Has the internationalization strategy pushed by President Abbas transformed international public opinion and diplomacy and set the Palestinians on the path to statehood? Adam Rasgon and Grant Rumley suggest not.

Gaza-based movement says it will take part in local elections called by Mahmoud Abbas, saying it considered them ‘necessary and important.’

“Settlers are trying to spin water shortages as a problem that affects both Palestinians and Jews in the same manner. That couldn’t be further from the truth,” writes Dror Etkes.

Two Israelis — an Arab and a Jew — posted messages on Facebook saying they were going to kill someone on the other side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two posters were real people with active Facebook pages, but the threat was part of an experiment conducted by an Israeli news station last week.

North American and European activists from the Center for Jewish Non-Violence accompany the Palestinian residents of Susya to the site of their former village, from which they were expelled three decades ago.

Right-wing politicians are scrambling to save the West Bank outpost of Amona — which is slated for demolition by the end of December — even if it means standing in opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A Palestinian assailant stabbed two soldiers with a screwdriver lightly wounding them. A soldier shot and seriously wounded the attacker. The incident occurred in a refugee camp near Hebron.

“Despite cold reactions by both Israelis and Palestinians to the Quartet report, the EU is determined to establish a roadmap for an international conference on a two-state solution process,” writes Uri Savir.

Newly passed Transparency Law compels certain rights groups to divulge foreign funding in all official statements.

Shurat HaDin has admitted in the past to taking its marching orders from Israeli intelligence and government officials, lawsuit comes just days after senior minister said Mark Zuckerberg has blood on his hands.