News:
ICC donors [1] are ignoring Israel's call to cut funding for the court. (Reuters)
Pres. Rivlin urges UNSG Ban [2] to take a stand against the Palestinian effort to join the ICC.(Ynet)
UNRWA says [3] it has had to suspend funding [4] for home repairs in Gaza [5] following lastsummer's war [6]. (Reuters/AFP/PNN/Ha’aretz)
The Middle East Quartet [7] says it’s urgent to improve the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. (Jerusalem Post)
Rivlin stresses the importance of the strong bond between the US and Israel [8] in a visit to the West Point Military Academy. (Ha’aretz)
Clashes erupt [9] between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces [10] in the Shufat neighborhood in East Jerusalem. (Ha’aretz/Ma’an)
An Egyptian court overturns [11] an earlier decision to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization. (Ma’an)
Israeli authorities confiscate [12] hundreds of dunams of Palestinian land near Hebron. (Ma’an)
World leaders [13] and Shoah survivors gather at Auschwitz [14] to mark 70 years since liberation [15]. (Times of Israel/Reuters/Jerusalem Post)
An Israeli film fund [16] is seeking to force Palestinian citizens of Israel who are filmmakers to market their movies “ as Israeli.” (Ha’aretz)
Pres. Obama [17] arrives in Saudi Arabia [18] to pay last respects [19] to King Abdullah [20]. (AP/New York Times/The National/Al Arabiya)
Israel [21]says two rockets [22] launched from Syria [23] have struck the Golan Heights [24]. (AP/AFP/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Kurdish [25] forces battle ISIS [26] outside Kobani [27]. (Reuters/AP/Washington Post)
Japan says [28] it will work with Jordan [29] to secure the release [30] of a journalist held by ISIS. (Reuters/AP/The National)
A 12-year old student is killed in a US drone strike [31] in Yemen. (Reuters)
An Egyptian court upholds [32] jail sentences imposed on three prominent liberal activists. (Reuters)
Many American and Iranian lawmakers [33]seem to be trying to sabotage a potential nuclear deal. (New York Times)
Commentary:
Aeyal Gross [34] looks at how the ICC prosecutor may be able to make progress while avoiding accusations of bias. (Ha’aretz)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [35] says Islamic Jihad is trying to position itself as a mediator to end the dispute between Fatah and Hamas. (Al-Monitor)
Akiva Eldar [36] says Likud prefers to fund settlements rather than needy sections of the Israeli population. (Al-Monitor)
Richard Cohen [37] says PM Netanyahu’s recent actions could undermine American support for Israel. (Washington Post)
Raphael Ahren [38] says Netanyahu’s White House-defying speech will backfire. (Times of Israel)
Nahum Barnea [39] says Netanyahu’s upcoming speech before Congress is a “gift to Iran.” (Ynet)
Sefi Rachlevsky [40] says Netanyahu is virtually calling opposition leaders Herzog and Livni “traitors.” (Ha’aretz)
Hassan Hassan [41] says if the US is willing to live with Pres. Assad, it might also be willing to accept jihadists as a fact of life in Syria and Iraq. (The National)
The Daily Star [42] says the Russian initiative on Syria is useless. (Daily Star)
The National [43] says Kobani might prove to be the end of the beginning of the conflict with ISIS. (The National)
The Jordan Times [44] looks at King Abdullah’s “war on terrorism.” (Jordan Times)
Robert Satloff [45] says the Muslims who fought the Holocaust are a model for the battle against extremism. (Daily Star)
Mona Eltahawy [46] looks at Egypt’s “war on atheism.” (New York Times)
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