NEWS:
Reports suggest scores of people [1], including many Hamas members, were killed by Egyptian security forces in Sinai recently. (YNet)
Egypt's Sinai offensive [2] may have been launched in consultation with Israel [3]. (Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested [4] in the West Bank by Israeli occupation forces in the past two weeks. (Times of Israel)
Israeli Cabinet ministers call for increased settlement construction [5] to offset the prospects of Palestinian independence. (Jerusalem Post)
International experts are said to be making significant progress on a plan for Palestinian economic revival [6]. (AFP)
The ouster of former Pres. Morsi [7] has created an unprecedented crisis for Hamas [8]. (Jerusalem Post/Al Jazeera)
Smuggling into Gaza is reported to have ground to a virtual standstill [9]. (Times of Israel)
Palestinians in Gaza say they feel "held hostage" [10] to upheavals in Egypt. (The National)
Some Fatah officials [11] suggest Palestinians in Gaza overthrow Hamas as Egyptians ousted Morsi. (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli military officials report a steep decline in anti-Israeli attacks [12] in the occupied West Bank. (Times of Israel)
Confrontations erupt [13] between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinians at a refugee camp south of Hebron. (PNN)
Israel is expecting an influx of Palestinians [14] from the West Bank in the occupied East Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan, but many are frustrated due to various restrictions [15]. (Xinhua/Jerusalem Post)
Israel confirms [16] it is holding a Palestinian man who disappeared in Egypt. (Los Angeles Times)
Israel is deploying a new army unit [17] along the frontier with Syria. (Xinhua)
Smugglers shoot and kill [18] an Egyptian security officer near the Sinai border with Israel. (Ma'an)
Israel is streamlining its military [19] due to budget cuts. (Ha'aretz)
Ilan Halevi, a Jewish member of the Palestine Liberation Organization [20], dies in Paris. (Ha'aretz)
Outgoing Israeli Amb. Oren praises Pres. Obama [21] as "a true friend of Israel." (Ha'aretz)
COMMENTARY:
Mohammed Suliman [22] says Hamas is pretending to be optimistic in spite of the upheaval in Egypt, but it sees the disaster coming. (Al Monitor)
Abeer Ayyoub [23] says Hamas may be in crisis over Morsi's ouster, but Islamic Jihad is unfazed. (Al Monitor)
Avirama Golan [24] says a Jewish extremism in Israel comparable to Islamism in the Arab world is running wild. (Ha'aretz)
Eldad Beck [25] says Israelis should welcome the dramatic changes in Egypt. (YNet)
Ha'aretz [26] says the Israeli extreme right is again attacking legitimate NGOs they don't like. (Ha'aretz)
Ilan Baruch [27] says PM Netanyahu can learn from the fall of apartheid in South Africa, but only once he accepts occupation is unsustainable. (Ha'aretz)
Douglas Bloomfield [28] says Israel's diplomacy is dysfunctional and its foreign service demoralized. (Jerusalem Post)
Paul Scham [29] says former Pres. Morsi's ouster could have a big impact on internal Palestinian politics. (Middle East Institute)
Gideon Levy [30] says the IDF is wrong to encourage young people to join the military in order to become snipers and assassins. (Ha'aretz)
Alex Fishman [31] says Israel's military is restructuring itself in preparation for future wars. (YNet)
Gershon Baskin [32] says Ramadan is a good time for Israelis and Palestinians to seek understanding and reconciliation. (Jerusalem Post)
J.J. Goldberg [33] says there is growing resistance to the candidacy of a noted anti-Arab racist for Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. (The Forward)
Zack Parker [34] asks why the Israeli government has reinstated funding for an extremist settlement yeshiva. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
Shlomi Eldar interviews Egyptian activist Hiba Hamdi Abu Sayyaf [35], who specializes in dialogue with Israelis. (Al Monitor)
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