News:
JTA [1] profiles ATFP’s “downsizing” and reorganization. (JTA)
Israeli [2]occupation forces disperse [3]a Palestinian demonstration [4] in Hebron [5]. (AP/Ma’an/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Hamas calls for a “Day of Rage” [6] in the occupied West Bank. (Ma’an)
Pres. Sisi says he urged PM Netanyahu to restart [7] the peace process with the Palestinians. (AFP)
Israel rejects [8] an appeal by the EU [9] not to raze the homes of Palestinians suspected of attacks in Jerusalem. (Reuters/Ha’aretz)
Israel [10] says Hamas [11] planned to assassinate [12] FM Lieberman [13]. (Reuters/AFP/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Hamas says Israeli [14] leaders are legitimate targets [15] for assassination. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
The partial ban [16] on Arab workers [17] by an Israeli mayor is widely criticized. (AP/Washington Post)
Israeli police say they do not plan to bar young Muslim worshippers [18] from Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque. (AFP)
Pres. Erdogan [19] says an Israeli attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque is an attack on Turkey. (Today’s Zaman)
Members of Congress warn [20] Pres. Abbas on incitement [21]. (JTA/Jerusalem Post)
An increase [22] in anti-Palestinian attacks [23] have been reported in northern Israel and Jerusalem. (Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
Jewish [24] extremists vandalize [25] the car [26]of an imam in Acre. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Israel confiscates [27]weapons allegedly bound for Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem. (New York Times)
An American court gives the go-ahead for a $1 billion lawsuit [28] against the PLO/PA [29] for terror attacks during the second intifada. (Ha’aretz/Ynet)
Egypt [30] closes schools in two border towns in Sinai. (Reuters)
Jordan arrests [31] the deputy head of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood for criticizing the UAE. (Reuters)
VP Biden will visit Turkey [32]. (AP)
ISIS extremists shoot at an Iraqi government building in Ramadi [33]. (Reuters)
Tunisia [34] is increasingly alarmed [35] at the wave of its nationals joining ISIS and other violent extremist groups. (Reuters/New York Times)
Tunisia prepares [36] for its first post-dictatorship presidential election. (The National)
Lebanese Gen. Kahwaji says Islamist militants have drawn the country into a civil war [37]. (Reuters)
Sec. Kerry [38] and FM Zarif [39] leave the Iran [40]-P5+1 nuclear [41] talks. (AP/Reuters/New York Times/JTA)
Arab states are voicing their concerns [42] over the Houthi takeover of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a. (Wall Street Journal)
Commentary:
Avi Issacharoff [43] says an “intifada” has already started in Jerusalem, and its only going to get worse. (Times of Israel)
Ben Caspit [44] says the Israeli security establishment keeps on defending Abbas. (Al-Monitor)
Nehemia Shtrasler [45] says the Israeli policy of demolishing Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem actually proves that Netanyahu has succeeded in dividing the city. (Ha’aretz)
Ha’aretz [46] says Israelis must counter right-wing racism. (Ha’aretz)
Jeffrey Goldberg [47] looks at Hamas’ support for terrorism and “genocidal intentions.” (The Atlantic)
David Ignatius [48] says ISIS’s campaign of intimidating Sunni tribes in Iraq is thwarting Pres. Obama’s “Awakening” strategy. (Washington Post)
Alan Philps [49] says youthful recklessness can explain jihad’s allure. (The National)
H.A. Hellyer [50] says the recent video posted by ISIS is a sign of desperation. (The National)
Simon Cottee [51] says ISIS has transmuted the shock of intimate killing into a “mythical aura.” (The Atlantic)
Keith Johnson [52] says the Iraqi government and the Kurds are finally making progress on an agreement on oil revenues. (Foreign Policy)
The Jordan Times [53] says Jordan is “shouldering a big responsibility” because of the number of Syrian refugees. (Jordan Times)
Majid Rafizadeh [54] asks what will happen if Iranian nuclear talks fail. (Al Arabiya)
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