In an important separation-of-powers case, the Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law that would have allowed American parents of children born in Jerusalem to obtain passports saying the children were born in Israel. The president, rather than Congress, must determine national policy on the status of Jerusalem, the majority said.

“The time may soon come when the EU must decide whether financing the Palestinian Authority effectively enables Israel’s diplomatic rejectionism,” write the editors of Ha’aretz.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday exhorted the liberal Meretz party to withdraw a Knesset bill that would mandate the labeling of products manufactured in the West Bank, amid calls from European countries to implement a similar policy. The bill is also supported by the Arab-Jewish party Hadash, the senior partner in Israel’s Joint Arab List.

“Israeli members of Knesset, along with journalists, commentators and others are taking advantage of the boycott movement in order to delegitimize Israeli human rights groups at home,” writes Mairav Zonszein.

The Israeli obsession with showing ‘our side’ of the story not only guzzles financial and human resources — it is a conscious attempt to distract the world from policies of occupation.

Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday mirrored contentious remarks made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the run-up to national elections in March, cautioning against the notion of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and stating that he did not foresee such a development in his lifetime.

Officials from the EU and the UN joined the Palestinian prime minister in the West Bank village of Susya, where 340 Palestinians are at risk of being pushed out of their homes.

Israeli news site Walla on Monday published a detailed report on the services provided to Israeli settlers in Area C of the West Bank.

The Israeli planning authority on Monday rejected plans for an Israeli tourism center in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.

“What is the difference between warning about Arab hordes heading to the polls and warning of Arabs being democratically elected to parliament?” asks Edo Konrad.

From a U.S. resident who came for his father’s funeral and isn’t allowed home, to a rights activist unable to attend conferences, Haaretz speaks to five Gazans who can’t leave.

“Hamas’ military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, has been implementing a series of military measures signifying a possible truce with Israel, but is not ruling out the possibility of a deadly confrontation,” writes Adnan Abu Amer.

Russia has offered to host a reconciliation meeting between Hamas and Fatah in Moscow, Lebanese newspaper as-Safir reported Monday.

With only one third of Palestinians satisfied with the Gaza War accomplishments and only one third satisfied with the performance of the reconciliation government, half of Gazans say they are thinking about emigrating and the largest percentage believes that Israel came out a winner in the battle at FIFA. Nonetheless, Ismail Haniyeh would win the elections in Gaza Strip while Abbas would win in the West Bank.