Daily News Issue Date:
July 26, 2013
News:
NEWS:
Former Pres. Morsi is arrested on espionage charges [1], mainly related to collaboration with Hamas [2]. (AP/AFP)
Hamas denounces [3] Morsi's arrest. (AFP)
Egypt bans Gaza fishermen [4] from fishing in its territorial waters. (Al Monitor)
Hamas shuts down [5] several media outlets in Gaza, Including Al Arabiya [6] and Ma'an [7]. (New York Times/Xinhua/Ma'an)
The media office closures in Gaza are widely condemned [8] by Palestinians. (Ma'an)
Hamas is trying to bolster local support [9] through mobilizing and controlling the Gaza mosque system. (Al Monitor)
Peace talks are set to resume [10], but obstacles remain. (NPR)
PM Netanyahu's personal aide Molcho will be attending [11] the new talks in Washington. (The Forward)
A broad range of Jewish Americans write a letter of encouragement [12] to Netanyahu as he reenters negotiations. (JTA)
In comments at the UN, Sec. Kerry refers to Palestine as a "country." [13] (AFP)
Years of quiet diplomacy [14] led Kerry to be able to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian talks. (Daily Beast)
Israel's strategic affairs minister says the country is willing to make "serious territorial concessions." [15] (Daily Telegraph)
Israeli officials say they will limit new settlement housing [16] tenders to 1,000 during peace talks [17]. (Ha'aretz/Times of Israel)
Palestinians are pushing for the introduction of 3G smart phone service [18] in the West Bank. (Christian Science Monitor)
Israel says it will respond to new EU guidelines [19] by not cooperating with EU projects [20] and representatives in the West Bank. (Ha'aretz/The Guardian)
EU officials [21] attend an Israeli occupation civil administration planning meeting about "Area C." (Ha'aretz)
Israel's plan for the forced mass resettlement of Bedouins [22] in southern Israel is widely seen as discriminatory. (New York Times)
Israeli human rights groups say the Atty. Gen. is "playing games" [23] with a wildcat "unauthorized" settlement outpost. (YNet)
Rights groups also say only 8.5% of investigations [24] into crimes against Palestinians in the occupied territories lead to indictments. (Jerusalem Post)
Fighting rages [25] in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. (AP)
Israeli occupation forces arrest a Palestinian man they say was planning to shoot at a bus [26] in the West Bank. (Xinhua)
The scheduled opening of an Israeli clothing chain store branch in Ramallah [27] causes controversy on both sides. (AP)
Palestinian, Israeli, Jordanian and Japanese officials meet to discuss opening a West Bank industrial park [28]. (Xinhua)
Militants appear to continue to gain strength [29] in the Sinai Peninsula. (Los Angeles Times)
Israeli officials complain [30] Turkey is trying to humiliate, and not reconcile with, Israel. (Jerusalem Post)
COMMENTARY:
Hussein Ibish [31] looks at growing tensions between Hamas and the Egyptian military and new government. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
The New York Times [32] says Kerry deserves credit for his perseverance on Middle East peace. (New York Times)
Aaron David Miller [33] lists five reasons why Kerry might be optimistic about real progress. (Washington Post)
Gadi Baltiansky and Nidal Foqaha [34] say a peace deal can be a win-win for Israelis and Palestinians. (YNet)
Bradley Burston [35] says he's confident there will be peace. (Ha'aretz)
Christopher Dickey [36] says, despite the risks, pursuing Israeli-Palestinian peace is the Obama administration's best chance to influence the direction of the Middle East. (Daily Beast)
Ahmad Majdoubeh [37] says peace is possible and Pres. Obama and Kerry deserve applause for their initiative. (Jordan Times)
Uri Dromi [38] says everyone should support the new peace initiative. (Miami Herald)
George Hishmeh [39] says, with its new occupation guidelines, the EU has taken the lead in the quest for peace. (Gulf News)
Shlomi Eldar [40] notes Netanyahu likes some EU decisions and hates others. (Al Monitor)
Jeffrey Goldberg [41] says Israel should take warnings about the occupation from top US generals very seriously. (Bloomberg)
Patrick Smith [42] says Israel should pay close attention to the implications of the new EU occupation guidelines. (Salon)
Abraham Foxman [43] encourages the US Supreme Court to overturn the ruling that Americans born in Jerusalem cannot cite Israel as country of birth. (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass [44] says Israel's new railway plan in the occupied Palestinian territories will face hundreds of objections. (Ha'aretz)
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