Daily News Issue Date:
April 17, 2014
News:
News:
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators [1] will hold a meeting about peace talks with Special Envoy Indyk. [2] (AFP/Jerusalem Post)
Pres. Abbas [3] says he is willing to extend peace talks [4], but the first three months of them should focus on borders [5]. (Ha’aretz/Ynet/Times of Israel)
The PA says communications with Israeli officials [6] is at an all time low. (Ma’an)
The PLO says 800,000 Palestinians [7] have been detained by the Israeli military [8] since the 1967. (Ma’an/PNN)
Activists in Gaza are pushing [13] for a two-state solution. (New York Times)
An overland aid convoy is due to arrive [14] in Gaza next week. (Ha’aretz)
Israel arrests [15] a journalist [16], who is a Palestinian citize [17]n of Israel for travelling to Lebanon. (AP/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Hamas is attempting to rebuild [18] its regional alliances. (Al Monitor)
The Committee to Protect Journalists says there is a rise in the assassination of journalists [21] in Syria. (AP)
The Syrian opposition accuses the Assad regime [22] of yet another poison gas attack. (Reuters)
The Syrian war is taking a heavy toll [23] on Syrian culture, archeology and history. (New York Times)
Omani FM bin Alawi says the Gulf rift [24] has been resolved [25]. (Al Arabiya/Gulf News)
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/04/17/Report-Oman-... [26] in Egypt is spreading from Sinai to Cairo. (Al Monitor)
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/04/17/Report-Oman-... [26] in Egypt is spreading from Sinai to Cairo. (Al Monitor)
Arab bankers blame regional unrest [27] for economic deterioration. (Jordan Times)
The IAEA says Iran has begun to cut [28] its most highly-enriched nuclear stockpile [29]. (Reuters/AP)
Commentary:
David Landau [30] says the late Pres. Arafat showed how religious Jews can, like him, accept a two-state solution. (Ha’aretz)
Akiva Eldar [31] examines Israel’s latest move to secure control over key areas in the occupied territories. (Al-Monitor)
Ha’aretz [32] says Israelis must make the effort to learn Arabic. (Ha’aretz)
Joyce Karam [33] says as Hezbollah is widening its mission in Syria, its softening its positions in Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
Eyad Abu Shakra [34] says Arabs typiclally do not read history, and even those who do fail to adequately comprehend it. (Asharq al Awsat)
The Jordan Times [35] says Jordan will do all it can to free its ambassador from a Libyan militia. (Jordan Times)
Charlotte Keenan [36] says governments must start treating education as a security asset in combating extremism. (Jordan Times)
Alaa Al Aswany [37] says soccer in Egypt is a mirror reflecting the “fierce struggle” between the old ways of the “ancien regime” and those who dream of a better future. (New York Times)
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