The Palestinian Authority said it would not abandon its efforts to join international treaties, despite Israel’s decision to freeze the transfer of tax revenues, a step considered a pressure card by Palestinian officials.

The former head of the ICC discusses how Palestine’s accession to the Rome Statute could present an opportunity for Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.

Israeli military officers and experts are warning against funding freezes and other punitive acts against the Palestine Authority that they insist will jeopardize security coordination with Ramallah.

“Ultimately the best outcome of the turn to the ICC would be the PA’s extrication from the swamp that is Oslo and its reorientation toward Palestinian liberation,” writes Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erekat.

When calling on Europe to stand by Israel and when calling French Jews to immigrate to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is harnessing the Paris terror attacks for his electoral needs.

Israeli Channel 2 TV reported Tuesday evening that Housing Minister Uri Ariel sent Monday a letter to the Yesha Council (“Judea Samaria and Gaza Council”), instructing officials to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank in order to house French Jewish immigrants.

Brent Sasley discusses the left-leaning Labor party’s chances in the upcoming Israeli elections.

“The main thing is to create the impression that a whole side of the political spectrum is uniting,” writes Uri Avnery.

Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, saying he was an obstacle to peace and was “leading diplomatic terrorism,” arguing that Abbas must be removed from the diplomatic arena.