At meetings last week, city officials debated plan that would limit movement of East Jerusalem residents to the western part – except for workers defined as essential.

“It is a deeply regrettable fact that, during the past quarter-century, violence has been the most consistent factor in Israeli territorial withdrawal,” writes Nathan Thrall. “What seems guaranteed is that most Palestinians will continue to believe that if the occupation is cost-free, there will be little incentive to end it.”

Israeli police have erected a tall concrete barrier within the Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal Mukkaber, to protect residents of the nearby Jewish neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv from rock and firebomb attacks. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a halt to the construction, after several MKs criticized it as a de facto division of the unified city.

“The history of Israel’s permit regime in the West Bank should serve as a warning that even temporary closures on Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem can have in serious, long-term political consequences,” writes Yael Berda.

A Palestinian was shot dead in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba after he allegedly opened fire in the city’s central bus station, killing one soldier and injuring at least nine other Israelis, Israeli police said.

Israel is working together with the US and others to thwart a French initiative to place international observers on the Temple Mount, a senior official in the Prime Minister’s Office said on Saturday night.

“The current events in Jerusalem have a political history and context. Attempts to attribute the violence to some kind of Palestinian pathology while ignoring other factors is a recipe for making things worse,” writes Noam Sheizaf in a response to Jeffrey Goldberg’s recent article in The Atlantic.

At least nine Palestinians were left homeless on Monday after settlers escorted by Israeli security personnel forcibly evicted them from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera asked young Palestinians on whether the current violence is a precursor to a general Intifada or not.

There is something about the way that Israelis and Palestinians are discussing the violent events of recent weeks that suggests a new, particularly worrying dissonance between the two societies.

Soldiers violently disperse marchers in Hebron a day after three Palestinians were killed in the city.

Yuval Steinitz warns PA leader should not be seen as peace partner, compares PA incitement to Nazis

“A new poll suggests regular people are now viewing everyone in the ‘other’ ethnic-national group as a violent threat. Is that an indication of the national conflict becoming an ethnic one?” asks Dahlia Scheindlin.

A bill calling to ban people who call to boycott Israel from entering the country received the Ministerial Committee for Legislation’s approval on Monday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to clarify the status of Jerusalem’s al-Aksa mosque compound to help end a spate of bloodshed and restore stability.