News:
The Palestinian death toll [1] in Gaza reaches more than 1000. (Times of Israel)
Israel eases its assaults in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire declines. (Reuters/New York Times)
Israel [2]strikes three targets [3] in Gaza, killing two Palestinians [4]. (AP/Ma’an/Ha’aretz))
The Security Council [5] agrees on a statement [6] calling for "an immediate [7]and unconditional [8]humanitarian cease-fire [9]." (AP/Reuters/Washington Post/AFP/JTA)
Pres. Obama [10] tells Netanyahu [11] he wants an immediate [12]humanitarian ceasefire [13]. (AP/Washington Post/JTA/Times of Israel)
Sec. Kerry is finding it hard to secure a truce [14] in Gaza. (New York Times)
PM Netanyahu [15] says Israel must not compromise security for the sake of public relations. (AP)
Kerry’s [16] ceasefire proposal is leaked [17]to the media. (JTA/Times of Israel)
Hamas [18] says Israel has reached only a fraction of its tunnels. (Jerusalem Post)
Israel confirms firing a mortar into a UN school [19] being used as a shelter, but denies killing [20] anyone there. (New York Times/AFP)
The Israeli military says the bloodiest battle in Shujaiyeh [21] could have been “much worse.” (Ha’aretz)
Hamas sees the hostilities with Israel [22] as a fight for its existence. (New York Times)
Hamas [23] leader Meshaal [24] demands that Israel end its occupation [25]. (AP/Ma’an/Jerusalem Post)
A Pentagon official Lt Gen Flynn says destroying Hamas is not the answer [26]. (The National)
Palestinian official Shtayyeh says Israeli aggression [27] will not bring peace to the region. (AP)
Palestinian citizens of Israel [28] are caught in the middle of the Gaza war [29]. (AP/Times of Israel)
Egypt’s army [30] destroys 13 more tunnels [31] connecting Sinai to Gaza. (AFP/The National)
Palestinians [32] in Gaza see no joy in the Eid holiday [33]. (Reuters/Ma’an)
Pres. Assad [34] makes a rare appearance, praying [35] in public. (AP/Daily Star)
Iraqi police find the corpses of 15 people [36], including three women, shot in the head. (Reuters)
France will facilitate asylum for Iraq’s Christians [37]. (Reuters)
Commentary:
ATFP Board Member Saliba Sarsar [38] and ATFP Youth Outreach Coordinator Tala Haikal [39] say Gaza, Syria, and Iraq are pained by that same disease of extremism and conflict. (Huffington Post)
Hussein Ibish [40] interrogates the relationship between intention and predictable effect in the deaths of civilians. (The National)
The Daily Star [41] says a ceasefire in Gaza is not enough. (Daily Star)
Raghida Dergham [42] says, with Hamas’s help, Israel is killing the peace process. (Al Arabiya)
Jeffrey Goldberg [43] asks why Israel is “losing a war it’s winning.” (The Atlantic)
Sharif Abdel Kouddous [44] explains how Gaza’s residents surveyed the damage during a recent lull in fighting. (Foreign Policy)
The CSM [45] says despair is so great among Israelis and Palestinians that despair itself needs to be addressed. (Christian Science Monitor)
Samir Atallah [46] says Kerry is facing a political dilemma in the Middle East. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Avi Issacharoff [47] says Kerry’s mistakes are strengthening Hamas’ resolve. (Times of Israel)
David Horovitz [48] says Kerry’s ceasefire proposal empowers Hamas. (Times of Israel)
Nahum Barnea [49] says tensions between the US and Israel are benefiting Hamas. (Ynet)
Amos Harel [50] says Netanyahu is facing a moral dilemma with Hamas between deterrence or a decisive victory. (Ha’aretz)
J.J. Goldberg explains how the Gaza tunnels work. (Jewish Daily Forward)
Amira Hass [51] says Israel’s moral defeat will haunt the country for many years. (Ha’aretz)
David Grossman [52] says Israelis must choose peace with the Palestinians. (New York Times)
Rami Khouri [53] says people should look to the roots of the Gaza conflict. (Daily Star)
Sharif Nashashibi [54] says the scale of contemporary tragedies in the Arab world is unprecedented. (The National)
Amer Al Sabaileh [55] says those who believe in the concept of a civic state in the Arab world are under threat. (Jordan Times)
Rafe Al-Essawi and Atheel al-Nujaifi [56] say Iraq’s Sunnis can defeat IS. (New York Times)
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