News:
Clashes [1] continue in Jerusalem between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces. (New York Times)
Saudi Arabia pledges $500 million [2] for Gaza reconstruction. (Reuters)
Quartet Envoy Blair [3] says delay in Gaza rebuilding could threaten the truce. (AFP)
Hamas [4] says indirect ceasefire negotiations [5] between Palestinians and Israel will restart within the next week in Cairo [6]. (Ma’an/PNN/Times of Israel)
Israeli opposition leader Herzog [7] urges Pres. Abbas to return to talks with Israel. (Times of Israel)
Israeli naval forces shoot and injure a Palestinian fisherman [8] off the coast of Gaza. (Ma’an)
Gaza’s Ministry of Health postpones [9] surgeries due to a strike by cleaning staff. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces issue demolition [10] orders for the homes of three Hebron families. (Ma’an)
The National [11] looks at architects’ hopes of rebuilding Gaza. (The National)
FM Lieberman [12] tells Sec. Kerry Israel is ready to the help [13] the US-led coalition against ISIS. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
The House of Representatives [14] approves Pres. Obama’s plan [15] to train and arm moderate Syrianrebels [16]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times)
VP Biden [17] leaves the door open to US ground troops helping Iraqi security forces.(AP)
Gen. Ray Odierno [18] says grounds troops will be needed against ISIS. (New York Times)
Conflict in Iraq is undermining the Kurdish [19] success story. (Washington Post)
ISIS extremists capture 16 villages [20] and besiege a Kurdish [21] city in northern Syria near the border with Turkey. (Reuters/AP)
Pres. Rouhani [22] says ISIS beheadings are a symbolic murder of all mankind. (Reuters)
A Saudi ISIS fighter calls on his fellow Saudis to “wage jihad” [23] and threatens Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
The French government says it will now refer to ISIS as “Daesh.” [24] (Washington Post)
A series of anti-terrorism [25] raids were sparked by intelligence reports that ISIS supporters were planning a public execution in Australia. (The Australian)
Syria’s conflict keeps 2.8 million [26] children out of school. (Reuters)
Tainted vaccines [27] kill at least 50 children [28] inside Syria. (New York Times/The National)
The Wall Street Journal profiles Bassam Barandi [29], a conscientious Syrian diplomat in Washington who aided the opposition. (Wall Street Journal)
Egypt is moving to tighten restrictions on Muslim Brotherhood [30] activities at Al Azhar University. (Reuters)
The New York Times [31] looks at Jordan’s energy deal with Israel. (New York Times)
Islamist fighters launch a new attack on pr-Haftar forces at Benghazi’s [32] airport. (AFP)
Commentary:
Terrestrial Jerusalem [33] says there is a looming crisis in occupied East Jerusalem because of highly dangerous new Israeli settlement activities. (Terrestrial Jerusalem)
Chris Gunness [34] says depriving the next generation in Gaza of a future is against Israel's own interests. (Ha’aretz)
Gideon Levy [35] says the world has quickly forgotten about Gaza. (Ha’aretz)
Peter Beinar [36]t say boycotting Israel is a “serious mistake.” (Ha’aretz)
Ahmad Melhem [37] says the planned West Bank city of Rawabi is still controversial among Palestinians. (Al-Monitor)
Michael Young [38] says Obama’s vow of “no troops on the ground” is unrealistic. (Daily Star)
Joyce Karam [39] says the US is determined to hit ISIS in Syria in order to deal a severe blow to the group. (Al Arabiya)
Michael Young [40] says regional unity threatens Iran’s divisive agenda. (The National)
The New York Times [41] asks if the US can still count on the new government in Baghdad. (New York Times)
The CSM [42] says Obama should welcome the backing of lawmakers for his war on ISIS. (Christian Science Monitor)
Aaron David Miller [43] questions the commitment of US partners in the war against ISIS. (Foreign Policy)
Nicholas Kristof [44] says Obama’s military campaign against ISIS in Syria keeps on “getting messier.” (New York Times)
Rym Ghazal [45] says more western Muslim women are running away to become “jihadists.” (The National)
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