“The limitations and inspections regime the deal would impose on the Iranian nuclear program will make it virtually impossible for Tehran to build a bomb,” writes Trita Parsi.

“This is an historic moment — both sides have come too far to walk away without a good deal,”Arms Control Association expert Kelsey Davenport told AFP.

World powers and Iran prepared to move past Tuesday’s deadline for a comprehensive nuclear agreement, with officials suggesting significant backtracking by Tehran’s negotiators that may need several more days of discussions to resolve, while adamantly denying Washington would “cave” to Iranian demands.

Shots were fired late Monday toward an Israeli vehicle traveling near the West Bank settlements of Shilo and Shvut Rachel in a possible terrorist attack attempt. At least four people were initially reported injured, with three people sustaining serious wounds and one with light-to-moderate wounds. “This looks like an attack that was well-planned and not a spontaneous attack,” a security source told The Jerusalem Post’s sister publication Ma’ariv.

Israeli forces carried out multiple detention raids across the occupied West Bank overnight Monday after three Israeli settlers were injured in a shooting south of Nablus and an explosive device was allegedly hurled at a settler vehicle near Ramallah.

“France is considering sharp economic measures against Israeli goods and businesses east of the Green Line, and might implement these measures once the agreement with Iran is signed,” writes Uri Savir.

More than 15 years after they were closed to non-Muslim visitors, the sites on the Temple Mount may be opened to them once again.

At a teen dialogue program for Palestinians, Israelis and Americans in Evanston, Illinois, some years ago, a small, commonplace, clip-out map of Israel undermined a concerted grassroots peace-building effort. The map portrayed a barebones Israel, with borders stretching laterally from the Mediterranean to Jordan.

The IDF has all but refused to fulfill its obligation to hold Israeli settlers accountable under the law and to protect Palestinians from them, according to a new report by Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din.

“I was hoping I could use my knowledge to help defend my country, but when the moment of truth arrived, I was sent to the occupied territories to control a civilian population,” writes Israeli veteran Nadav Weiman.

Amid a lack of an advanced system to sort out hazardous household waste, experts deem Gaza’s current waste disposal operations unhealthy, causing a serious threat to public health.

Residents fear speaking out against regime amid massive financial crisis, with half saying they would consider emigration — but no alternative has emerged.

“That Israel allows Palestinians in Gaza to import used goods is not a symbol of goodwill or charitable policy – it represents normalization of the siege,” writes Dan Cohen.

The situation in Gaza ‘isn’t pleasant,’ Israel’s defense minister admits, but says that ‘if they decided to export strawberries instead of rockets, situation would be different.’

On last day of the school year, children arrived to find swastikas, hateful slogans sprayed on the wall.

Talks to form a new unity government have “reached an impasse,” the head of a PLO-appointed committee leading the talks told Ma’an News Sunday.