News:
Pres. Abbas [1] says Israel must clarify what its borders are, and blasts Hamas [2] for maintaining a "parallel" government in Gaza. (Ma’an/Jerusalem Post)
Hamas leader Meshaal [3] says Hamas [4] will go back to war against Israel [5] if the upcoming long-term ceasefire talks fail. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
The US is reportedly planning to present a comprehensive proposal for the demilitarization of Gaza to the UNSC. [6] (Times of Israel)
Palestinians [7] in Gaza [8] are slowly returning to their normal routines. (Ma’an/The Guardian)
Palestinian fishermen [9] in Gaza say they are already seeing the benefits of an extended fishing zone. (Ma’an)
Many children in Gaza are left orphaned [10] by the conflict. (Ma’an)
Israel’s attacks on Gaza caused $40.4 million [11] worth of damage just to religious sites and cemeteries. (Ma’an)
The new school year in Gaza [12] will start on September 14th. (Ma’an)
Islamic Jihad [13] says 121 of its fighters were killed in Gaza. (Times of Israel)
Many Israelis [14] used an app to track the Gaza conflict during the latest round of hostilities. (New York Times)
Israel approves plans to build another Yeshiva in occupied East Jerusalem [15]. (Ma’an)
Israeli police [16] say they have found the body of a 23-year-old [17] American [18] student who went missing inJerusalem [19]. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post/JTA)
PM Netanyahu meets with members of Congress [20]. (JTA)
A poll indicates that Americans [21] sympathize with Israel more than with the Palestinians. (Ha’aretz)
An armed group detains 43 UN peacekeepers [22], and another 81 are trapped, during fighting in Syria [23]. (AP/Reuters)
Pres. Obama downplays the prospect of imminent US military action [24] in Syria. (AP)
The UN [25] says the war in Syria [26] has driven a record 3 million [27] people out of the country. (AP/Reuters/New York Times)
A video [28] shows IS fighters [29] executing Syrian [30] soldiers. (Reuters/New York Times/The National)
The Wall Street Journal looks at IS’ extensive criminal finances [31] and racketeering. (Wall Street Journals)
A captured IS laptop [32] includes lessons for making bubonic plague bombs and missives on using weapons of mass destruction. (Foreign Policy)
The US [33] has delivered a shipment of weapons to Lebanon. (AP)
A powerful Islamist militia in Tripoli [34] says it agrees with a UN call for a Libyan ceasefire. (AP)
FM Zarif [35] expresses optimism on nuclear talks. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Asmaa Al Ghoul [36] says Israel gained the upper hand in the final days of the Gaza war. (Al-Monitor)
Naomi Shihab Nye [37] desrcibes growing up in Ferguson and Palestine. (Washington Post)
Peter Millett [38] says UNRWA will have to rebuild “shattered lives” in Gaza. (Al Arabiya)
The CSM [39] says Israel should seek a lasting peace with the Palestinians, not merely prolonged quiet. (Christian Science Monitor)
Lara Friedman says Israeli settlement activity would greatly strengthen Hamas. (Jewish Daily Forward)
Neri Zilber [40] says Hamas did not win the Gaza war. (Politico)
Zvi Bar’el [41] says the Gaza war was a distraction from the main issue in the Middle East today: IS. (Ha’aretz)
Peter Beinart [42] says Palestinians are invisible to many Jewish Americans. (Ha’aretz)
David Ignatius [43] asks if Saudi Arabia can help fight IS. (Washington Post)
Steven Cook [44], Jacob Stokes [45] and Alexander Brock [46] say Obama's attempt to disengage from Middle East’s conflict has intensified regional rivalries. (Foreign Policy)
Winston Harris [47] asks if Kurds can achieve independence. (Small Wars Journal)
The National [48] says Gulf states must not forget Pres. Assad’s brutality. (The National)
The Daily Star [49] says world leaders must take “meaningful action” against the Syrian regime. (Daily Star)
Abdallah Schleifer [50] says Egypt is preparing for a worst-case scenario in Libya. (Al Arabiya)
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