A young Palestinian man armed with a knife stabbed 13 people during rush hour on Wednesday morning in an attack on a bus in central Tel Aviv before he was arrested by Israeli police. Four of the victims were badly hurt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for inciting the incident, but the attacker told the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, that he was “motivated by Israel’s summer war in Gaza, the recent fighting over the Temple Mount and Islamist broadcasts praising the martyr’s ‘road to paradise,'” according to Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz.

Experts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict believe a formerly classified legal document could help the Palestinians make the case that Israel is committing war crimes by constructing settlements in the territories captured from Jordan in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. That document, which could be used to argue that Israeli settlements violate international law, was written shortly after the war — by a lawyer for the Israeli government. Foundation for Middle East Peace President Matthew Duss speculates that the memo could be a “huge asset.”

When U.S .President Barack Obama entered into power, expectations were high for a more intimate U.S.-Palestinian relationship. This past month’s events at the UN Security Council, ICC and the ensuing calls to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority demonstrate how these hopes have been dashed.

Using human shields, attacking medical teams and hospitals, shooting at civilians waving white flags. A new report by Physicians for Human Rights authored by a team of international medical experts documents shocking testimonies of victims and presents new evidence from Operation Protective Edge in Gaza.

Dozens of Israeli Foreign Ministry personnel on Tuesday forced their way into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex under the heavy protection of the Israeli police, a Palestinian official said.

Police arrested two residents of the West Bank settlement of Itamar on suspicion they shot and injured two Palestinians at the beginning of the month in an incident that allegedly began with a false report of Palestinian aggression.

Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian house in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabir on Wednesday, locals told Ma’an.

The search for a successor to President Mahmoud Abbas is getting nastier every day. His bitter rival, Mohamed Dahlan, has emerged as the front runner and favoured candidate.

The Palestinian de facto authorities in Gaza have opened an investigation into a blast that targeted the car of a senior security official in the coastal enclave.

The leader of Israel’s left-wing Labor Party, Isaac Herzog, lacks a military record. His appearance, voice and manners are more befitting of a prime minister in Australia and Canada. But on the other hand, he has the security echelon behind him.

While Europeans are suspending their criticisms until after the Israeli elections in fear of providing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with political ammunition, the ICC decision to open an investigation is being used by the Israeli right to present the Europeans as enemies.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman signals his willingness to expel Palestinian citizens of Israel from the country yet again. But this time around he is being flagged as a moderate.