Daily News Issue Date:
November 7, 2014
News:
News:
PM Netanyahu [1] blames “militant Islamic incitement” for growing tensions [2] in Jerusalem. (AP/Times of Israel)
Netanyahu [3] calls King Abdallah [4] of Jordan to reassure him that Israel [5] is committed to maintain the status quo of Jerusalem holy sites [6]. (New York Times/AFP/JTA/Jordan Times)
EU Foreign Policy Chief Mogherini says the violence [7] in Jerusalem [8] underscores the need for resumption of peace talks [9]. (Reuters/JTA/Times of Israel)
Pres. Erdogan calls Israeli actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque [10] compound “barbaric and despicable.” (Times of Israel)
Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yosef [11] urges Jews not to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (Ynet)
Palestinian youth clash [12] with Israeli police in occupied East Jerusalem [13]. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Pres. Abbas says later this month he will submit a UNSC resolution [14] declaring the1967 [15] lines to be the borders of a Palestinian state. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Palestinians and Israeli forces clash outside Ofer prison [16] in the occupied West Bank. (Washington Post)
Palestinian officials say a series of blasts targeted [17] the homes and vehicles ofFatah [18]leaders in Gaza [19]. (Reuters/Ma’an/Jerusalem Post)
Hamas leader Abu Marzouk [20] urges PM Hamdallah to visit Gaza, despite anti-Fatah bomb blasts. (Ma'an)
Gen. Dempsey [21] says Israel went to "extraordinary lengths" [22] to limit civilian casualties in the recent war in Gaza. (Reuters/Ha’aretz)
The Palestinian government will hold its next session [23] in Gaza. (Ma’an)
A new poll [24]indicates that the majority of Palestinians support a two-state solution. (Ma’an)
Iraqi Kurdish forces in Kobani [25] have not yet broken ISIS’ siege of the city. (Reuters)
Ayatollah al-Sistani [26] says corruption in the Iraqi army enabled ISIS to seize control of much of northern Iraq. (Reuters)
Gen. Austin says US attacks are demoralizing [27] ISIS fighters. (CNN)
Pres. Obama reportedly wrote a letter [28] to Ayatollah Khamenei [29] regarding shared US-Iranian interests in the battle against ISIS. (AP/JTA)
Egypt’s evacuation plans [30] are angering some people in Sinai. (AP)
The Pentagon acknowledges that there are more than 600 [31] reported cases of chemical exposure in Iraq. (New York Times)
Commentary:
Rami Khouri [32] praises Pres. Rivlin’s visit to Kafr Qassem, which was the scene of one of many Israeli massacres of Palestinians. (Jordan Times)
Avi Issacharoff [33] looks at the new dangerous status quo in occupied East Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
The Daily Star [34] says there is an Intifada in the making in occupied East Jerusalem. (Daily Star)
Ben Caspit [35] says Israel and Jordan fear more violence at holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem. (Al-Monitor)
Linda Gradstein [36] asks if there is a “car intifada” in Jerusalem. (The Media Line)
Shimon Shiffer [37] says Netanyahu may go down in history as the prime minister who lost Jerusalem. (Ynet)
Shmuel Rosner [38] says the status quo at Jerusalem holy sites is unjust, but better than the alternative. (New York Times)
David Ignatius [39] says Obama should revamp his foreign policy team. (Washington Post)
Walter Pincus [40] says Americans must understand their limitations in the fight against ISIS. (Washington Post)
Susannah George [41] looks at “bloodthirsty” Shiite militias. (Foreign Policy)
The New York Times [42] says the Egyptian government is silencing pro-democracy groups. (New York Times)
Abdallah Schleifer [43] says the Egyptian press is not in peril. (Al Arabiya)
George Hishmeh [44] says Tunisia has confirmed its democratic trajectory. (Jordan Times)
Amir Taheri [45] says hope remains for Lebanon. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Dov Zakheim [46] says Obama is making a bad and dangerous deal with Iran. (Foreign Policy)
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