Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah told the Washington Post that the Obama administration intends to restart peace talks after the conclusion of negotiations with Iran: “We have had certain assurances from the United States that after the Iranian deal, they will resume negotiations between us and the Israelis. We count on the [United] States and are sure they will deliver.”

Beginning Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to assume the power to decide which bills will come to a vote in the Knesset and which will be shelved, in keeping with coalition agreements.

“Instead of talking about the occupation and the danger of a bi-national state, the Labor chairman became obsessed with the middle class’ economic situation, which isn’t that bad,” writes Sever Plocker.

A draft law sponsored by Ayelet Shaked would dramatically lower the bar for convicting Palestinians in Jerusalem for throwing stones, and set a penalty of 10 years in prison. The law’s application to West Bank settlers is unlikely.

“Israel’s political and social outlook, rooted in its desire to be a ‘Jewish state,’ makes it impossible to view the Palestinians as anything but an existential problem, even those it accepts as citizens,” writes Amjad Iraqi.

Likud MK Benny Begin went from minister without portfolio to MK without any other title Sunday, two days after he tendered a resignation letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without making his actions public.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman went on the offensive against one another on Sunday evening, both blaming the other of poorly representing the political right whose voters handed an election victory to Netanyahu’s Likud in March.

The Palestinian Authority will submit files on 145 Israeli settlements in the West Bank to the International Criminal Court in The Hague this month, a Palestinian cartographer said on Monday.

“The current situation in Palestine is similar to what it was before the Oslo Accord, which does not necessarily mean that a new peace agreement might be reached with Israel,” writes Asmaa al-Ghoul.

“Faced with numerous security challenges, Hamas leaders appear to have settled on reconciliation with Salafists in Gaza rather than force of arms,” writes Adnan Abu Amer.