“Israel and the international community are making a big mistake in their political insistence to give the resources for the Strip’s reconstruction only to the Palestinian Authority,” writes Israeli Major-General Giora Eiland.

“Inside Hamas, the military branch is gradually taking even stronger control of the movement’s institutions and blocking attempts to reach a long-term cease-fire with Israel,” writes Shlomi Eldar. A senior Hamas leader denied reports of a split within the movement.

Southern commander says more rounds of fighting are inevitable, but status quo preferable to total chaos in the Strip.

Lina Halsa certainly made a splash at the student rally for the Islamist Hamas movement here at Birzeit University last month. Wearing a sleeveless top, tight jeans, and with her hair in a ponytail, Ms. Halsa’s attire was revealing even by the standards of this liberal, secular campus. But it was downright scandalous according to Hamas norms.

Civil servants hired by the Gaza Strip’s de facto Hamas leaders went on strike across all Gazan ministries and public institutions except schools on Tuesday.

The Abu Alkian were expelled in 1948 from their Negev lands, which went to Kibbutz Shoval. A few years later they built Umm al-Hiran, which is now slated to become a new Jewish town named Hiran.

“Two justice ministers tried to revolutionize Israel’s legal system and failed; one had extensive political experience, the other had a professional reputation, and they both had the prime minister’s full support,” writes Nahum Barnea. “Ayelet Shaked has none of that.”