News:
Palestinians and Israelis [1] resume talks [2] in Egypt and another
cease-fire [3]. (New York Times/Reuters/Washington Post)
Hamas may have obtained money to pay unpaid salaries [4] in Gaza. (Times of Israel)
Israeli [5] forces kill a Fatah activist in a raid on Nablus. (Ma'an)
A Palestinian teenager [6] is killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank [7]. (Xinhua/Reuters)
An Israeli airstrike [8] damages a church in Gaza. (Washington Post)
Palestinians [9] in Gaza expressed grief, anger and pride. (New York Times)
Gaza's wounded [10] are a living reminder of the cost of war. (AP)
Turkey [11] evacuates wounded Palestinians [12] from Gaza. (AP/Reuters)
80 members of a Gaza clan [13] have been living in a single household. (Los Angeles Times)
A Gaza teenager's [14] tweets have made her social media phenomenon. (Reuters)
Anti-Israel tweets may have cost a professor his job at the University
of Illinois [15]. (CNN)
International donors are already exploring ways of rebuilding in Gaza [16].
(The National)
The Gaza war is spurring campaigns to boycott Israel [17]. (Ha'aretz)
Israeli arms manufacturers [18] have made a great deal of money from the
Gaza war. (Ha'aretz)
Hamas is reported to have executed [19] dozens of tunnel diggers. (Times of Israel)
Kurds [20] retake Iraqi towns from Sunni extremists. (New York Times)
The US is sending weapons to Kurdish forces [21] in Iraq. (AP)
PM al-Maliki [22] intensifies efforts to keep his job. (AP)
Sec. Kerry [23] issues a warning to al-Maliki [24]. (New York Times/Washington Post)
Egypt dissolves the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice [25]Party [26]. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Thomas Friedman [27] interviews Pres. Obama. (New York Times)
Hillary Clinton [28] appears to be critical of Obama's foreign policy. (The Atlantic)
The Forward [29] says Pres. Abbas must play a crucial role in the aftermath
of the Gaza conflict. (The Forward)
David Kenner [30] says the Gaza war is far from over. (Foreign Policy)
Roger Cohen [31] says Israelis need to find their voices of conscience.
(New York Times)
Ronen Bergman [32] says Hamas beat Israel in Gaza. (New York Times)
Uri Savir [33] says resistance is now more popular than negotiations among
Palestinians. (Al Monitor)
Dennis Ross [34] says Hamas could've chosen peace but made Gaza suffer.
(Washington Post)
Anis Kassim [35] says Israel was not acting in self-defense in Gaza. (Jordan Times)
Elhanan Miller [36] looks at the level of support for and opposition to
Hamas in Gaza. (Times of Israel)
Gideon Levy [37] says Israeli should go to Gaza and learn about Palestinian
life there. (Ha'aretz)
Hana Salah [38] says many journalists were killed in the Gaza war. (Al Monitor)
Mamoun Fandy [39] says the Gaza hostilities demonstrate the end of the
Arab-Israeli conflict. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Salman Aldossary [40] condemns what he calls "the campaign of lies and
incitement against Saudi Arabia." (Asharq Al Awsat)
Vali Nasr [41] says the US can use its power to contain, but not reshape,
an emerging new Middle East. (New York Times)
Masoud Barzani [42] says Kurdistan and Iraq need urgent help against
Islamic extremists. (Washington Post)
Hussein Ibish [43] says ISIS and its narrative of success must be broken
immediately. (The National)
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