News:
An Israeli man [1] is killed [2] in a shooting attack [3] in the occupied [4] West Bank [5]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
A Palestinian woman in Bethlehem [6] is reportedly killed by Israeli tear gas. (Times of Israel)
Israeli forces injure Palestinian youth [7] in Gaza. (Ma’an)
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses DM Ya’alon [8] of destabilizing the peace process. (PNN)
The World Bank will provide $13 million in grant money [9] for environmental projects in Gaza. (Ma’an)
Saudi Arabia denies [10] FM Lieberman’s claim of “secret diplomacy.” [11] (Ha’aretz/Ynet)
The Syrian opposition calls on the US [12] to give an “appropriate response” to recent attacks in Aleppo. (Reuters)
The UN condemns the use of torture [13] by Syrian authorities. (New York Times)
The OPCW says Syria has completed another shipment of chemical arms [14]. (New York Times)
Jordan’s Ambassador [15] to Libya is kidnapped [16] after gunmen attack his car [17]. (Reuters/AP/Jordan Times)
Gen Sisi [18] formally submits signatures [19] for his presidential bid. (AP/The National)
A bomb explosion in Cairo [20] wounds two policemen. (AP)
Commentary:
The New York Times [21] says Pres. Obama and Sec. Kerry should abandon the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and focus on Ukraine. (New York Times)
Hassan Barari [22] says the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are often held hostage to the imperatives of Israel’s domestic politics. (Jordan Times)
Peter Beinart [23] says seder’s demonstrate how American Jews are divided over Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Yitzhak Laor [24] says Israel’s freedom means the “imprisonment of others.” (Ha’aretz)
Carolina Landsmann [25] says by maintaining the status quo, PM Netanyahu is turning Israel into an “apartheid state.” (Ha’aretz)
Faisal Al Yafai [26] says the late Patrick Seale misinterpreted the origins of the Syrian civil war. (The National)
Maria Golia [27] say Egypt’s power cuts shed light on the country’s many problems. (The National)
Raed Omari [28] says Jordan’s Islamists are being “unreasonable.” (Al Arabiya)
Manal Tibi [29] and Karima El-Hefnawi [30] debate whether the Arab Spring has improved the status of women in Egypt. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Benjamin Weinthal [31] says Germany may start to crackdown on Hezbollah. (Foreign Policy)
Octavia Nasr [32] says Lebanon failed to learn from its civil war. (Al Arabiya)
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