News:
Pres. Abbas [1] will meet with Pres. Sisi in Cairo. (Ma’an)
Tensions between Fatah and Hamas [2] are harming efforts to rebuild Gaza. (Reuters)
Israeli occupation forces detain 32 [3] Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Hebron. (Ma’an)
Jewish “price tag” extremists [4] vandalize vehicles in occupied East Jerusalem [5]. (Ma’an/Jerusalem Post)
Terrorism charges [6] are filed against Jewish extremists [7] in the arson attack on a joint Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem. (JTA/Ha’aretz)
Former Finance Minister Lapid [8] says Israel should attend Arab League meetings and push for a regional agreement. (JTA)
FM Lieberman says Abbas must be removed [9] from the diplomatic arena. (Ynet)
After the terror attacks in Paris [10], PM Netanyahu is leading in the Israeli elections. (Reuters)
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah says [11] “Israel cannot even imagine our arms stockpile.” (Ha’aretz)
Charlie Hebdo returns [12] to newsstands across France with a controversial new cover. (New York Times)
An Al-Qaeda group [13] in Yemen [14] claims responsibility for the attack [15] on the Charlie Hebdo [16]offices [17]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post/The National)
France arrests [18] 54 people for “defending terrorism. [19]” (AP/Times of Israel)
An Israeli paper cuts [20] Chancellor Merkel from Paris rally photo [21] for “reasons of modesty.” (AP/New York Times)
FM Zarif says the Charlie Hebdo affair makes dialogue [22] with the West harder. (Reuters)
The UNHCR says abject poverty [23] is driving Jordan's Syrian refugees to drastic actions. (Reuters)
Syria peace hopes dim further as opposition groups reject Moscow talks [24]. (New York Times)
Britain launches [25] its largest trade mission to Egypt. (AP)
Commentary:
Shlomi Eldar [26] asks if the Paris terror attacks will overshadow quest for Palestinian statehood. (Al-Monitor)
Zvi Bar’el [27] looks at Netanyahu’s “evil definition” of citizenship. (Ha’aretz)
Aaron David Miller [28] says Netanyahu’s trip to Paris may be “political genius.” (Foreign Policy)
The New York Times [29] says Jews are asking themselves if they have a future in France. (New York Times)
Thomas Friedman [30] says there should be a million-person march in the Arab world against terrorists. (New York Times)
David Ignatius [31] says another “war on terror” is bound to fail. (Washington Post)
Mustafa Akyol [32] looks at Islam’s difficult relationship with blasphemy. (New York Times)
The National [33] says Charlie Hebdo should not have depicted the Prophet Mohammed in its recent edition. (The National)
The Jordan Times [34] says Middle Eastern countries bear the biggest responsibility to defeat sources of extremism. (Jordan Times)
Michael Young [35] says ISIS, the Assad regime and Hezbollah are all pursuing agendas that threaten Lebanon. (The National)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [36] says Iraq could become a quagmire for Iran. (Asharq al-Awsat)
http://www.aawsat.net/2015/01/article55340375 [37]
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