Daily News Issue Date:
November 14, 2014
News:
News:
Israel [1] lifts all age restrictions [2] for Muslim men who want to pray [3] at the Al-Aqsa [4]Mosque. (AP/AFP/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Sec. Kerry [5] says Israel and the Palestinians [6] have pledged [7] to take concrete steps [8]to calm tensions [9]around Jerusalem's holiest sites. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/AFP/Ha’aretz)
Palestinian despair is fueling clashes in occupied East Jerusalem [10]. (AFP)
A Palestinian [11] boy is critically wounded [12]during a protest in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Ten [13] Palestinians are injured [14] during clashes [15] with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. (Ma’an/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
FM Steinmeier [16] will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. (AFP)
Hamas warns of renewed violence [17] unless Israel allows the reconstruction of Gaza. (AFP)
Israel denies a request by Colombian FM Maria Angela Holguin to visit Ramallah [18]. (Ha’aretz)
Israel has reportedly imposed a life ban [19] on Norwegian doctor and activist Mads Gilbert [20] from entering Gaza. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
The Knesset approves a bill that would shut down a free Israeli daily owned by American billionaire Sheldon Adelson [21]. (JTA)
Spain’s Parliament [22] will hold a vote [23] next week on a resolution [24] to recognize the State of Palestine. (Ha’aretz/Ynet/Jerusalem Post)
France’s Federation of Jewish Organizations says recognizing the State of Palestine risks worsening anti-semitism [25] in France. (JTA)
Jordan has not yet returned its Ambassador Walid Obeidat [26] to Israel. (Jerusalem Post)
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi [27] allegedly called for attacks [28] against the rulers of Saudi Arabia [29]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times)
Airstrikes by the US-led coalition against ISIS are angering [35]Syrian civilians. (New York Times)
An Iraqi army officer [36] says government forces are within a kilometer from the Baiji refinery. (Reuters)
Iraq’s central government and Kurdistan reach an interim agreement [37] over oil exports and budget payments. (New York Times)
The UK will introduce new tough laws [38] to deal with jihadists fighting in Iraq and Syria. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Avi Issacharoff [39] says the PA is currently working with Israel not Hamas. (Times of Israel)
Ben Caspit [40] says Israeli security officials still see Pres. Abbas as key to stability. (Al-Monitor)
Asher Schechter [41] says the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a “powder keg.” (Ha’aretz)
Ha’aretz [42] says Israel’s failures in the Gaza war require an investigation. (Ha’aretz)
Adnan Abu Amer [43] says Hamas is worried about Ennahda’s election loss in Tunisia. (Al-Monitor)
Gopal Ratnam [44] interviews former Iraqi DM Abdul Qader Obeidi. (Foreign Policy)
Osman Mirghani [45] says there is a lost generation of youth disillusioned by their circumstances and societies. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [46] says Syrian refugees should be given the opportunity to live with “temporary identities” and have jobs. (Al Arabiya)
Lauren Wolfe [47] says millions of Syrians are struck without enough food and medical supplies. (Foreign Policy)
Khaled Almaeena [48] says the Arab world cannot absolve itself of blame for the current impasse, nor can it deny its responsibility for the social ills. (Al Arabiya)
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