“The boycott movement on campus is thriving not because of, but in spite of, the anti-Semitism of some of its adherents,” writes Eric Alterman. “Indeed, it is filled with young Jews. The notion that politicians can demand that a university prohibit certain types of political speech it finds politically distasteful by threatening its funding not only makes martyrs of those whom it seeks to silence, it also bespeaks a lack of confidence both in its own beliefs and in the value of reason itself.”

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and 10 House members have asked the Obama administration to investigate claims that the Israeli and Egyptian security forces have committed “gross violations of human rights” — allegations that if prove could affect U.S. military aid to the countries.

“When it comes to virtually every other aspect of domestic and international policy, Clinton operates on an entirely different moral and political level than her Republican competitors. How sad, therefore, that so little distinguished her AIPAC presentation from the Republican pandering,” writes Henry Siegman.

“Israel’s own policies are fueling the very debate it wants to quash,” writes Peter Beinart.

The judge who presided over the ruling said on Tuesday there is ‘reasonable doubt’ about the shooting ‘given the complexity of the event.’

EU and UN decisions to label settlement products and identify firms doing business there are driving companies to relocate from West Bank settlements across the Green Line.

“Recent land confiscations by the Israeli government appear to further the Allon Plan for securing permanent Israeli control of the West Bank,” writes Daoud Kuttab.

Since March 9, truckloads of Palestinian products were turned back at Beituniya Commercial Crossing, west of Ramallah, without any official explanation by the Israeli authorities. Senior Palestinian officials said the Israeli ban was an arbitrary political decision. “Israel continues its attempts to isolate Jerusalem from its surroundings and blur its identity,” Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said at the time.

“The draft law, which passed the first of three votes on Monday, would allow the expulsion of Arab MKs from the Knesset. It is one of several recent steps by the Netanyahu government to limit Palestinian political participation,” writes Michael Omer-Man.

Moshe Kahlon says he is pressuring Netanyahu and opposition leader Isaac Herzog to form a unity government, saying the government’s second year will be much more difficult than the first year.