Daily News Issue Date:
June 10, 2014
News:
News:
Israel [1]’s parliament [2] selects Reuven Rivlin [3] as country’s next [4] president [5]. (Reuters/AP/AFP/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Israel’s parliament has given initial approval [9] to a law that would enable force-feeding [10]Palestinian prisoners [11]. (Reuters/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
US lawmakers [12] want Sec. Kerry to explain his decision [13] to continue working with the PA [14]. (JTA/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
US Senators are debating military aid [15] to Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Former NSC Advisor Berger says Hamas should not be allowed to participate [16] in Palestinian elections. (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas calls on its armed wing in the occupied West Bank to target Israeli soldiers and settlers [17]. (Times of Israel)
Hamas says PA forces “assaulted” [18] Hamas-affiliated protesters in Ramallah. (Ma’an)
Jewish Australians express concern [19] about their country’s new stance on occupied East Jerusalem. (Ha’aretz)
Jordan summons an Australian diplomat [20] over the status [21] of occupied East Jerusalem [22]. (Xinhua/AFP/Jordan Times)
Palestinian Professor Dajani who took students to Auschwitz resigns amid controversy [23]. (The Media Line)
The Palestinian Environmental Authority says half of the beaches in Gaza havedangerous levels of contamination [24] and are unfit for swimming. (Ma’an)
Israel prevents Palestinian businessman [25] Munib Masri from entering Gaza. (Bloomberg)
Israeli Gen. Brun is optimistic [26] about the nuclear talks [27] with Iran. (New York Times/Ha’aretz)
Israeli Amb. Dermer derides efforts at a deal with Iran [28]. (Ha’aretz)
A six-week offensive [29] by ISIL in eastern Syria [30] has killed 600 fighters and driven 130,000 people from their homes. (Reuters/AP)
PM Maliki asks the parliament [33] to declare a state of emergency [34] after insurgents [35] seizeMosul [36] (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post/The National)
Iran and Turkey pledge to work together to fight extremism [37]. (The National)
The Lebanese parliament fails [38] again to elect a new president. (Xinhua)
Commentary:
The Jordan Times [40] says Australia is disregarding international law, by deciding to stop referring to East Jerusalem as occupied area. (Jordan Times)
Zvi Bar’el [41] says the US is being forced to compromise in the Middle East. (Ha’aretz)
Jonathan Cook [42] says elections will be the most difficult test for the new Palestinian government. (The National)
Ha’aretz [43] says Israel should not force-feed Palestinian hunger strikers. (Ha’aretz)
Uri Savir [44] says Pres. Peres’ leadership is not only a reflection of Israel, but more importantly, a projection of what it should aspire to be. (Jerusalem Post)
Hassan Barari [45] says the Syrian presidential election was designed to “rehabilitate and legitimize” Pres. Assad. (Jordan Times)
Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Nassif Hitti [46] say time has come to consider the necessity of establishing a conference on security and cooperation in the Middle East. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Khairallah Khairallah [47] says Hezbollah’s military involvement in Syria harmed whatever was left of Lebanese sovereignty. (Al Arabiya)
The Daily Star [48] says, from the judiciary to the education system, Lebanon needs to overhaul its approach to sexual violence. (Daily Star)
The National [49] says military conscription in the UAE will have many benefits. (The National)
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