“With the congress’s conclusion, one thing has become obvious: Fatah is now split,” writes Dalia Hatuqa.

“In the wake of the United States’ elections, the waning weeks of 2016 are being defined by despair for progressives. That despair is at its thickest when considering the prospects for ending the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza,” writes FMEP’s Mitchell Plitnick.

“The recently concluded Fatah congress only intensified the aimless drift that characterises Palestinian condition today,” writes Mouin Rabbani.

Life and death in East Jerusalem’s Palestinian refugee camp.

“Distracted by the ‘fire intifada’ that wasn’t and the progress of the ‘muezzin law,’ the Israeli Left and several Palestinian Knesset members failed to call out the other injustices of the last few weeks,” writes Rami Younis.

Israel’s former top peace negotiator Tzipi Livni tells The Washington Post that there will be no final resolution until Israeli and Palestinian leaders understand that the price of no deal is higher than the price of a deal.

“It’s alarming how many of Trump’s advisers on Israel have a long history of close personal and financial ties to some of the most extreme settlements,” J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami told Ha’aretz.

Israeli Knesset gives initial approval to bill that would legalise 4,000 homes in the settlement outposts.

“Despite the Regulation Bill, the Public Broadcasting Corporation and the different investigations breathing down Netanyahu’s neck, the main issue being discussed in the Likud party these days is whether early elections are on the horizon,” writes Sima Kadmon.

Salafist lobs grenade at security forces, is wounded in return fire, as Hamas tries to crack down on ultra-conservatives.