“The crimes of Jewish settlers have long been abetted by how Israel chooses to rule over the Palestinians,” writes Matthew Duss.

Israeli occupation authorities on Monday have released all extremist settlers who were detained following arson attack, which burned alive 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and his father on July 31. The settlers’ release comes a day after the infant’s father, Sa’ad Dawabshe, died of wounds sustained in the arson attack.

“The rising tensions are evident everywhere. In Meir Ettinger’s fanaticism; in Palestinian villages where night watchmen groups are formed; in Givat Ronen outpost where ‘the most hotheaded guys are drawn,’ and in the police, where investigators are trying to solve the arson in Duma and prepare for possible Jewish retaliation,” write Oded Shalom and Elior Levy.

“The phrase ‘Jewish terrorism’ has come up frequently over the past week. But aren’t the daily actions of the Israeli army also terrorism? And can radical settlers be considered terrorists if they share the convictions of the state?” asks Samah Salaime.

“Instead of imprisoning stone throwers for 20 years, Israelis should push to end the policies that sow despair among Palestinians,” writes Emily Omer-Man.

The state invests almost double the amount of money in pupils living on the east side of the security fence in Judea and Samaria than those in the periphery, according to research published by Macro – The Center for Political Economics on Monday.

Bentzi Sau, a candidate for the national police commissioner, has riled Palestinian citizens who continue to experience his interpretation of law enforcement: oppression and harassment.

“It’s not too late for Schumer and these other Jewish members of Congress to reconsider their positions,” writes Lara Friedman. “In doing so, they should set aside the views of politically and ideologically motivated lobbyists and pundits and give serious consideration to the views of apolitical U.S. nonproliferation and national security experts, who almost universally support the deal.”

“Here is my bi-partisan proposal to opponents of the deal: don’t cut our countries adrift from our allies, and don’t light my region on fire,” writes Dahlia Scheindlin. “If this deal falls, I’ll have to suffer the consequences of the war you chose.”

“The nuclear deal sets back any Iranian military nuclear program by at least 10 years, and does so without sparking a regional war. That, by itself, makes the deal the best option available,” writes Michael Omer-Man.

Despite much talk of a possible rapprochement with Israel spurred by mutual opposition to the Iran deal, the Sunni Arab Gulf states have not changed their position on the Palestinian question and are unlikely to urge Ramallah to make concessions, a senior official in the Obama administration said.

The world powers’ deal with Iran is dangerous, but Israel cannot intervene in American politics to fight it, opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) said in a meeting with 24 Democratic members of the US Congress Sunday.

The infant mortality rate in Gaza has risen for the first time in more than half a century, a new study by the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees says.