“The Palestinian Central Council announced the end of security cooperation with Israel, though many are skeptical that the decision will be implemented,” writes Daoud Kuttab.

Officials representing PA President Mahmoud Abbas say coordination remains ‘important’ despite PLO recommendation.

Hamas recently sent a series of messages to Israel indicating interest in a long-term ceasefire lasting for several years, in exchange for an end to the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Hamas on Monday accused the Palestinian Authority security services of arresting dozens of its supporters across the West Bank.

“Hamas is discussing steps it could take if Egypt decides to attack the Gaza Strip, as hinted by the Egyptian army, following the country’s decision to declare Hamas a terrorist organization,” writes Adnan Abu Amer.

“The Israeli prime minister moves closer than ever to officially declaring an end to the two-state solution. He doesn’t say it explicitly, but there are only so many eulogies a political paradigm can sustain before it expires,” writes Dimi Reider.

“The Labor party’s glory days included the Nakba, conquering and settling the West Bank and East Jerusalem and other affairs Israeli society has yet to begin processing,” writes Tom Pessah.

A new i24news poll reveals the ruling Likud has opened five-point lead over rival Zionist Union during the past week, which saw the right-wing party’s leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, give a hugely charged speech at the US Congress.

Israeli forces uprooted 300 olive trees on private Palestinian land in the Nablus village of Salem on Monday, Palestinian liaison officials said.

Israeli forces continue to demolish Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley in spite of an order signed in January indicating that the homes no longer lie in an army firing zone, reports Israeli news source Haaretz. The order, signed by GOC Central Command Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon on Jan. 18, reduced the size of Firing Zone 912 in the Jordan Valley.

Hundreds of Palestinian women from across the West Bank marched on Saturday to protest against the Israeli occupation. Just hours ahead of International Women’s Day, the protesters proceeded towards the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, one of the main symbols of the occupation from which an estimated 2 million Palestinians in the West Bank are not allowed to pass to go to Jerusalem or Israel.