“We really have to come to terms with the idea that we cannot defeat the Israelis with violence,” Palestinian activist Mubarak Awad tells In These Times. “They will always win.”

“Both Israel and the US are guilty of misusing the claim of incitement in an attempt to justify their punishment of Palestinians,” writes Sam Bahour.

Palestinian Knesset member Ahmad Tibi talked with Al-Monitor about the latest uprising in the Palestinian territories, saying though he advocates nonviolent resistance, peace will remain elusive until Israel ends the longest occupation the world has known.

Violence engulfed Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza this month. Clashes around Al-Aqsa Mosque turned into stabbing attacks against Israelis, and Israeli security forces killed over 70 Palestinians.

“They tell us that terror and violence must be met with force, and if that doesn’t work — then even more force. But the military occupation of Hebron has not achieved security for either its Jewish or Palestinian residents,” writes Breaking the Silence‘s Yehuda Shaul.

An Israel Defense Forces inquiry has concluded that the death of a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in Hebron last month was unnecessary and could have been avoided.

A Palestinian man was killed at a checkpoint near Jenin and a second man was arrested by Israeli forces after an alleged stabbing attempt.

Israeli forces demolished a building in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Monday, the second Palestinian house demolition of the day.

Incitement against Arabs amid escalating conflict is linked to recent firings of Arab workers in Israel, NGO says.

Soldiers announced to Aida refugee camp: ‘If you throw stones, we will hit you with gas until you all die – the youth, the children, the old people.’

The majority of the Palestinian community in Israel, 78%, holds the Israeli government responsible for the recent outbreak of violence; 66% report that they do not feel safe after Israeli police appealed to the public to carry guns; and only a minority, 15%, feels a high sense of security regarding the future of the Palestinian community in Israel

Ahead of next week’s Obama-Netanyahu meet, Israel finalizes ‘shopping list’ of desired US military materiel as part of new security agreement; no suggestion that Israel seeking ‘MOP’ bunker-busters.

Former US president Bill Clinton spoke warmly and passionately Saturday night to tens of thousands of Israelis gathered at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, urging them and the country at large to continue the legacy of slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and pursue the goal of peace with the Palestinians.

“Netanyahu recently proposed that Israel revoke the residency status of tens of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem who live beyond the wall,” writes B’Tselem‘s Hagai El-Ad. “This appalling idea will merely continue what is already in motion: years of ‘quiet transfer.'”

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feels threatened by Yisrael Beitenu head Avigdor Liberman’s rising popularity over his management of the current wave of violence, which is why he keeps coming up with short-lived security ideas,” writes Mazal Mualem.