“Israel’s Netanyahu wants normalization with the Arab world, but rejects anything Israel would have to do to get it,” writes FMEP’s Mitchell Plitnick.

Robert Springborg asks whether Obama’s diplomatic gamble is any more likely to succeed than the attempts of his predecessors.

On Monday morning, pro-Netanyahu daily Israel Hayom published a photo montage comparing Omar Mateen, the American citizen who murdered 50 people at an Orlando gay club on Sunday, and Neshat Melhem, who murdered three Israelis in a shooting spree in Tel Aviv on New Year’s day.

Hasan Safadi was placed under administrative detention for six months, after being accused of affiliation with an illegal organization and visiting an enemy state.

The Knesset Ethics Committee is expected to approve a recommendation to allow lawmakers to ascend the Temple Mount again after a seven-month ban, in a vote scheduled for Tuesday.

“If part of B’Tselem’s mission is to bring about policy change, the organization has its work cut out for it,” writes Mira Sucharov. “A recent poll revealed that 72% of Israelis do not believe that the Palestinians in the West Bank are even under Israeli “occupation” in the first place.”

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asserted on Sunday night that Israel and “its settlers” are committing daily “attacks and violations” at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, which he said constitute a “red line.”