“As much as it chagrins Abrams and other neoconservatives, the increasing difficulty they are having with defending Israel’s policies is due to the policies they are working to defend. The longer the occupation continues, the less support it will find among Jews in the United States,” writes FMEP’s Mitchell Plitnick.

“The United Nations has predicted that Gaza would be unlivable by 2020. But they are wrong. It is unlivable right now,” writes ANERA president Bill Corcoran.

“The United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan are planning for a post-Mahmoud Abbas era which would leave his Fatah arch rival Mohammed Dahlan in control of the Palestinian presidency, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian Authority,” writes David Hearst.

By court order, Amona must be demolished by December 2016, but Netanyahu’s newly expanded right-wing coalition will likely do everything to stop that.

Nearly half of Israeli Jewish parents say they do not want Arab teachers instructing their children in school, a new poll conducted in Israel showed. The poll showed that 82 percent of religious Jews oppose having an Arab teach their kids.

“Few seem hopeful that France’s upcoming peace talks will actually result in peace between Israelis and Palestinians,” writes Rasha Abou Jalal.

Outgoing Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay (Kulanu) on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Israeli government, accusing it of leading Israel on a path to destruction, wrecking US ties and silencing dissent on everything from the gas deal to the army’s conduct. Earlier Friday, Gabbay announced he would resign from his post in protest of the coalition deal with Yisrael Beytenu and appointment of Avigdor Liberman as defense minister.

Palestinian children with cancer are suffering from the siege of the Gaza Strip as the construction of what is meant to be the first public pediatric cancer department has ground to a halt due to import restrictions. Israel and Egypt’s continued embargo along with the growing political infighting between Hamas and Fatah have made things so complicated for doctors and patients that even diagnosing which type of cancers the children have cannot be done in Gaza.