News:
Pres. Obama [1] tells PM Netanyahu [2] he opposes the Palestinians [3] move to join the ICC. [4](AP/New York Times/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Pres. Abbas visits Turkey [5] and vows to present another resolution to the UNSC. (Jerusalem Post)
Chief Palestinian Negotiator Erekat says France [6] will continue supporting Palestine. (Ma’an)
Three infants and a young fisherman [7] die from exposure during a fierce storm in Gaza [8]. (New York Times/PNN)
Israel’s Central Bank [9] says the country’s economy has still not recovered from the Gaza war. (Ha’aretz)
Spanish FM GarcĂa-Margallo [10] arrives in Gaza. (Ma’an)
India donates [11] $4 million to the PA. (Ma’an)
Israel shuts down three [12] local Islamist groups, accusing them of stoking tensions [13] at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. (Reuters/AFP)
Joan Peters [14], a journalist who wrote a notorious book claiming Palestinian history is fabricated, dies at 78. (New York Times)
France [15] and Israel [16] mourn the victims [17] of the Paris terror [18] attacks. (AP/New York Times/JTA/Times of Israel)
Former Pres. Carter [19] says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [20] is one of the causes of the Paris terror attacks. (JTA/Jerusalem Post)
Egypt’s Grand Mufti warns [21] Charlie Hebdo against publishing a new caricature of the Prophet Mohammed. (Reuters)
Pres. Erdogan [22] criticizes “Western hypocrisy [23]” regarding the terror attacks in Paris. (AP/The National)
The White House admits [24] Obama or another high-level US representative should have joined the anti-terror rally in Paris. (AP)
Hackers supporting ISIS [25] briefly take over the Twitter and YouTube accounts [26] of the US Central Command. (AP/New York Times)
An Egyptian court [27] overturns the only remaining conviction [28] against former Pres. Mubarak. (Reuters/AP)
A Saudi judge sentences a prominent human rights lawyer jailed [29] for dissent to an additional five years in prison. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Asher Schechter [30] says Netanyahu’s Paris appearance was a public relations disaster. (Ha’aretz)
Yossi Verter [31] looks at how Netanyahu “brought Likud to Paris.” (Ha’aretz)
Shimon Shiffer [32]says Netanyahu’s behavior in Paris was “shameful.” (Ynet)
J.J. Goldberg [33] says a secret Israeli report says the rift with Europe will grow. (Jewish Daily Forward)
Tahar Ben Jelloun [34] says the government, imams, teachers and parents must do more for alienated French youths. (New York Times)
Abdelkader Benali [35]says when everyone seems to mock your faith the pull of extremism is powerful. (New York Times)
Diana Moukalled [36] says the Paris massacre cannot be excused. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Michael Wahid Hanna [37] says Saudi Arabia’s and Egypt’s blasphemy laws are “hypocritical, cynical and dangerous.”(Foreign Policy)
Hassan Hassan [38] says statistics claiming to show ISIS is in retreat do not reflect the reality of a resilient and entrenched organisation. (The National)
Hassan Barari [39] says King Abdullah has made Jordan’s stand against terrorism clear. (Jordan Times)
The Washington Post [40] says the US and NATO are looking the other way as Libya spirals downwards. (Washington Post)