FMEP’s Mitchell Plitnick shows how EU labeling of settlement products helps the cause of peace.

“While Israel suppresses Palestinians from the outside, the Palestinian Authority is tightening its grip and control of political expression in the media, the streets, and even in mosques — all of which is a gift to the occupation,” writes Furat Awadallah.

West Bank farmers are furious over the allocation of funds, which are to be used for projects that have ‘no connection to agriculture.’

“Ayelet Shaked’s proposed bill is no pale imitation of any U.S. law, as the justice minister has tried to suggest. Instead it transparently supports discrimination against human rights activism in Israel,” writes Frances Raday.

“A bitter fate awaits Israel’s democracy unless the Israeli silent majority shakes off its learned helplessness,” writes Akiva Eldar.

“The chairman of the Palestinian Authority is worried that ongoing economic woes will lead to an uprising against him and in recent speeches has focused on social issues. Hamas is waiting for the PA to collapse even though they could be brought down at the same time,” writes Elior Levy.

An Israeli air strike has killed one Palestinian man and injured three others in Beit Lahiya, a northern border town in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Channel 10 quoted the army as saying that they had targeted a “terror cell” on Wednesday morning which was trying to plant a bomb at the border fence.

In public, casino billionaire and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson is on the outs with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). But tax documents reveal that the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF)—the fundraising arms of AIPAC that arranges for congressional junkets to Israel, among other projects—is engaging an Adelson-linked company for millions of dollars of travel services.