Daily News Issue Date:
October 8, 2014
News:
News:
Palestinian [1] protesters and Israeli [2] police clash [3] at the Al Aqsa mosque [4]. (AP/Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz)
PM Netanyahu orders a clampdown on Palestinian protests [5] in Jerusalem. (The National)
The EU [6] will reportedly reassess its ties with Israel if there is no movement on peace with the Palestinians. (Times of Israel)
FM Lieberman says Sweden’s [7] possible recognition of Palestine does not advance peace. (Times of Israel)
Egypt reopens the Rafah [8] crossing. (Ma’an)
Gaza’s farming and livestock [9] is destroyed by the recent war with Israel. (Ha’aretz)
The State Department is bringing 30 Palestinian and Israeli youth basketball [10]coaches to the US to foster understanding. (JTA)
Hezbollah [12] says the border attack [13] which wounded two Israeli [14]soldiers was a message that the group remains ready to confront Israel. (Reuters/New York Times/Ha’aretz)
ISIS [15]extremists shoot down an Iraqi military attack helicopter [16], killing two pilots. (AP/New York Times)
Iraqi Sunni tribesmen [17] are joining Shi’ites in the war against ISIS. (The National)
Turkish inaction on ISIS is reportedly frustrating [18] the US. (New York Times)
US-led airstrikes [19] are pushing ISIS extremists back to the edges of the Kurdish town of Kobani [20]. (Reuters/Washington Post)
Several Syrian [21] rights groups call on the international community to save Kobani. (AP)
Investigators in Syria are searching for paper trails [24] that could help build cases for war crime prosecutions. (New York Times)
Sec. Kerry [25] is facing mounting domestic American political pressure regarding the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran. (AP)
Commentary:
Rami Khouri [26] says the Swedish move to recognize Palestine is both symbolic and substantive. (Daily Star)
David Stavrou [27] says Sweden is not against Israel. (Ha’aretz)
J.J. Goldberg says Hamas knows it lost this summers war. (Jewish Daily Forward)
The Media Line [28] interviews Palestine’s Mission Chief to the US, Maen Areikat. (The Media Line)
Ephraim Sneh [29] says the current Israeli government does not want peace if the price is the evacuation of even a few settlements. (Al-Monitor)
Osama Al Sharif [30] looks at Pres. Abbas’ diplomatic options. (Jordan Times)
Yossi Mekelberg [31] looks at the rift between Pres. Obama and Netanyahu. (Al Arabiya)
Ron Kampeas [32] says the US has no clear path back to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (JTA)
Shmuel Rosner [33] says even though Israel has many enemies it must be open to legitimate criticism. (New York Times)
Anshel Pfeffer [34] says Hezbollah’s border attack against Israeli soldiers was a forlorn attempt to redeem itself with the Lebanese public. (Ha’aretz)
Fredrick Logevall and Gordon Goldstein [35] ask if the war in Syria will be Obama’s Vietnam. (New York Times)
The Washington Post [36] says US-led airstrikes against ISIS are failing. (Washington Post)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [37] says Hezbollah drew ISIS and Al-Nusra into Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
Steven Cook [38] says Turkey is still not ready for a war against ISIS. (Foreign Policy)
The National [39] says Turkey is playing a “dangerous game” on ISIS. (The National)
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