News:
The UN warns the ongoing fuel crisis in Gaza [1] could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. (Xinhua)
Palestinians fear Israeli military exercises in the Jordan Valley will mean permanent evacuation [2] from their homes. (Christian Science Monitor)
Jews and Arabs were told to use separate lanes [3] at West Bank checkpoints, but this will no longer apply to Israeli citizens. (Ha'aretz)
Israel says it has resolved [4] its dispute with the EU [5] over new occupation guidelines [6]. (AP/AFP/Ha'aretz)
Palestinian human rights groups call on the EU to take a stronger stance on settler violence [7]. (Ma'an)
Israeli occupation forces kill [8] four suspected Salafist militants [9] in the West Bank [10]. (New York Times/Xinhua/Jerusalem Post)
Salafist extremists are reportedly a growing presence [11] in the occupied West Bank. (Ha'aretz)
Palestinians accuse Israel of torturing women prisoners [12]. (PNN)
Palestinians condemn [13] Israel's latest settlement expansion announcement. (Xinhua)
Palestinians say they are preparing efforts to join more UN agencies [14]. (Ma'an)
Palestinians participate for the first time in Global Entrepreneurship Week [15]. (The Media Line)
Israel's intelligence services reportedly think the country's strategic position in the region has improved [16]. (YNet)
The annual meeting of the American Studies Association reflects broad support for a boycott of Israel [17]. (JTA)
The Israeli military simulates a major ground offensive [18] in Gaza to stop rocket fire. (Jerusalem Post)
Egypt claims it has uncovered a major Israeli spy ring [19]. (Times of Israel)
Iran says Israel has isolated itself [20] by its negative reaction to the recent interim nuclear deal. (AP)
Iran may have found a loophole in the agreement [21] to continue construction at its heavy water plutonium plant near Arak. (Reuters)
Egyptian riot police [22] clash with unarmed protesters [23] in Cairo. (New York Times/Washington Post)
24 Egyptians are arrested [24] for protesting. (AP)
Suicide bombers kill 18 [25] Iraqi security personnel. (New York Times)
At least 20 people are killed in a series of attacks across Iraq [26]. (Reuters)
A suicide bombing in Damascus [27] kills 15 people. (Xinhua)
Turkey says 500 Turks [28] are involved in fighting Syria. (Xinhua)
A new report says women are being raped, used as shields and kidnapped [29] by both sides in Syria. (The National)
The Libyan army again clashes [30] with Islamist militias in Benghazi. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Ha'aretz [31] says the EU has taught Israel there is a price for "deception and apartheid." (Ha'aretz)
Jonathan Cook [32] says PM Netanyahu's purported overtures to Pres. Abbas are designed to extract concessions. (The National)
Hussein Ibish [33] says the nuclear deal with Iran was predictable, but the questions it raises are not. (NOW)
Rami Khouri [34] says the Iran agreement could completely reshape the Middle East. (The Daily Star)
Osama Al Sharif [35] agrees the deal could portend a "geopolitical shift" in the region. (Jordan Times)
The Daily Star [36] says under the Obama administration the US is shirking its responsibilities in the Middle East. (The Daily Star)
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim [37] says reports of a budding Israeli-Saudi alliance against Iran are "the joke of the century." (Arab News)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [38] says Hamas is divided on its reaction to the Iran agreement. (Al Monitor)
Ben Caspit [39] says the Israeli military doesn't share Netanyahu's alarm over the Iran agreement. (Al Monitor)
Alon Pinkas [40] says Israel should regard the Iran agreement as a victory. (YNet)
Amos Harel [41] says Israel finds itself with no good options. (Foreign Policy)
Zvi Bar'el [42] says the US and Iran are changing, but not Netanyahu. (Ha'aretz)
Tod Robberson [43] says Israel should see the connection between the Iran issue and resolving the conflict with the Palestinians. (Dallas Morning News)
Nathan Guttman [44] says Jewish-American groups are shying away from an all out fight over the Iran agreement. (The Forward)
Eugene Robinson [45] says comparisons between the Iran nuclear deal and Munich are "lazy." (Washington Post)
Jacob Plitman and Rachel Cohen [46] urge Jewish-American student groups to engage in more two-state activism. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
The New York Times interviews Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef [47]. (New York Times)
Waleed Abulkhair [48] says there is little justice in Saudi Arabia's legal system. (Washington Post)
Anas El Gomati [49] says demagoguery by Libyan politicians is deepening the crisis in the country. (The National)
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