France’s foreign minister said Friday his country will move forward on discussions with its partners on a possible UN Security Council resolution that could present a framework for negotiations toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The head of Israel’s third largest political party Ayman Odeh began a four-day walk on Thursday from the Negev desert to Jerusalem in order to bring attention to the issue of unrecognised Bedouin villages.

In a key exception, however, Palestinians may not ward off settler attacks.

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered to take part in the funeral of Ali Safi in the Jalazun refugee camp near Ramallah Thursday. Safi, 18, was shot with live bullets by Israeli soldiers during clashes near the refugee camp on Wednesday, March 18. He was taken to a hospital in Ramallah and placed in the ICU until he died on Wednesday night.

Even before negotiations have started, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must struggle with his future right-wing coalition partners, a situation which might encourage him to further explore the possibility of a unity government.

“Israelis went to the polls with their eyes wide shut, thinking the status quo is sustainable. It isn’t. Israel is on its way to becoming an international pariah, and the people – who once again chose might over right – have only themselves to blame,” writes Susie Becher.

A key advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said in a Friday sermon that “defending the law in every part of the Arab world is the responsibility of every Arab leader. They must strike those outside the law with a rod of iron…starting with Palestine.” He clarified that the 2007 Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip was “a coup…and we should deal with it with resolve,” in a reference to the Saudi-led Operation Storm of Resolve, which is attacking the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

After months of freezing tax revenue transfers as punishment for the Palestinian Authority’s application to the Rome Statute, Israel announced on Friday that it will release the money to the interim government in Ramallah.

The decision by Egypt’s lower court last month to designate the Gaza-based Hamas as a “terrorist group” was annulled Friday, after the attorney who filed the initial motion withdrew it, according to reports in Arab media.

A young teacher who lost three limbs in an Israeli missile strike leads by example, showing his young students how to overcome adversity.

Hamas is seeking to expand its regional relations, namely with Egypt, which is seemingly trying to ease tensions with the movement.