NEWS:
Israeli and Palestinian [1] negotiators meet twice [2] in secret on Tuesday [3]. (Xinhua/YNet/Times of Israel)
Pres. Abbas calls for an effective US role [4] in the Israeli-Palestinian talks. (Xinhua)
Abbas says Israel is "placing obstacles" [5] in the way of continuing with negotiations. (PNN)
Palestinians say they are still considering more moves at the UN [6] despite peace talks. (AP)
Three more Palestinian [7] refugees are killed in fighting in Syria. (Ma'an)
Hamas denounces [8] a new movement in Gaza calling for its ouster. (Ma'an)
Hamas calls on Egypt [9] to open the border crossing with Gaza, and rejects the notion of an Israeli crossing [10] as an alternative. (Reuters/Xinhua)
A Palestinian man is killed [11] in a raid by Israeli occupation forces in Jenin. (New York Times)
Israeli forces shoot and injure two Palestinians [12] in northern Gaza. (Ma'an)
Hamas is persisting with executions [13] despite appeals from human rights groups. (New York Times)
Israeli police say suspected Jewish extremist [14] vandals have defaced another Christian monastery [15]. (AP/YNet)
Israel accuses an Arab citizen of joining extremist rebels [16] in Syria. (AP)
Israel destroys two Palestinian homes [17] in the Negev desert. (Ma'an)
The Israeli government issues a travel advisory [18] for certain countries ahead of the Jewish holidays. (Xinhua)
The Bank of Palestine announces a net profit of $18.7 Million [19] for the first half of 2013. (PNN)
A settler leader demands payment [20] for trying to save an unauthorized, wildcat outpost. (Ha'aretz)
Israel's Supreme Court is set to rule on the legality of Israeli settlement boycotts [21]. (Jerusalem Post)
Israelis are becoming increasingly concerned about unrest in Sinai [22]. (The Guardian)
American supporters of Israel are deeply divided over the question of aid to Egypt [23]. (The Forward)
Human rights activists are not challenging Hamas' ban on Internet porn [24] for fear of social judgment. (Al Monitor)
COMMENTARY:
ATFP President Ziad Asali [25] says Egypt must preserve its strategic relationship with the United States. (CBC TV)
Aaron David Miller and Edward Joseph [26] suggest Arab states construct a union of democracies. (Washington Post)
Benedetta Berti [27] says Israelis should realize a prolonged civil war in Syria is bad news for them. (Christian Science Monitor)
Dmitry Shumsky [28] says Palestinian citizens of Israel have most to gain from an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty. (Ha'aretz)
Zvi Bar'el [29] says, with the loss of its ally in Egypt, Turkey is losing influence in the Middle East as a whole. (Ha'aretz)
Linda Gradstein [30] says PM Erdogan's accusations that Israel was behind the ouster of former Egyptian Pres. Morsi have reignited tensions with Israel. (The Media Line)
Leonard Fein [31] says it makes no sense for Israel to cut off scientific cooperation with the EU out of anger. (The Forward)
Mazal Mualem [32] looks at an unexpected new alliance between ultra-Orthodox and left-wing forces in Israel. (Al Monitor)
Maysoon Zayid [33] says few Palestinians really care about prisoner release. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
J. J. Goldberg [34] says the fight over the nomination of Sec. Hagel transformed the Jewish American political landscape. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
Robert Wexler [35] says the US should not engage in "arm-twisting" on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (Politico)
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