News:
A Palestinian teenager [1] is killed [2] by Israelis [3] in a possible revenge attack [4]. (Reuters/New York Times/AFP/Ha’aretz)
Palestinians [5] clash [6] with Israeli [7] occupation forces [8] in Jerusalem [9] after body [10] of Palestinian teenager [11] isfound [12]. (AP/Washington Post/Ma’an/JTA/Ynet/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel/The National)
Pres. Abbas [13] demands PM Netanyahu [14] to condemn the killing [15] of a Palestinian teenager. (Ma’an/Ha’aretz/Ynet)
Netanyahu condemns [16] the “despicable murder” [17]of a Palestinian teenager. (AFP/Jerusalem Post)
Israel demolishes the home [18] of a Palestinian man [19] charged with killing an Israeli police office [20]r. (Reuters/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
Israeli occupation forces detain 40 Palestinians [21] in overnight raids across the West Bank. (Ma’an)
Israelis unite [22] over the murder of the three teengaers. (New York Times)
The UNSC condemns the murder [23] of the three Israeli teenagers. (JTA)
The US says it has “strong evidence” that Hamas is culpable [24] in the murder of the three Israeli teenagers. (Jerusalem Post)
An Israeli facebook campaign calls for vengeance against Arabs [25]. (Times of Israel)
Hamas says it is not interested [26]in a confrontation with Israel [27]. (Ma’an/The Media Line)
Jewish “price tag” extremists torch a Palestinian farm [28] in the occupied West Bank. (Ma’an)
A Pew poll indicates support for Hamas and Hezbollah is collapsing in the region [29]. (Times of Israel)
PM Maliki says ISIS’s declaration of an Islamic state [30] poses a threat to the entire region. (AP)
Gen. Dempsey says the US is assessing whether Iraqi forces can hold together [31]. (AP)
Iraqi Amb. to the US Faily says Iraq cannot wait for American aid [32]. (AP)
Iraqi soldiers blame officers for withdrawing [33]. (New York Times)
Maliki says he hopes to overcome the challenges [34] blocking the formation of a new Iraqi government. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia donates $500 million to help displaced Iraqis [35]. (New York Times)
A young Chechen in Syria has become one of the most prominent commanders [36] in ISIS in Syria. (AP)
Syrian chemical weapons [37] are moved onto a US ship [38] for destruction [39]. (AP/Reuters/New York Times)
Amnesty International criticizes Lebanon for denying access to Palestinians fleeing the conflict in Syria [40]. (The National)
King Abdullah of Jordan and Pres. Sisi discuss ways to develop the relations between Jordan and Egypt [41] over the phone. (Jordan Times)
Commentary:
The National [42] condemns the murder of the three Israeli teenagers. (The National)
The Jordan Times [43] says absence of peace between Israelis and Palestinians breeds hatred and violence. (Jordan Times)
The Los Angeles Times [44] says Israelis and Palestinians must find reasons to negotiate rather than seeking excuses to walk away. (Los Angeles Times)
Aaron David Miller [45] asks if the murder of the three Israeli teenagers will bring “armageddon” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Foreign Policy)
The CSM [46] says for Israelis and Palestinians to avoid revenge attacks, they need to agree on ways to accommodate each side’s demand for justice. (Christian Science Monitor)
Shaul Arieli [47] says the Israeli-Palestinian “show” always ends the same way. (Ha’aretz)
Gabriel Sassoon [48] says Israel must rethink its “punishment policy.” (Times of Israel)
Ha’aretz [49] says Israel must bolster Abbas, not weaken him. (Ha’aretz)
Hassan Hassan [50] says ISIS’s rapid rise illustrates how far jihadism has evolved. (The National)
Khaled Diab [51] says the problem with ISIS “caliphate” is that it is ahistorical. (New York Times)
Azeem Ibrahim [52] asks how real is ISIS’s statehood bid in the Middle East. (Al Arabiya)
Philip Dermer [53] says Iraqi Sunni’s who battled Al-Qaeda have been abandoned by the Americans. (Wall Street Journal)
Osama Al Sharif [54] looks at the winners and the losers in the Middle East. (Jordan Times)
Rami Khouri [55] says the principle of survival defines the Middle East. (Daily Star)
Ali Ibrahim [56] looks at the June 30 protests in Egypt. (Asharq al-Awsat)
David Andrew Weinberg [57] says Qatar may be retreating. (Al Arabiya)
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