News:
A new Palestinian governmen [1]t will reportedly not be announced this week. (Ma’an)
Israel marks 47 years since the capture [2] of occupied East Jerusalem. (Ha’aretz)
PM Netanyahu [3] tells the Knesset Jerusalem [4] will remain united forever. (Jerusalem Post/Ynet)
Israeli Housing Minister Ariel says Jerusalem [5] will never again be divided. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli opposition leader Herzog [6] says the government is turning Jerusalem into a settlement. (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli occupation forces [7] disperse a Palestinian protest [8] in East Jerusalem [9]. (AP/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
Jewish settlers enter the Rajaji building to mark Jerusalem Day [10]. (Ma’an)
Israel’s presidential frontrunner Rivlin says he does not support the two-state solution [11]. (Times of Israel)
Israeli occupation forces [12] raid the al-Ayam newspaper building in Ramallah [13]. (PNN/AFP)
DM Ya’alon says signing the UN Arms Trade Treaty [14] would put Israel at risk. (Ha’aretz)
Lebanese Maronite Cardinal Rai [15] makes two politically charged stops in Israel. (AP)
Thousands of Syrians abroad vote [16] for the presidential election [17]. (Reuters/New York Times)
The Lebanese army beats Syrian voters outside of the Syrian embassy in Beirut [18]. (AP)
Pres. Obama is reportedly nearing a decision to train Syrian rebels [19]. (AP)
Syrian rebels describe reported training in Qatar [20]. (McClatchy)
Egypt’s [21] presidential election [22] is extended [23] by a day [24]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/The National)
Ansar al-Sharia threatens the US if it interferes in Libya [25]. (Reuters)
Obama will defend his foreign policy in today’s West Point speech [26]. (New York Times)
Commentary:
David Ignatius [27] says Israel and Saudi Arabia agree on major security issues in the Middle East but are divided over the occupation. (Washington Post)
Peter Beinar [28]t says Israel and the Palestinians need peace and justice. (Ha’aretz)
Yossi Mekelberg [29]says Middle East peace is in need of Pope Francis’ blessing. (Al Arabiya)
Nahum Barnea [30] says Netanyahu is the PA’s savior. (Ynet)
Emily Hauser says Jerusalem Day is a big lie. (Jewish Daily Forward)
The Daily Star [31] says Hezbollah’s “resistance” has gone from being a weapon used to deter foreign occupiers to an excuse for issuing ultimatums to domestic political rivals. (Daily Star)
Jeffrey Goldberg [32] says the GCC has never become the counterweight to Iran because of “poor management, leadership and jealousy.” (Bloomberg)
Sharif Nashashibi [33] says the prospect of justice or a negotiated diplomatic solution seem more remote than ever in Syria. (The National)
The Jordan Times [34] says Jordan’s decision to declare Syrian Amb. Suleiman persona non grata is correct. (Jordan Times)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [35] says Pres. Assad will not surrender his last weapons of mass destruction. (Al Arabiya)
Rami Khouri [36] says Iraq mirrors a wider Arab pattern of state mismanagement and mediocrity. (Daily Star)
Samir Atallah [37] says Pres. Mansour’s statements and decisions have been exemplary, characterized by fairness and justice. (Asharq al-Awsat)
The National [38] says women need to play a more critical role in the economy of the Arab world. (The National)
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