Daily News Issue Date:
September 4, 2014
News:
News:
Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat submits a proposal [1] to end the Israeli occupation to Sec. Kerry. (AFP)
Israel plans to build 2200 new housing units [2] in occupied East Jerusalem [3]. (PNN/Times of Israel)
Israel [4] has agreed to dismantle [5] a bridge at a Jerusalem [6] holy site [7]. (AP/Xinhua/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Pres. Abbas reportedly rejected an Egyptian proposal [8] to resettle Palestinian refugees in Sinai. (Times of Israel)
King Abdullah of Jordan calls for the resumption of peace talks [9] between Israel and the Palestinians. (Jordan Times)
The US is open to a new UN resolution on Gaza [10] but only if it contributes to sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. (AP)
More than 200,000 Palestinian laborers [11] in Gaza are unemployed. (Ma’an)
Palestinians in Gaza await the reopening of the airport [12]. (The National)
Israeli occupation forces detain nine Palestinians [13] across the West Bank. (Ma’an)
UNRWA will begin the evaluation and assessment of damages to the homes [14] of the displaced across Gaza. (Ma’an)
The alleged “mastermind” [15] behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers [16] is indicted. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
The Israeli military attacks a Syrian army position [17] after a mortar strikes Israel [18]. (JTA/Ha’aretz)
Pres. Obama and PM Cameron call on NATO to confront IS [19]. (New York Times)
An Iraqi soldier [20] describes his capture by IS extremists. (New York Times)
In northeast Syria IS is building a government [21]. (Reuters)
The UAE calls for a unified effort to root out radical militancy [22] in the Middle East. (Reuters/Xinhua)
Iran and the US meet in Geneva for bilateral talks [23]. (Reuters)
The UN says 250,000 people have fled [24] militia fighting in Libya. (AP)
Commentary:
Ali Jarbawi [25] looks at the lessons Israel should learn from the latest Gaza war. (New York Times)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [26] says Palestinians in Gaza are haunted by war. (Al-Monitor)
Gregg Carlstrom [27] says PM Netanyahu is now facing a war within his own government. (Foreign Policy)
Chemi Shalev [28] asks if Abbas’ peace talks deadline is the last chance for the two-state solution. (Ha’aretz)
Gideon Levy [29] says Israel’s “settlement disease” is terminal. (Ha’aretz)
Michael Young [30] says Obama’s “foreign policy failures” will haunt the Middle East for years. (The National)
Hassan Hassan [31] says in Syria, both the regime and the opposition view IS as a serious threat. (The National)
The Daily Star [32] says the US has no Syria plan. (Daily Star)
Dennis Ross [33] says if IS is a “cancer,” as Obama has correctly called it, the US cannot avoid attacking its presence in Syria. (Politico)
Joyce Karam [34] says IS murdered American journalist Stephen Sotloff because it is bruised and desperate for American targets. (Al Arabiya)
The Los Angeles Times [35] asks if there is a mismatch between Obama’s words and deeds on IS. (Los Angeles Times)
Michael Young [36] says the Sunni moderates have much work to do in Lebanon. (Daily Star)
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