Daily News Issue Date:
April 4, 2014
News:
News:
Sec. Kerry [1] warns [2] that the US [3] is evaluating its role [4] in the Middle East peace talks [5]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post/Ha’aretz)
Kerry calls Pres. Abbas and PM Netanyahu to save the peace talks [6]. (JTA)
Israel [7] cancels [8] its fourth [9] promised [10] prisoner release [11]. (Xinhua/AFP/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post/The National)
Palestinian officials propose seven conditions [12] that must be met by Israel [13] to extend negotiations. (Ma’an/PNN)
Palestinian negotiator Erekat says the leaked list of demands [14] does not represent the official Palestinian stance. (Ha’aretz)
Israel punishes Palestinians [15] with new restrictions in the occupied West Bank. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli Finance Minister Lapid [16] accuses Palestinians of “intentionally” derailing the peace process [17]. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
The Palestinian leadership is confident that the US will not punish [18] its decision to join 15 international organizations. (Ynet)
Hamas accuses PA security forces [23] of arresting 144 of its members in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
Syrian refugee children in Lebanon find safety from war but face new dangers [24] on the streets. (Washington Post)
Iraq’s Amb. to the US Faily calls on the US to strengthen ties with Iraq [27]. (New York Times)
29 US Senators urge Pres. Obama to deny a visa [28] to the Iranian Ambassador to the UN. (AP)
The Turkish government unblocks Twitter [29] after a court rules the ban illega [30]l. (New York Times/Times of Israel)
Commentary:
Jeffrey Goldberg [31] says Kerry can’t be faulted for wanting Middle East peace. (Bloomberg)
Kori Schake [32] offers diplomatic advice to Kerry. (Foreign Policy)
Charles Krauthammer [33] calls Kerry’s initiative “disastrous.” (Washington Post)
The National [34] says Palestinians should consider all their options, including the ICC. (The National)
Uri Savir [35] says recent developments are a testament to the weakness of the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships.(Jerusalem Post)
Gideon Levy [36] says the occupation is Israel’s “biggest act of corruption.” (Ha’aretz)
Ari Shavit and Tal Niv [37] debate whether Israel can end the occupation “unilaterally.” (Ha’aretz)
Joanna Kramer [38] says there needs to be “a great student constituency for peace.” (New Voices)
Carolina Landsmann [39] says only “blindness” allows Israelis to see themselves as living in a democracy. (Ha’aretz)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [40] says the British government has a better understanding of the nature and complexity of the situation in Egypt then the Americans. (Al Arabiya)
Brooklyn Middleton [41] says there is “no bright light” at the end of Syria’s devastating humanitarian crisis. (Al Arabiya)
Alan Philps [42] says PM Erdogan will learn that populist leaders thrive or fail due to the urban-rural divide. (The National)
Lally Weymouth interviews PM Jomaa [43]. (Washington Post)
Saleh Mutlaq [44] fears a civil war in Iraq. (Foreign Policy)
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