News:
With deadlines looming in cease-fire negotiations [1], both sides are
sticking to their core positions. (Los Angeles Times)
Egypt [2] is reportedly seeking another truce extension. (Ha'aretz)
Hamas [3] has reportedly told Egypt it will not resume fighting, whether
there is an agreement or not. (Times of Israel)
Pres. Abbas [4] says Palestinians want an end to the fighting, and Israeli
"killing and destruction." (Xinhua)
PM Netanyahu [5] appears undeterred by Hamas warnings. (Reuters)
The ICC is reportedly under Western pressure not to consider an
investigation regarding Gaza [6]. (The Guardian)
Hundreds of Fatah members [7] are reportedly under house arrest by Hamas
in Gaza. (Times of Israel)
Norway and Egypt will host a Gaza donor conference [8]. (AP)
Norway [9] says funds will be given to the PA, not Hamas, and that a
cease-fire must be in place first. (YNet)
The Gaza conflict [10] is reckoned to have cost $5 billion. (Xinhua)
The PA economics minister says Gaza reconstruction [11] will cost "billions." (Ma'an)
The EU [12] says a return to the status quo ante in Gaza is not an option. (AP)
The suspect in the killing of a Palestinian teenager [13] is the son of a
prominent Israeli Rabbi. (Washington Post)
Israeli occupation forces [14] destroy the homes of Palestinian kidnapping
and murder suspects. (Ma'an)
Hundreds mourn an AP journalist [15] killed in Gaza. (AP)
The emotional wounds of war have taken a bitter toll in Gaza [16]. (AP)
In Gaza [17], almost any structure with a roof is now important, as
homelessness skyrockets [18]. (New York Times/Al Monitor)
The Gaza conflict [19] has left Palestinian citizens of Israel [20] feeling more
alienated than ever. (Washington Post/Christian Science Monitor)
The Gaza conflict gives rise to new art [21]. (New York Times)
Tariq Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian-American teen [22] beaten by Israeli
occupation forces, has become an "accidental icon." (The Forward)
Israeli occupation forces destroy a Palestinian home in East Jerusalem [23]. (Ma'an)
Israel [24] is going to stop exporting settlement dairy and poultry produce
to the EU. (AFP)
US military aid to Israel [25] since 1962 now exceeds $100 billion. (Ha'aretz)
Kurdish [26] and Iraqi [27] government forces say they have retaken the
country's largest dam [28] from IS extremists [29]. (AP/Reuters/New York
Times/BBC)
IS extremists [30] deny that they have lost control of the dam. (AP)
IS extremists in Syria are reportedly closing in on the last regime
army base in Raqqa Province [31]. (AP)
UK says the campaign against IS [32] in Iraq could last "weeks and months."
(New York Times)
Three Islamist protesters are killed during violent demonstrations in
Egypt [33]. (Xinhua)
Egyptian authorities [34] say gunmen killed one police officer and wounded
another north of Cairo. (AP)
Commentary:
Rami Khouri [35] says "Israeli propaganda is starting to wear thin." (The Daily Star)
Amos Harel [36] says Egypt's cease-fire proposal is a bitter pill for
Hamas. (Ha'aretz)
Avi Issacharoff [37] says since the Egyptian proposal is bad for both
sides, there may be no agreement. (Times of Israel)
Efraim Halevy [38] says Israel needs to reach a cease-fire agreement in Cairo. (YNet)
Ron Ben-Yishai [39] says Hamas has toughened its negotiating position
because it has nothing left to lose. (YNet)
Hugh Naylor [40] says Hamas managed to surprise Israel tactically during
the fighting. (The National)
Uri Savir [41] asks if the US approach to peacemaking will change as a
consequence of the Gaza conflict. (Al Monitor)
Kevin Connolly [42] asks what the future holds for the children of Gaza. (BBC)
Alon Pinkas [43] says Netanyahu is clueless about America. (YNet)
Moshe Arens [44] warns against anti-Arab racism in Israel. (Ha'aretz)
Chibli Mallat [45] and Duncan Pickard [46] say the US can still help Libya.
(Washington Post)
Aliza Marcus [47] and Andrew Apostolou [48] say the US should support Kurds
beyond Iraq. (New York Times)
Joel Rayburn [49] says Iraqi national disintegration may be inevitable.
(Washington Post)
Jim Hoagland [50] asks if the US is fighting for a Middle East that
protects minorities. (Washington Post)
Steven Cook [51] says the US can't dictate what Arab societies will look
like. (Washington Post)
Sajad Jiyad [52] says Iran has lost some leverage in Iraq. (The Daily Star)
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed [53] says IS is bringing enemies together in the
Middle East. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Hussein Ibish [54] asks if the "Islamic State" has any attributes of actual
statehood. (The National)
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