Daily News Issue Date:
October 28, 2014
News:
NEWS:
The EU says its relations with Israel depend on the future [1]of a two-state solution. (Ha'aretz)
PM Netanyahu dismisses US criticism [2]of Israeli settlement activity. (YNet)
PM Hamdallah pays a rare visit to holy sites [4] in occupied East Jerusalem
and reiterates the city must serve as a Palestinian capital.
(Ha'aretz/AP)
Palestinians in Jerusalem [5] say Israeli police are using right control for collective punishment. (Ha'aretz)
An AP photographer and freelancer are shot with rubber bullets [6] by
Israeli border police. (AP)
Egypt is going to create a buffer zone [7] along the Gaza border. (Ma'an)
Hamas [8]insists it has no tunnels running into Egypt. (Times of Israel)
Egyptian reports say gunman who killed 30 Egyptian [9]troops were trained in Gaza. (Times of Israel)
The PA transfers money [10]to pay Hamas-hired Gaza public employees. (Ma'an)
PM Al-Abadi [12] reportedly agrees on the creation of a 30,000-strong anti-ISIS militia force drawn from Sunni communities in Anbar province. (Asharq Al Awsat)
A British hostage is reportedly shown in a new ISIS video, purportedly
from the embattled town of Kobani [13]. (New York Times)
A US official urges Arab allies to do more to combat ISIS propaganda [14]. (AP)
The Pentagon says the battle against ISIS [15] is now costing $8.3 million
a day. (Reuters)
Iraqi Kurdish fighters are joining [16]the battle in Syria. (AP)
Turkish villages [17]are sheltering Syrian Kurdish refugees. (AP)
35 are killed in clashes [18]between Syrian rebels and government forces. (AP)
Hezbollah [19] is under strain as it battles on multiple fronts, home and
abroad. (Washington Post)
Egypt grants the military new judicial powers [20]over civilians. (Washington Post)
A court in Bahrain [21]has reportedly issued an order suspending the work
of the country's largest Shiite opposition group. (AP)
COMMENTARY:
Robert Wade [22] describes Israel's economic occupation of the West Bank as
"organized hypocrisy on a monumental scale." (London Review of Books)
Barak Ravid [23] says PM Netanyahu has no strategy beyond slogans. (Ha'aretz)
Avi Issacharoff [24] says, despite the evidence, Palestinians continue to
believe Hamas won this summer's war with Israel. (Times of Israel)
Christa Case Bryant [25] says Israelis can expect to make progress with
Palestinians if they wall themselves off in a fortress. (Christian
Science Monitor)
Mohammed Samhouri [26] looks at the challenges of rebuilding Gaza. (The Daily Star)
Hassan Barari [27] asks whether Jordan has a "Plan B" beyond its peace
treaty in dealing with Israel. (Jordan Times)
Akiva Eldar [28] says Israel should be sensitive to Jordan's concerns. (Al Monitor)
Hussein Ibish [29] says Tunisia's new election shows the way forward in a
troubled Arab world. (NOW)
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