Marwan Barghouti joins the Palestinian presidential race. At least there something from which to chose now and the elections are not just the coronation of Abbas and Barghouti´s candidacy could lure those people that have no confidence in Abbas to the polls. More.

Israel´s government is fragmenting again, as the secular Shinui party - second largest of the government parties - votes against the budget as a protest against subsidies to religious groups, and the budget is defeated in the Knesset, after which Israel´s premier murderer kicks them out of the government.