“The fight over Netanyahu’s speech, which was arranged with Republican leaders behind the back of Democrats and the White House, has dented the decades-old bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, which is a cornerstone of support for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other groups,” writes Natan Guttman.

Member of Knesset Haneen Zoabi “went too far” when she said that the Palestinian kidnappers of three Israeli teens murdered last summer were not terrorists, according to Supreme Court President Justice Miriam Naor, in explaining the court’s reasons for not interfering in the Balad MK’s six-month suspension from the Knesset.

The Arab Joint List launched its Hebrew-language campaign in central Tel Aviv Wednesday evening and unveiled its slogan: “My answer to racism.” Displayed behind the chairmen of the four parties on the list, the phrase was set against a photo of graffiti reading, “Arabs out,” the scene of one of many anti-Arab hate crimes that have become commonplace in recent years.

Likud is making a comeback over Labor, according to the latest elections poll.

In the summer of 2011, then-president Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas were close to reaching a framework agreement that would have enabled Israel and the PA to restart peace negotiations, Israeli and Palestinian sources told The Times of Israel.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini yesterday called on Israel to release the Palestinian Authority’s tax revenues as an immediate measure to address the critical financial situation faced by Palestinians.

Israel has earmarked around 2,000 dunams (500 acres) of private Palestinian land for annexation in the Hebron district, local activists say.

The Palestinian Authority’s finance minister said on Thursday that Israel’s withholding of customs revenue has deprived the PA of 70 percent of its income, warning of “unintended consequences.” “No economy can survive under these conditions,” he said at a symposium hosted by the World Bank.

A PLO delegation hopes to head to Gaza soon in order to work on implementing potential “solutions” to the reconstruction crisis facing the besieged coastal enclave, a Fatah official said Wednesday.

Activists from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement launched a campaign in the West Bank on Wednesday, calling on people to boycott products made by six major Israeli food companies.

Several Arab countries are withholding aid to pressure Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to hold presidential and parliamentary elections soon, as a solution to Palestinian internal divisions, PA officials in Ramallah told Amad News on Wednesday.