West Bank settlement housing gets initial approval (AP)

Palestinians gesture during a protest in support of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad as a police officer (front) stands between them and a counter protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)AP - Israel gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a plan to build 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank, a move that drew rebukes from the United Nations and Palestinians and threatened to raise tensions with the U.S. as the prime minister prepares to head to the White House.
Hamas irons out dispute over Palestinian unity (AP)
AP - The leadership of the Islamic militant Hamas on Wednesday settled internal disagreements and approved a unity deal with its political rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior official said.
Golan Druse support for Syria regime cracking (AP)
AP - Syria's embattled leader, Bashar Assad, appears to be losing one of his last bastions of reliable support: the Druse Arab community in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Syria stalemate: Is Russia pushing Mideast into cold-war style conflict? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Russia’s decision not to attend a “friends of Syria” meeting in Tunisia later this week deepens the international community’s divide over Syria and raises prospects of a cold-war-style proxy war in the Middle East.
Israel to free Palestinian hunger striker (AP)

Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Jihad militant group participate in a protest in solidarity with Khader Adnan, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel who has been on hunger strike for 66 days, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Adnan, 33, is on a hunger strike protesting Israel's policy of long-term detention without trial. The life-threatening gamble has also drawn broader attention toward Israel's policy of 'administrative detention,' under which Palestinians can be held without charge for months or even years at a time. He is in poor condition and is being held under guard in a hospital in northern Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - A Palestinian member of a violent Islamic militant group that advocates killing Israeli civilians agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike to protest his imprisonment without charge after reaching a deal with Israel that will free him in April, the Israeli Justice Ministry said Tuesday.
Longest Palestinian hunger strike ends in deal (Reuters)
Reuters - A Palestinian held without trial ended a 66-day hunger strike Tuesday after Israeli authorities promised to release him in April in a deal that avoided judicial review of its detention policy.
A Hunger Striker at Death's Door Turns up the Heat on Israel and the Palestinians (Time.com)
Time.com - "The West Bank's Bobby Sands" is how some in the British media have begun referring to Khader Adnan, as the 33-year-old Palestinian detainee marks Monday as his 65th day of refusing food from his Israeli gaolers
(AP)
AP - A main opposition group says the death toll in Syria has risen to 50, including 30 in Homs.
Bahrain police disperse march with water cannon (Reuters)
Reuters - Bahraini police used water cannon and tear gas to break up a march chanting anti-government slogans after a funeral Monday, while protesters were arrested for approaching a roundabout at the center of an uprising last year.
Egypt to help with Gaza power shortages (AP)
AP - Egypt has agreed to help ease Gaza's chronic power shortages as part of a three-stage plan that would eventually hook up the isolated territory to the regional grid, a Palestinian energy official said Monday.
The cool new Palestinians: geeks (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In the hip Ramallah coffee shop ZAMN, Yousef Ghandour laments the slow Wi-Fi as he launches the beta version of one of his many start-ups, a social networking site that allows users to travel through time to find connections.
Israel calls for tougher Iran sanctions (Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday a nuclear-armed Iran would trigger an arms race in the Middle East and nations should impose "crippling" sanctions on Tehran to force it to give up its atomic program.
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