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An IDF security assessment [1] says the PA could collapse at any moment. (Jerusalem Post) Pres. Abbas is visiting Belgium [2] to rally support for Palestinian statehood. (Jerusalem Post) Israel releases [3] 14-year old Palestinian schoolgirl Malak al-Khatib [4] after a two month prison term. (Ma’an/Times of Israel) Israeli forces [5] open fire at Palestinian homes [6] and farmers in southern Gaza. (Ma’an/PNN) Jordan’s Amb. to Israel Obeidat visits [7] the al-Aqsa Mosque. (Ma’an) DM Ya’alon is pushing for a water hookup [8]in order to open the new Palestinian city of Rawabi. (Jerusalem Post) Israel’s Supreme Court upholds [9] a lower court decision in the civil case of US peace activist [10]Rachel Corrie. (Ha’aretz/AFP) ISIS says [11] it is holding a Palestinian citizen of Israel [12] it claimsis an Israeli spy [13]. (JTA/Times of Israel/Ynet) A bomb blast hits [14] a Turkish checkpoint near the Syrian border [15], injuring three people. (Reuters/AP) UN Envoy de Mistura says Pres. Assad must [16] be part of the solution for easing violence in Syria. (Reuters) ISIS extremists take control of large parts of the Iraqi town of [17]al-Baghdadi [18], threatening an air base where US Marines are training Iraqi troops. (Reuters) Italy and Germany announce [19] the temporary closure of their embassies in Yemen. (AP) An American official says US intelligence was surprised by the collapse [20] of the US-backed government in Yemen. (AP) Pres. Hollande says [21] Egypt will order 24 Rafale fighter jets [22], a naval frigate and related military equipment. (Reuters/AP) Pres. Erdogan criticizes Pres. Obama [23] for his silence over Chapel Hill shooting. (AP) Two Saudi women [24] are freed after 73 days [25] in jail for driving. (New York Times/The National) Commentary: Aaron David Miller [26] says Obama is pursuing regime change in Israel. (Foreign Policy) Avi Issacharoff [27] look at the "inside story" of the negotiations between former Pres. Peres and Abbas that almost led to a framework agreement in 2011. (Times of Israel) Yuli Tamir [28] says FM Lieberman's peace plan is a subversive and dangerous scheme. (Ha’aretz) Hazem Balousha [29] says Hamas and former Palestinian official Dahlan share enmity toward Abbas. (Al-Monitor) Eva Illouz [30] says PM Netanyahu has made fear blatantly define his political discourse. (Ha’aretz) George Hishmeh [31] says Netanyahu’s recent actions are likely to cripple his attempt to regain his country’s premiership. (Jordan Times) Ben Caspit [32] says Lieberman and Economy Minister Bennett are battling for the defense portfolio. (Al-Monitor) Steven Klein [33] says Hezbollah gave Israel a text-book lesson in retaliation without escalation.(Ha’aretz) Majid Rafizadeh [34] says Ayatollah Khamenei and Obama are in agreement. (Al Arabiya) |
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