News:
Palestinians succumb to their wounds, bringing in the Gaza death toll
to 1,980 [1]. (Ma'an)
Gaza is beginning to calculate the scale of the damage [2]. (The Guardian)
Subtle voices of dissent [3] against Hamas emerge in Gaza. (AP)
The PA's popularity may also have been a casualty of the Gaza
conflict [4]. (The National)
Palestinians express cautious optimism [5] about cease-fire negotiations [6]
in Cairo. (AP/YNet)
Egyptian officials say a potential cease-fire agreement involves
Israeli recognition of the Palestinian unity government [7]. (Ha'aretz)
Islami Jihad predicts a cease-fire will be signed [8] after the ongoing
five-day truce ends. (Ma'an)
Israel has been reportedly outflanking the White House with the
Pentagon [9], Congress and others. (Wall Street Journal)
The recent Gaza hostilities [10] are just another round in an ongoing and
cyclical conflict. (New York Times)
Reuters profiles Hamas' paramilitary leader [11] Mohammed Deif. (Reuters)
Despite the devastation, Gaza schools [12] are preparing to open in
September. (Ma'an)
Deputy PM Abu Amr says the Palestinian unity government [13] will lead
reconstruction in Gaza. (Ma'an)
PM Netanyahu hints that Israel will not cooperate with a UN
investigation [14] into possible rights abuses during the Gaza hostilities.
(Times of Israel)
Israel braces for the investigation [15]. (New York Times)
Israeli occupation forces are reprimanded for celebrating after
shooting a Palestinian [16] who was trying to throw a Molotov cocktail. (Times
of Israel)
The defense in the Arab Bank terrorism financing civil trial [17] cites
error to explain suspect payments [18]. (New York Times/AP)
An anti-Arab group in Israel [19] plans to disrupt a Jewish-Muslim wedding
celebration. (Ha'aretz)
PM al-Maliki [20] resigns [21] as Prime Minister of Iraq [22]. (BBC/New York Times/Reuters)
The UN Security Council [23] will vote on a resolution aimed at IS
extremists. (New York Times)
The EU is considering arming Kurdish forces [24] in Iraq. (BBC)
Kurdish officials say IS leader Baghdadi has fled to Syria [25]. (Asharq Al Awsat)
American officials say IS is now a threat to the West [26]. (Wall Street Journal)
The Pentagon [27] said there were still 4-5,000 Yazidis trapped on a
mountaintop in northern Iraq, but most have reportedly escaped by now.
(AFP/Washington Post/Los Angeles Times)
The Syrian army [28] seizes towns near Damascus [29]. (Reuters/BBC)
Hillary Clinton's efforts to develop a more robust US
policy toward Syria [30] were blocked for years by Pres. Obama. (Daily
Beast)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish, Jonathan Schanzer and Aaron David Miller [31] consider the
outcome and aftermath of the Gaza conflict. (Video: C-SPAN)
Yoel Marcus [32] says no one wins these cyclical Israel-Hamas conflicts,
and another will happen again. (Ha'aretz)
Miriam Awadallah [33] says Israelis and Palestinians need "strong moral
courage" to achieve peace. (An-Nahar)
Mira Awad [34] says Israelis and Palestinians seem trapped. (Ha'aretz)
Amnon Abramovich [35] questions what Israel accomplished in the Gaza
hostilities. (YNet)
Nicholas Blincoe [36] looks at the relationship between the PA, which
functions under occupation, and its critics in the diaspora. (London
Review of Books)
Mohammad Dajani Daoudi [37] says if Israelis and Palestinians care about
the future they must invest in empathy and moderation. (The Atlantic)
Archbishop Tutu [38] urges Israelis to liberate themselves from being
occupiers by liberating Palestine from occupation. (Ha'aretz)
Gideon Levy and Alex Levac [39] detail the killing of a Palestinian man by
Israeli occupation forces. (Ha'aretz)
Raphael Ahren [40] looks at how intense new US-Israel tensions really are.
(Times of Israel)
Marwan Kabalan [41] looks at Iran's dilemma in the Fertile Crescent. (Gulf News)
The New York Times [42] says the al-Maliki saga shows the futility of
regime change as a policy. (New York Times)
Tariq Alhomayed [43] says the downfall of al-Maliki should be a lesson for
Pres. Assad. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Mohsin Khan [44] looks at the damage IS is causing to the Iraqi economy.
(Atlantic Council)
David Ignatius [45] says IS won't implode, but will have to be "fought,
patiently and subtly." (Washington Post)
The National [46] says IS is a symptom, not a cause, of power vacuums in
Syria and Iraq. (The National)
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