News:
The US and the EU call [1]on Israel to reverse [2]its appropriation of West Bank land. (JTA)
Sec. Kerry [3] calls PM Netanyahu to protest [4]land appropriation. (Ha’aretz/Ynet)
Peace Now [5] says Israel’s land appropriation is intended to consolidate control over the occupied West Bank. (Ha’aretz)
Kerry [6]willl meet with Palestinian negotiators. (AFP)
A delegation [7]from the Arab League will visit Gaza. (Ma’an)
An Egyptian official [8] says no date has been set for renewed Gaza ceasefire talks. (Ma’an)
Palestinians are considering new international initiatives [9]. (New York Times)
Pres. Abbas reportedly accused Hamas leader Meshaal of scheming to overthrow [10]him in a meeting in Qatar. (Ha’aretz)
The New York Times [11] looks at the significance of the Erez crossing. (New York Times)
Palestinians in Gaza demand the right of passage [12] to the West Bank. (Ha’aretz)
The Israeli navy detains [13]two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces demolish [14]a house and a water well in Hebron. (Ma’an)
The Washington Post [15] looks at what happened this summer to the Abu Khdeir’s Palestinian-American family. (Washington Post)
John Edwin Mroz [16], an American official negotiating with the PLO, dies at 66. (New York Times)
Israel signs [17]a 15-year natural gas deal with Jordan. (Ha’aretz)
Pres. Obama [18] has ordered an increase of 350 [19] troops in Baghdad to protect the US embassy. (Reuters/AP)
Australian PM Abbot [20]t does not rule out sending combat troops in Iraq. (Reuters)
Human Right Watch [21] says IS militants killed 770 Iraqi troops in June. (AP)
A Yazidi girl [22]tells the story of her escape from IS kidnappers. (Reuters)
Pope Francis tells Iraqi Christians that they are the "heart" [23] of the church. (AP)
IS extremists [24] release a video [25]purportedly showing the beheading [26]of a second American journalist,Steven Sotloff [27]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/The National)
Syrian government [28] forces escalate their assault [29]on a rebel-held district in Damascus. (Reuters/The National)
Commentary:
Rami Khouri [30] looks at Abbas’ new international initiative. (Daily Star)
Osama Al Sharif [31] says Hamas and Abbas are already fighting. (Jordan Times)
Shlomi Eldar [32] says Abbas needs Hamas. (Al-Monitor)
Ron Kampeas [33] says the Obama administration is retreating from Middle East peace endeavors. (JTA)
David Horovitz [34] says there are no “quick fixes” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Times of Israel)
Eric Yoffie [35] says Israel’s land appropriation is “foolish, ill-timed and self-destructive.” (Ha’aretz)
Hussein Ibish [36] says IS is trying to raise a loyal generation of citizens of its “caliphate” through endoctrination and brainwashing. (Now)
Thomas Friedman [37] says to defeat ISIS you have to address the context out of which it emerged. (New York Times)
Shane Harris and Kate Brannen [38] say Sotloff’s murder proves that IS isn’t interested in negotiating. (Foreign Policy)
Amos Yadlin [39] says IS is not an existential threat to Israel. (Ynet)
Mshari Al-Zaydi [40] says Egypt is now free to play its natural role as the leading Arab country once more. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Mohammed Fahad al-Harthi [41] says the government priorities of the Arab world should shift toward a development-based agenda. (Al Arabiya)
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