Daily News Issue Date:
January 8, 2015
News:
News:
AP looks at the “looming Palestinian-Israeli showdown [1]” at the ICC. (AP)
Palestinian Chief Negotiator [8] Erekat says there is “no difference [9] between ISIS and Israeli terrorism. [10]” (Ma’an/PNN/Times of Israel)
The Palestinian Water Authority says 96% of Gaza water [11] is unusable. (PNN)
American donors are providing most of PM Netanyahu’s reelection [12] funds. (JTA)
France [17] is hunting down two [18] suspected terrorists [19] in the Charlie Hebdo [20] attack. (AP/New York Times/Washington Post/The National)
Three are killed by a car bomb explosion in Samarra [21], the site of several Shiite holy places. (Reuters)
The Pentagon says US-led airstrikes have hit [22] 3,222 ISIS targets. (Reuters)
A winter storm [23] hitting the Middle East [24] is raising concerns for Syrian refugees [25] facing freezing temperatures. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post)
Pres. Sisi calls for a “revolution” [26] against extremism and obscurantism in Islam. (AP)
Commentary:
Ari Shavit [28] says Labor leader Herzog must give Israelis a concrete plan for hope. (Ha’aretz)
Salman Masalha [29] says what’s missing in Israel is a party for all Israelis. (Ha’aretz)
Amos Harel [30] says the Paris shooting will not garner European sympathy for Israel. (Ha’aretz)
The New York Times [31] says the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices is an assault on freedom everywhere. (New York Times)
The Washington Post [32] says Charlie Hebdo stood solidly for free expression. (Washington Post)
The Daily Star [33] says the Paris attack is a “black day” for freedom of expression. (Daily Star)
David Rothkopf [34] says the response to extremist violence determines its success. (Foreign Policy)
Nicholas Kristof [35] says Islam is not to blame for the shooting at Charlie Hebdo. (New York Times)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [36] says Paris is yet another target of the same ideology and violence that bedevils the Middle East. (Al Arabiya)
H.A. Hellyer [37] says the Paris terror attack requires more than “mere condemnation.” (The National)
Alan Philps [38] says Europe’s response to the Paris attack must address Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment. (The National)
Joyce Karam [39] says the Paris terror attack demonstrates that ISIS and al-Qaeda are not contained. (Al Arabiya)
The National [40] says history shows that extremists always fail. (The National)
Jeffrey Goldberg [41] says the Charlie Hebdo massacre represents a direct attack on the most crucial western ideal. (The Atlantic)
David Horovitz [42] says the first step toward defeating Islamist terrorism is acknowledging the problem. (Times of Israel)
Avi Issacharoff [43] says the Charlie Hebdo attack highlights jihadists Middle East-Europe traffic. (Times of Israel)
Michael Young [44] looks at the Russian peace plan for Syria. (Daily Star)
Simon Henderson [45] says the West should prepare for a “stormy succession battle” within the royal family in Saudi Arabia. (Foreign Policy)
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