News:
Israelis and Palestinians [1] agree to extend the Gaza truce [2] for another
24 hours. (New York Times/Reuters)
Negotiations [3] are continuing [4] for a more lasting cease-fire [5]. (AP/Ma'an/
Hamas [6] says this truce extension will be the last one. (Ha'aretz) Netanyahu says Israel would respond forcefully [7] to any renewed rocket The US and Israel [8] may have concluded their own understanding about how Palestinian officials say Israel has dropped [9] its "demilitarization" Israeli politicians accuse PM Netanyahu of trying to hide an Egyptian Pres. Abbas [11] will meet with Pres. Sis in Cairo on Friday. (Ma'an) On Thursday Abbas will meet with the Emir of Qatar [12] and Hamas leader The UN says unless the blockade is eased, Gaza [13] faces years of misery The UN offers to monitor Gaza reconstruction [14] materials. (AFP) The UN [15] says Gaza needs houses and schools, not rockets and tunnels. Almost 1500 Palestinians were banned from leaving the occupied West Israeli forces have arrested at least 93 Hamas operatives [17] in the Israel says it has uncovered a Hamas plot [18] to topple PA control in Area Abbas orders an investigation [19] into the purported plot, and says it may Gaza's ruined airport and unbuilt seaport are symbols of Palestinian Chief Palestinian negotiator Erekat [22] says former US Middle East peace Kurdish forces [23] seize control of Iraq's largest dam from IS extremists [24], Pres. Obama [25] confirms the retaking of the dam [26], which had been IS extremists [28] have shot and beheaded hundreds of Syrian tribesmen in Yazidi survivors [29] are haunted by cries for help from those being buried In a new Internet video, IS extremists [31] reportedly threaten the United [32] The US says Syria's chemical weapons supplies [34] have been completely [35] Commentary: Sharif Nashashibi [37] looks at the debate among Palestinians about the Aeyal Gross [38] asks why Israelis supported the recent Gaza offensive. (Ha'aretz) The Daily Star [39] says Gaza is dying a slow death. (The Daily Star) Naomi Zeveloff [40] says people in Israel and the occupied West Bank Oudeh Basharat [41] says Israel's conduct creates ever more enemies. (Ha'aretz) J.J. Goldberg [42] looks at the relationship between Israeli policies and Richard Cohen [43] says Israel is being held to an impossibly high standard Mitch Ginsberg [44] says Israel needs a new war-fighting doctrine. (Times of Israel) Nahum Barnea [45] says Netanyahu's real problem with Obama is that he's Michael Singh [46] says the real crisis in the Middle East is an economic Ali Hashem [47] says IS extremism in social media must be countered by a Diana Moukalled [48] says IS extremism must be countered at the cultural
attacks. (Times of Israel)
to ease the Gaza blockade. (Times of Israel)
demand. (YNet)
cease-fire proposal [10] from his cabinet. (Ha'aretz)
Mishaal in Doha. (YNet)
ahead. (Reuters)
(Times of Israel)
Bank [16] in July. (Ha'aretz)
occupied West Bank since May. (Ha'aretz)
A of the the occupied West Bank. (Jerusalem Post)
threaten the unity government [20]. (Times of Israel/YNet)
aspirations for independence [21]. (The Guardian)
envoy Indyk’s criticisms are unfair. (Al Monitor)
and are fighting for another one. (New York Times/Reuters)
questioned [27]. (AP/Washington Post/Los Angeles Times)
the past two weeks. (AP)
alive by IS extremists [30] in Iraq. (Reuters/Los Angeles Times)
States [33] and Americans. (YNet/France 24)
destroyed [36]. (New York Times/Los Angeles Times)
best path to national liberation. (The National)
perceived two very different wars. (The Forward)
global anti-Semitism. (The Forward)
by some. (Washington Post)
perceived as a Republican Party operative. (YNet)
one. (New York Times)
global strategy. (Al Monitor)
level. (Asharq Al Awsat)
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