Daily News Issue Date:
April 30, 2014
News:
News:
Sec. Kerry [1] will resume [2]Middle East peace talks after a pause [3]. (Reuters/Jerusalem Post/Ynet)
Experts counsel a “wait-and-see” approach [4] after peace talks collapse. (JTA)
The Christian Science Monitor analyses the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations [5]. (Christian Science Monitor)
UN Middle East Envoy Serry says Israel and the Palestinians must choose [6] between a one-state reality and a two-state solution. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli and Palestinian UN Envoys accuse each other of sabotaging [7] the peace process. (Reuters)
Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat [8] says Israel never gave negotiations a chance [9] to succeed. (PNN/Ha’aretz)
Palestinians are continuing with national unity [10] plans. (AP)
PM Netanyahu is toying with unilateral measures [11]. (New York Times)
Deputy DM Danon says Kerry’s “apartheid” comment calls the US role as an “honest broker” into question [12]. (Ha’aretz)
Hamas says it will never recognize Israel [13]. (The Media Line)
Jewish “price tag” extremists vandalize [14] a car of a Palestinian citizen of Israel [15]. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Israeli occupation forces demolish [16] homes in a refugee camp in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
The municipality of Jerusalem blames Palestinians [17] for their own lack of representation in municipal institutions. (Ha’aretz)
The Shin Bet allegedly uncovers [18] a Hamas-affiliated cell [19] in the occupied West Bank. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Jewish groups consider including J Street [20] in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. (New York Times)
The UN says it needs the consent [21]of the Syrian government for cross-border aid deliveries. (Reuters)
Jordan opens a new Syrian refugee camp for 130,000 peopl [22]e. (AP)
50 people are killed in bomb and mortars attacks [23] in government-controlled areas of Syria. (New York Times)
Egyptian blogger and activist Bassem Sabry dies [24]. (AP)
The EU says Egypt’s mass death sentences are a breach of international law [25]. (Reuters)
Iraqis [28]vote in their first national election [29] since [30] US forces withdrew [31] in 2011 [32]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post/The National)
Commentary:
Jeffrey Goldberg [33] says Kerry used the word “apartheid” because he is worried about Israel’s future as a “Jewish state.”(Bloomberg)
Aaron David Miller [34] says Kerry’s remarks about Israel becoming an “apartheid state” do nothing to advance the peace process. (Foreign Policy)
John Cassidy [35] says Kerry was basically telling the truth. (New Yorker)
The Los Angeles Times [36] says “intense engagement” by the US is unlikely to succeed if both the Israelis and Palestinians are not serious enough to make difficult decisions. (Los Angeles Times)
Rami Khouri [37] says Israel’s decision to halt negotiations with the Palestinians is “inconsistent, insincere, and hypocritical.” (Daily Star)
Osama Al Sharif [38] says it took more than twenty years for Pres. Abbas to “reinvent himself” as a Palestinian leader. (Jordan Times)
Alistair Burt [39] says friends of the Palestinians and Israelis should encourage them to keep going with the peace talks. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Morning Editions [40] interviews Israeli Amb. Dermer. (NPR)
Reuters [41] interviews Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar. (Reuters)
Yossi Mekelberg [42] asks if the Palestinian unity agreement is a danger or an opportunity for the peace process. (Al Arabiya)
Ha’aretz [43] says Israel’s appropriation of Palestinian land is a “historic injustice.” (Ha’aretz)
Zvi Bar’el [44]says Israel needs to recognize Palestine. (Ha’aretz)
Hussein Ibish [45] says both the US and Egypt must adjust in order to continue repairing their strained relations. (The National)
Marwan Muasher [46] says Arab societies need to embrace the politics of pluralism and inclusiveness. (Daily Star)
The National [47] says PM Maliki is to blame for sectarian politics in Iraq. (The National)
David Ignatius [48] says Syrian refugees in Jordan want to go home. (Washington Post)
The Jordan Times [49] says all Syrian refugees should be granted the right to vote in the upcoming presidential elections. (Jordan Times)
The Christian Science Monitor [50] says Syria’s denial of aid and use of starvation provides a legal right for UN workers to enter the country without permission. (Christian Science Monitor)
Ali Ibrahim [51] says evading or postponing subsidy reforms in the Middle East impedes development. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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