he United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that takes the Jewish state to task over settlements, demolitions and property seizures on land the Palestinians claim for a future state, diplomats told The Associated Press.

Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Sunday threatened to sue Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government if he does not shut down incitement by the Palestinian Authority that it complains is being broadcast via Israeli airwaves.

“After a fire kills 3 Palestinian children, Hamas points most of the blame at the PA. Plainly, it doesn’t want a new war… for now,” writes Avi Issacharoff.

Palestinian doctor and journalist Belal Aldabbour reflects on the implications of increased tensions in Gaza.

A group of Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked two Palestinian human rights activists in the Tel Rumeida area in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, video footage showed.

Israeli settlers on Monday morning occupied a “huge” building in the al-Sadiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City, a local activist told Ma’an.

Israel expropriated land from an East Jerusalem Palestinian family without a tender and against the rules, then handed it over to Amana, an organization that works to establish settlements and outposts, Haaretz has learned.

“Palestinian policy, unlike the BDS approach, differentiates between the occupying Israel and the part of Israel that supports a realistic two-state solution,” writes Uri Savir.

Shakespeare’s feuding families a fitting template for the present-day fight between Fatah and Hamas, says director Ali Abu Yassin.