camp in the West Bank. (Ma’an)

The municipality of Jerusalem blames Palestinians for their own lack of representation in municipal institutions. (Ha’aretz)

The Shin Bet allegedly uncovers a Hamas-affiliated cell in the occupied West Bank. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)

Jewish groups consider including J Street in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. (New York Times)

The UN says it needs the consent of the Syrian government for cross-border aid deliveries. (Reuters)

Jordan opens a new Syrian refugee camp for 130,000 people. (AP)

50 people are killed in bomb and mortars attacks in government-controlled areas of Syria.  (New York Times)

Egyptian blogger and activist Bassem Sabry dies. (AP)

The EU says Egypt’s mass death sentences are a breach of international law. (Reuters)

Kerry says the US wants Egypt to succeed as a democracy. (AP/AFP)

Iraqis vote in their first national election since US forces withdrew in 2011. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post/The National)

Jeffrey Goldberg says Kerry used the word “apartheid” because he is worried about Israel’s future as a “Jewish state.”(Bloomberg)

Aaron David Miller says Kerry’s remarks about Israel becoming an “apartheid state” do nothing to advance the peace process. (Foreign Policy)

John Cassidy says Kerry was basically telling the truth. (New Yorker)

The Los Angeles Times says “intense engagement” by the US is unlikely to succeed if both the Israelis and Palestinians are not serious enough to make difficult decisions. (Los Angeles Times)

Rami Khouri says Israel’s decision to halt negotiations with the Palestinians is “inconsistent, insincere, and hypocritical.” (Daily Star)

Osama Al Sharif says it took more than twenty years for Pres. Abbas to “reinvent himself” as a Palestinian leader. (Jordan Times)

Alistair Burt says friends of the Palestinians and Israelis should encourage them to keep going with the peace talks. (Asharq al-Awsat)

Morning Editions interviews Israeli Amb. Dermer. (NPR)

Reuters interviews Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar. (Reuters)

Yossi Mekelberg asks if the Palestinian unity agreement is a danger or an opportunity for the peace process. (Al Arabiya)

Ha’aretz says Israel’s appropriation of Palestinian land is a “historic injustice.” (Ha’aretz)

Zvi Bar’el says Israel needs to recognize Palestine. (Ha’aretz)

Hussein Ibish says both the US and Egypt must adjust in order to continue repairing their strained relations. (The National)

Marwan Muasher says Arab societies need to embrace the politics of pluralism and inclusiveness. (Daily Star)

The National says PM Maliki is to blame for sectarian politics in Iraq. (The National)

David Ignatius says Syrian refugees in Jordan want to go home. (Washington Post)

The Jordan Times says all Syrian refugees should be granted the right to vote in the upcoming presidential elections. (Jordan Times)

The Christian Science Monitor says Syria’s denial of aid and use of starvation provides a legal right for UN workers to enter the country without permission. (Christian Science Monitor)

Ali Ibrahim says evading or postponing subsidy reforms in the Middle East impedes development. (Asharq al-Awsat)