“President Barack Obama has done more to pivot the United States away from the hawkish foreign policy entrenched in Washington than even his supporters give him credit for,” writes FMEP President Matt Duss.

“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused US Vice President Joe Biden’s offer to reopen talks with Israel, convinced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no real intention of negotiating,” writes Shlomi Eldar.

A growing chorus of Jewish voices are blasting a major Israel lobbying group for inviting Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to speak at its annual conference, arguing his inflammatory rhetoric and sometimes anti-Semitic supporters are out-of-step with the values of Judaism.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday blasted Breaking the Silence after Israeli Channel 2 reported that the group gathers information about Israeli military operations while collecting testimonies from former soldiers. Breaking the Silence Executive Director Yuli Novak asserted her organization publishes testimonies in accordance with the guidelines of the military censorship, “the only body authorized to decide what can and cannot be published.”

Roughly 150 Palestinians have been put on trial in Israeli military courts for alleged incitement on Facebook. Now, the army and Shin Bet are having a hard time proving what incitement is, and often times just give up. Instead of releasing suspects as its own courts order, the army is putting them in administrative detention.

A worldwide consortium of civil liberties groups just published new report, ‘Lethal in Disguise,’ on the health consequences of crowd control weapons, in which Israel features prominently. +972 Magazine speaks to one of the editors about how Israel fares compared to the rest of the world.

In this first-hand account a University of Washington professor observes the political, social and economic situation in Gaza based on his visit there in winter 2016.

Activists in Gaza say social media campaigns critical of Hamas have gotten the attention of the armed Islamist group that has ruled Gaza for nearly a decade now.

The majority of Palestinians believe the political affiliation of the future US president “makes no difference” when it comes to advancing the peace process, according to a recent public opinion poll.

“With no prospect of progress toward statehood, the PA and Fatah leaderships worry that their security coordination with Israel leaves them perceived as collaborators,” writes Avi Issacharoff.