Dr. Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s adviser for Strategic Affairs, told The Jerusalem Post on Friday that the peace process and its accomplishments, including mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO and the establishment of the PA, would become obsolete, if hope to realize a two-state solution was destroyed by unilateral measures such as settlement expansion and the relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“While the Palestinian security services prevent terror attacks against Israelis in the West Bank and inside the Green Line almost every week, it’s clear to all that their ability to stop the approaching deluge is limited in light of the rising motivation,” writes Avi Issacharoff.

Israel has enlarged the territories it is remapping in the West Bank with the aim of declaring them state lands, according to a survey conducted by a nonprofit that monitors Israel’s land policies in the region.

After the new United Nations chief told Israel Radio that the Temple destroyed by the Romans was a Jewish temple, Palestinian officials demanded an apology.

“The disappointing Paris peace conference should convince Palestinians of the need to develop a strategy of their own and not to rely on the international community to end the Israeli occupation,” writes Daoud Kuttab.

Security officials say incursion into Jenin camp by Israeli forces sparked clashes with young Palestinians.

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An Israeli government plan to forcibly transfer thousands of Bedouin residents out of the Negev village of Al-Zarnug is being met with fierce criticism.

“Moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is supposed to show American resolve. It will only sow chaos,” writes Steven Cook.

Israel’s parliament is widely expected to vote into law on Monday a bill retroactively legalizing about 4,000 settler homes built on privately-owned Palestinian land, a measure the attorney-general has said is unconstitutional.

The primer minister’s remarks came after the co-chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel indicated that Netanyahu had urged Trump to delay the process of moving the US embassy.

Gaza’s energy, water and sewage systems are on the verge of collapse, a new report by Israeli group Gisha said, placing the lion’s share of the blame on Israel.

In 2000, Gaza had about 10,000 fishermen. Today, the Gaza Fishermen’s Association has only some 4,000 fishermen registered, who are the breadwinners for approximately 50,000 persons. This figure, however, is misleading as half the registered fishermen are actually out of work, since their boats are out of commission and cannot be repaired due to the shortage in necessary raw materials.

Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan on a new charter coming “very soon”, and if they’ll accept a two-state solution.