EU shifts conditions for Palestinian unity government - could accept Hamas (Reuters)Mitchell urges Abbas role to ease Gaza blockade (Reuters)
Gaza Violence Complicates Mitchell Mission (New York Times)
Israeli Warplanes Hit Gaza Following Rockets Attack on Israel (Voice of America)
Jordan calls for Arab-EU-US efforts in Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking (Xinhua)
Report: West Bank settlements expanded faster in 2008 (Associated Press)
Report: Israel conceals illegal West Bank settlement-building (Associated Press)
Hamas rejects Israel's Gaza cease-fire conditions (Ha'aretz)
Hamas stresses conditions for Gaza ceasefire: End Israeli attacks and open borders (Ma’an News Agency)
UN launches $613m appeal for Gaza (BBC)
FACTBOX - Main points of 2001 Mitchell Commission report (Reuters)
Palestinian FM says to run Rafah crossing only within 2005 deal (Xinhua)
Far-right activists allegedly fell Palestinian trees in West Bank (Jerusalem Post)
Hundreds of West Bank Palestinians commemorate Holocaust (Ma'an News Agency)
Hamas Representative Urges Unity among Muslims (Fars News Agency)
Commission to provide €32m in humanitarian aid to Gaza (European Voice)
Fear and trauma in Gaza's schools (Al-Jazeera, English)
Carter says Hamas must be included (Al-Jazeera, English)
Israel expels Venezuelan ambassador (CNN International)
Palestinian informants compromised by Israeli sloppiness (The Hindu)
Israeli election campaign heats up (The Jewish Chronicle)
COMMENTARY
George Hishmeh: What Mitchell Would Miss by Skipping Gaza (Middle East Times)
Heather Sharp: Who Will Rebuild Gaza? (BBC)
Bethany Bell: Counting Casualties of Gaza'a War (BBC)
Radhika Sainath: The Indian example (Electronic Intifada)
Seth Freedman: A Suffocating Consensus of Self-Congratulation (The Guardian UK)
Nicholas Noe: Listen Up, George (The Guardian UK)
Wajahat Ali: Respect is Not Enough (The Guardian UK)
Marc Lynch: Gallup survey: Iraq matters most (if you don't include Israel) (Foreign Policy)
M.D. Nalapat: Only Nonviolence Can Achieve An Independent Palestine (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
