News:
Israel [1]will stop transferring [2] Palestinian tax revenues [3] to the PA [4]. (AP/Reuters/New York Times/AFP)
An Israeli [5]peace activist Ron Pundak [6] dies [7]. (AP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Economy Minister Bennett [8] threatens to quit [9] over peace talks [10]. (Reuters/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Israeli officials [11] say there is progress in talks [12] on resuming peace negotiations. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Chief Palestinian negotiator Erekat says reports on progress in talks “are false.” [13] (Times of Israel)
Switzerland [14]says Palestine can join the Geneva Conventions [15]. (AP/AFP)
Arab League Chief [16] Nabil Elaraby backs the peace talks [17]. (AP/Ha’aretz)
The wife of ex-Fatah official Dahlan says her husband intends to run for president [18] in any future election. (Al-Monitor)
Hamas is using laser e-bullets [19] for training, due to its economic crisis [20]. (AP/Times of Israel)
Islamic Jihad [21] ia gaining support in Gaza at the expense of Hamas. (Al Monitor)
Bethlehem hosts its second annual marathon [22]. (Ma’an)
Jewish religious extremists prepare priests for what they hope will be Jerusalem’s “third temple.” [23] (Al Monitor)
Jordan continues to assist rebels [24] in the Syrian war. (New York Times)
Iranian leaders see their positions on Syria gaining traction [25]. (Al Monitor)
Jordan and the World Bank sign a $250 million loan [26] agreement. (Jordan Times)
Egyptian workers defy the government [27] with strikes. (Washington Post)
Iraq’s deputy PM al-Mutlaq escapes an assassination attempt [28]. (AP)
Iraqi insurgents use water as a weapon [29] after seizing control of a dam. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Frank Carlucci, Lee Hamilton, Carla Hills, Thomas Pickering and Henry Siegman [30] insist on a more dynamic, proactive US role on Middle East peace. (Politico)
Jeffrey Goldberg [31] says Kerry is not wrong for pushing the peace talks. (Bloomberg)
Alan Philps [32] says Kerry risks “threefold failure” in the Middle East. (The National)
George Hishmeh [33] says Kerry took an unprecedented step by blaming Israel for the failure of the peace talks. (Jordan Times)
The Jerusalem Post [34] says both Israelis and Palestinians should not engage in the “blame game.” (Jerusalem Post)
Yossi Sarid [35] says Israel is the only country that is treated with “kid gloves.” (Ha’aretz)
Chaims Gans [36] says the demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as a “Jewish state” adds yet another humiliation. (Ha’aretz)
Bakir Oweida [37] says Palestinian women face the oppression of Israeli occupation as well as injustice within Palestinian society. (Asharq al Awsat)
H.A. Hellyer [38] says the Europeans keep missing opportunities in the Arab world. (The National)
The Daily Star [39] says the Syrian opposition needs to listen to the many Syrians who are demanding a “change of course.”(Daily Star)
David Kenner [40] asks if the world is still paying attention to Pres. Assad’s conduct. (Foreign Policy)
Aaron Magid [41] says Egypt’s relationship with Israel is complex and paradoxical. (Daily Star)
Abdel Monem Said [42] says Egypt needs electricity to move forward. (Al Arabiya)
Diana Moukalled [43] says coexistence between different parts of Iraqi society has been weakened. (Al Arabiya)
David Petraeus and Vance Serchuk [44] say if the US strikes a nuclear deal with Iran it needs to prepare for all the consequences. (Washington Post)
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