“An Israeli unity government between the Likud and ‘Zionist Camp’ would be bad for Israel, bad for the Palestinians, bad for America, and bad for Peace,” writes FMEP Program Director Mitchell Plitnick.

“Netanyahu conducted a campaign full of hatred and disdain for his opponents,” writes Uzi Baram. “Now he must look straight at the results of his actions and establish the government that he advocated for many months.”

Going out of its way not to directly criticize the prime minister, Zionist Union says in position paper that on issue of Iran’s nuclear program, there’s no ‘coalition or opposition.’

Dozens of Likud branch chairmen and members of Likud’s Central Committee published a petition this week demanding that party chairman, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, add the Jewish Home to his coalition and avoid a “unity” government with Labor at any cost.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a recent meeting of the security cabinet that if a comprehensive nuclear agreement between Iran and the six world powers is indeed signed by the June 30 deadline, the greatest concern is that Tehran will fully implement it without violations, two senior Israeli officials said.

“The signing and enforcement of a sustainable ceasefire  between Israel and Hamas has tangible benefits for both sides,” writes Zuri Linetsky. “First, it can serve as an identifiable set of reference terms, which can be used as a foundation for changing the nature of relations between Israel, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). Second, and potentially more valuable, a sustainable ceasefire could deliver significant economic and security benefits for all sides: economic growth brought on by a ceasefire would contribute to the creation of a self-sufficient Palestinian economy as well as a more secure Israel. Finally, an economically self-sufficient Gaza could help reinvigorate final status negotiations.”

Just a quarter of the $3.5bn in aid pledged to rebuild Gaza in the wake of last summer’s devastating war has been delivered, according to a new report by the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA).

The lack of drinking water beneath the coastal enclave poses a threat to regional stability. What happens if thousands of Gazans rush the Israeli and Egyptian fences, pleading for water to survive?

People who dig and use cross-border tunnels in Egypt could face a maximum penalty of life in jail, state news agency MENA said on Sunday, citing amendments to the penal code targeting activity in the frontier area near the Gaza Strip.

“The continuing Gaza government employee salary crisis is causing increased social issues for those affected, with debts accumulating fast and heads of households suffering socially,” writes Rasha Abou Jalal.

The severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the vicinity of the settlements in Hebron encourage the arbitrary and regular harassment of the residents. B’Tselem volunteer Raed Abu a-Rmeileh filmed a video showing what happened to an ice cream delivery intended for a grocery store.

Human Rights Watch say settlement farms, mostly in the Jordan Valley, employ children as young as 11, pay them low wages and subject them to dangerous working conditions.

“As long as Israelis deny, distort and repress the expulsion of over 750,000 Palestinians, we will never truly accept and absorb the end of the occupation,” writes Natasha Roth.