“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to introduce non-nuclear-related demands in the negotiations with Iran lacks credibility,” writes Akiva Eldar.

There is little indication to suggest that Hillary Clinton has chosen to oppose the deal brokered between the P5+1 and Iran. But Clinton’s ties to Saban will be an important relationship to keep an eye on as she rolls out her campaign’s foreign policy positions and announces her support or opposition to a nuclear deal with Iran.

Pro-Israel heavyweights, such as Sheldon Adelson, Paul Singer, and other heavyweight donors of the Republican Jewish Coalition, are emerging as the go-to funders of the Republican Party. Graham’s observation that he “may have the first all-Jewish cabinet in America because of the pro-Israel funding” tends to confirm that access to their millions is critical to the fortunes of any Republican presidential candidate in 2016.

Israel transferred on Monday to the Palestinian Authority NIS 2 billion ($500 million) in tax money it had collected on behalf of the PA but withheld for the last four months, despite overdue electricity and water bills that the PA has yet to pay, the Palestinian Authority said.

When it withholds the Palestinian Authority’s tax revenues, the Israeli government is effectively stealing Palestinian money. So why won’t the international community call it that?

The Jordan Valley, once considered Palestine’s most fertile area, has been taken over by Israeli settlers who have barred Palestinians from using the land.

Hiam al-Nawaja dreams to live in what she calls a “normal house.” The 23-year old mother of three small children and sheepherder manages in a cinder block frame insulated with a tarp. et a few short decades ago Susiya’s residents had sturdy stone structures built over ancient caves on a hilltop one kilometer from where their town stands today. The former location, “old Susiya,” is close enough that al-Nawaja can see bulldozed remains from her kitchen window. It was destroyed in 1986 when Israel dismantled the town’s mosque to uncover an ancient Jewish synagogue dating back to the sixth century.

Though significant progress has been reported, Kulanu’s opposition to the Likud plan to undercut Supreme Court remains an obstacle.

A report released last week by Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCI-Palestine) independently verified the deaths of 547 Palestinian children during the 2014 Gaza war, which concluded with a lasting ceasefire last August. At least 535 of the deaths were the “direct result of Israeli attacks”, and “nearly 68 percent of children killed by Israeli forces during Operation Protective Edge were 12 years old or younger”, the report found.

A new import tax imposed by Hamas on commodities entering the Gaza Strip has left local merchants fuming, with some threatening to stop importing food products into the Hamas-controlled Strip altogether. Hamas says the funds will be used to pay some 40,000 civil servants who haven’t received regular salaries in over a year.

Palestinian ministers have unexpectedly cut short a rare visit to the Gaza Strip. It was not clear what led the West Bank ministers to leave ahead of schedule on Monday. But rival Palestinian factions blamed each other for the abrupt departure.