relative held in an Israeli jail [AFP]
Livni: Israel must give up land to remain Jewish and democratic (Ha'aretz)Israeli shelling kills Palestinian (Al Jazeera, English)
Israeli forces arrest 26 Palestinians in West Bank (Xinhua)
Negotiations
Hamas agrees to demand that Schalit deal precede cease-fire (Jerusalem Post)
Israel wants some swap prisoners exiled: report (AFP)
Report: Israel's final reply to truce in "couple of days" (Xinhua)
Abbas ousts Qurei as top PA negotiator (Jerusalem Post)
From Within Palestine
Palestinian Campus Looks to East Bank (of Hudson) (New York Times)
A new enemy for Gaza smugglers (Los Angeles Times)
OPT: Netherlands contributes €6 million through EU PEGASE to pay salaries of over 14,500 members of Palestinian civil police and civil defence services (Relief Web)
Image: Palestinians at the Rafah Border Crossing (Ma'an)
Targeting the leftists in western Bethlehem (Palesine News Network)
International Relations/Law
Former CIA director says US need to engage with Hamas in Gaza (World Bulletin)
Egyptian president, Russian FM meet on Palestinian issue (Xinhua)
Israel cautions anew against a nuclear-armed Iran (International Herald Tribune)
Cooke: The strange tale of Iran and Israel (Le Monde Diplomatique)
Is Israel assassinating Iran nuclear scientists? (Ha'aretz)
US takes first step to join UN racism talks (AFP)
Obama officials discuss Durban II with Jewish leaders (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Gresh: Gaza war changes Middle East equation at Israel’s expense (Le Monde Diplomatique)
Arab World
Egypt says backs Mideast peace conference in Moscow (Novosti)
Palestinian travelers face new restrictions at Arab borders (Ma’an News Agency)
Egypt's strategy toward Gaza is an incremental, long-term one (Daily Star)
Hezbollah chief defends arsenal (Al Jazeera English)
Nasrallah reaches out to rivals, warns Israelis to stay home (Daily Star)
Lebanon arrests man suspected of spying on Hezbollah for Israel (Ha'aretz)
Jews in Muslim lands anxious over Gaza war (The Associated Press)
Israeli Military
Israel engaged in covert war inside Iran: report (Reuters)
Mine-clearing teams in Gaza waiting for Israeli OK (Ha'aretz)
Israel used fighting to perfect anti-rocket system (International Herald Tribune)
Critics aside, Israeli officials see successes in Gaza operation (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israeli Government
Lieberman, Livni mull 'civil front' to counter religious bloc (Ha'aretz)
Majadele: Arabs likely to quit Labor if Barak remains leader (Haaretz)
Boycott
Tennis Channel Won’t Televise Dubai Event in Protest (New York Times)
Israel's Peer hurt by Dubai tennis ban (International Herald Tribune)
COMMENTARY
Why has Israel backtracked on Shalit deal? (Ha'aretz)
Lieberman as wildcard in Israel's political poker (Daily Star)
Zigler: Explaining Livni's stunner (Jerusalem Post)
ANALYSIS / A rightist coalition will be on collision course with Obama from day one (Ha'aretz)
MJ Rosenberg-Another West Bank Settlement Expansion: Silence = Death (Huffington Post)
Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff: Why has Israel backtracked on Shalit deal? (Ha'aretz)
Lieberman unfit to be minister (Ha'aretz)
Akram Habeeb and Marcy Newman- Rebuilding the Islamic University of Gaza (Electronic Intifada)
Frank Scott- A democratic state: In Palestine, and the U.S.A. (Online Journal)
Anouar Boukhars- In Morocco, anger at Arab collusion against Gaza (Daily Star)
