A Palestinian man stabs and critically wounds an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv. (Reuters/New York Times/Ma’an/PNN/JTA/Ha’aretz)

 

PM Netanyahu vows a harsh response to the ongoing wave of Arab violence. (AP/PNN/Jerusalem Post)

 

A Palestinian citizen of Israel is shot by Israeli police, causing protests. (New York Times/AFP/Times of Israel)

 

An Israeli ministerial committee approves a bill that would apply all laws passed by the Knesset to the settlements. (Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz)

 

Palestinian official Shaath says the Knesset bill is dangerous and is aimed to eventually annexing territories. (Ma’an)

 

FM Lieberman says Palestinian citizens of Israel living in northern Israel should notremain citizens if there is an agreement for a Palestinian state. (Times of Israel)

 

Israel will reportedly confiscate 3176 acres around the occupied West Bank village of Beit Iksa for military purposes. (Times of Israel)

 

Pres. Abbas says he would he like to move the shrine of the late Pres. Arafat toJerusalem. (Ma’an/Ynet)

 

Fatah cancels the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of Arafat in Gaza. (Ma’an/JTA)

 

Israel will allow Palestinian fishermen in Gaza to export fish to the occupied West Bank. (Ma’an)

 

A Jewish American billionaire Sheldon Adelson calls Palestinians an “invented people.”(Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)

 

A new recording from 1983 between Pres. Reagan and PM Begin exposes the fraught relationship between the two leaders during the First Lebanon War. (Times of Israel/Ha’aretz)

 

Palestine’s Sheikh Khalifa mosque opens for worship. (The National)

 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Right says five nuclear engineers were killed in the outskirts of Damascus. (Reuters)

 

Pres. Assad says he will consider the UN ceasefire proposal for Aleppo. (AP)

 

Iraqi officials say ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was wounded in an airstrike in the Anbar province. (AP/New York Times/Washington Post/The National)

 

The New York Times looks at the obstacles that limit targets and pace of strikes on ISIS. (New York Times)

 

Pres. Obama will deploy an additional 1500 American troops to Iraq. (New York Times/Washington Post)

 

Pres. Masoum will visit Saudi Arabia, raising hopes of a tentative thaw in relations between the Arab neighbors. (Reuters)

 

Jordan imposes new rules on Muslim clerics to counter ISIS ideology. (Washington Post)

 

Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis allegedly pledges allegiance to ISIS in an audio clip. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/The National)

 

Egypt’s ultimatum for civil society expires. (AP)

 

King Abdullah of Jordan meets with EU Foreign Policy Chief Mogherini in Amman. (Jordan Times)

 

The US, EU and Iran hold an unscheduled second day of nuclear talks in Oman. (Reuters/AP/Washington Post)

 

The El Feel oil field in Libya has closed down due to a power outage. (Reuters)

 

 

Oudeh Basharat says when the victim is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, an entire country “devotedly protects the murderers.” (Ha’aretz)

 

Ha’aretz says the recent death of a Palestinian citizen of Israel in Kafr Kana is the direct result of the latest rules of engagement issued by Public Security Minister Aharonovitch. (Ha’aretz)

 

Pres. Rivlin says its time for all Israelis to denounce violence and seek new avenues for respectful dialogue. (Ynet)

 

Rogel Alpher says what’s happening in occupied East Jerusalem is not an intifada, but a civil war. (Ha’aretz)

 

Mattia Toaldo and Hugh Lovatti ask if EU recognition of the State of Palestine could be more than symbolic. (Al-Monitor)

 

David Horovitz says many Israelis are fed up with Netanyahu and are looking to Lieberman. (Times of Israel)

 

Nathan Guttman says Adelson and Saban are trying to “out-hawk” each other on pro-Israel issues. (Jewish Daily Forward)

 

Abdul Rahman Al Rashed says extremism is most dangerous to the community that creates and hosts it. (Asharq al-Awsat)

 

Sharif Nashashibi asks if Egypt’s Sinai offensive misdiagnoses the actual problem. (The National)

 

H.A. Hellyer says its the end of an era for Egypt’s NGO’s. (Al Arabiya)

 

Luay Al Khateeb and Ahmed Mehdi say the Kurds should not leave Iraq. (New York Times)

 

Jackson Diehl says Obama hopes “direct diplomacy” with Iran will finally work. (Washington Post)

 

Trita Parsi says Obama’s letter to Ayatollah Khamenei is “pragmatic politics.” (Foreign Policy)

 

The National says an Iranian nuclear deal is in everybody’s interest. (The National)

 

Hussein Ibish looks at arguments both for and against a Nidaa Tounes-Ennahda coalition in Tunisia. (The National)