Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are deadlocked, but publicly acknowledging that Israel will keep the settlement blocs in a final agreement would just make things worse. FMEP’s Mitchell Plitnick explains why.

According to Israeli official, Netanyahu told US diplomat there will be no settlement freeze, PA religious incitement is at root of attacks.

Speaking after meeting with Abbas, secretary of state says he is in region at Obama’s request, ‘to see what we can do to try to help.’

“The “conflict” is actually an internal Israeli problem – a regime that administrates different sets of rights for different ethnic groups. Instead of racial segregation, the system works according to classes of citizenship, but the output is not that different. This is not a temporary situation. It’s the reality most Israelis and Palestinians have known all their lives,” writes Noam Sheizaf.

Both the attacker and the soldier are said to be in serious condition and have been taken to different hospitals in Jerusalem.

“Suggestions that terrorism in Paris springs from the same well as terrorism in Israel are misleading and dangerous. Erasing complexity may be a comfort in difficult days like these, but conflating the varying causes of violence won’t help us end it,” writes Natasha Roth.

“The immediate solution to every threat or conflict in Israel is to give more weapons to civilians, which often end up killing innocents, disproportionately affecting women,” writes Tanya Rubinstein.

“The right-wing government which promised us security is incapable of providing it; a different government would have perhaps started looking for other ways to get out of this situation,” writes Sima Kadmon.

“HaBayit HaYehudi’s Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked are hoping to score political points by calling for a wide-scale military operation in the West Bank despite security establishment assessments that a military response is not the answer to the current wave of attacks,” writes Mazal Mualem.

The Muslim call to prayer will not be able to made on outdoor loudspeakers if a bill submitted by MK Motti Yogev (Bayit Yehudi) on Wednesday becomes law.