News:
The Israel-Hamas [1] cease-fire [2] holds for a second day [3]. (AP/Reuters/AFP)
Indirect cease-fire talks [4] continue in Cairo. (BBC)
Hamas says It has not received an official response to its cease-fire
demands [5]. (Ma'an)
Israel is reportedly seeking to "demilitarize" [6] Gaza. (Jerusalem Post)
Gaza residents start to ask what was gained by the fighting [7]. (Los Angeles Times)
A Hamas spokesman is reportedly attacked by Gaza residents [8]. (YNet)
Indian and French TV report [9] to show Hamas firing rockets [10] near civilian
areas. (NDTV/France 24)
Concern remains about the potential for future clashes [11]. (Washington Post)
The damage [12] in Gaza [13] starts to be assessed [14]. (Washington
Post/Ha'aretz/The Guardian)
UNICEF says large numbers of children were killed [15] in the Gaza conflict. (Xinhua)
Pres. Abbas declares gaza a disaster area [16]. (Xinhua)
Hamas says it intends to keep its political and military wing [17]
separate. (New York Times)
Israel says Hamas in Gaza ordered and funded the kidnapping and murder [18]
of three Israeli teenagers [19] in June. (Ha'aretz/Times of Israel)
Palestine seeks ICC support [20] for charges against Israel. (Xinhua)
A survey suggests most Israelis think neither side won [21], but approve of
PM Netanyahu's performance. (Ha'aretz)
Israeli politicians say Netanyahu presented them with a "nightmare" [22]
scenario involving the complete reconquest of Gaza [23]. (Ha'aretz/Times of
Israel)
Some Israelis think the rightward political drift [24] in the country is
solidifying. (New York Times)
Tunisia is concerned about potential returning jihadists [25]. (New York Times)
New clashes erupt between the Lebanese army and extremists [26] near the
Syrian border. (AP)
Iraq [27] says it has killed 60 IS extremists [28]. (AP/BBC)
Kurdish officials say their forces have had a major clash [29] with IIS
extremists near Erbil. (Reuters)
Militants attack [30] a police checkpoint in Egypt [31], leaving five killed. (AP/Xinhua)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish and Aaron David Miller [32] discuss whether the Israel-Hamas
cease-fire will hold. (PBS NewsHour)
Tom Friedman [33] says the only way to stabilize Gaza is to strengthen the
PA. (New York Times)
Ephraim Sneh [34] says, in order to ensure Hamas does not benefit from the
war, Israel must strengthen the PA and its strategy. (Al Monitor)
Zvi Bar'el [35] says Egypt is still the powerbroker regarding Gaza. (Ha'aretz)
Ahdaf Soueif [36] says the large number of dead Palestinian children tells
a story of Israeli impunity. (Los Angeles Times)
David Horovitz [37] says Israel may have won, but Hamas certainly lost.
(Times of Israel)
Jonathan Marcus [38] says there were no winners. (BBC)
Uriel Heilman [39] also assesses winners and losers. (JTA)
Avi Issacharoff [40] says the winners may be radical groups even more
extreme than Hamas. (Times of Israel)
Abdullah Erakat [41] says Abbas's political power is another casualty of
the war. (The Media Line)
David Kenner [42] says Hamas must now battle its various enemies inside
Gaza. (Foreign Policy)
Rami Khouri [43] says Palestinians need a revised and unified PLO. (Daily Star)
Shlomi Eldar [44] says Israel fears more terror attacks in the West Bank.
(Al Monitor)
The CSM [45] says Israelis and Palestinians ask for world empathy while
showing each other not. (Christian Science Monitor)
Gregg Carlstrom [46] says Israel's hawks have intimidated the last remnants
of the antiwar left. (Foreign Policy)
Osama Al Sharif [47] draws his own lessons from the Gaza conflict. (Jordan Times)
Hassan Hassan [48] looks at the role of various Islamist groups in Syria.
(The National)
Hussein Ibish [49] asks why no one is acting against ISIS? (Now)
The National [50] says Kurds must not act solely in their own interests.
(The National)
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed [51] says PM al-Maliki needs to go abroad, the few
countries will take him. (Asharq Al Awsat)
The New York Times [52] says the rise of ISIS in Iraq is alarming. (New York Times)
Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi [53] says the Arab world is "drowning in
Machiavellianism." (Arab News)
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