News:
A Palestinian official says Pres. Abbas has reportedly threatened [1] to stop security coordination with Israel if Palestinian tax revenues are still withheld. (AP)
Sec. Kerry expresses concern [2] about the viability of the PA if it does not soon receive tax revenues. (AP)
Israeli officials respond to claims [3] that they are causing the collapse of the PA. (Jerusalem Post)
Abbas says the PA will not allow the outbreak of "chaos" [4] in the Palestinian territory, a day after a senior Fatah official was stabbed by unknown assailants. (Ma’an)
Israel’s mayor [5] in Jerusalem [6] says he and his bodyguard [7] apprehended a Palestinian [8] who stabbed an Israeli. (AP/PNN/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Seven Palestinians [9] are injured in clashes [10] with Israeli occupation forces near Bethlehem. (Ma’an/PNN)
The Shin Bet [11] arrests 11 members [12] of a Hamas cell [13] in Hebron. (JTA/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Israel Electric [14] says it will be limiting supplies to the Palestinians [15] due to debt. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Palestinians in Gaza are forced to sell [16] their belongings due to the harsh economic crisis. (Al-Monitor)
Israel denies [17] Gaza government floodwater allegations. (Ma’an)
Brucellosis is on the rise [18] in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
Israel says [19] it will purchase 14 more F-35 planes [20]. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
The Washington Post profiles Israeli opposition leader Herzog [21]. (Washington Post)
An American official says the White House will not boycott AIPAC’s [22] upcoming convention over PM Netanyahu's Congressional speech. (Ha’aretz)
France’s Charles de Gaulle [23] aircraft carrier begins military operations [24] against ISIS in Iraq. (Reuters/The National)
France seizes the passports [25] of six alleged French jihadists [26] who were planning to depart to fight in Syria. (Reuters/AP)
Turkey says a military operation to rescue 38 soldiers [27] guarding a tomb in Syria surrounded by ISIS [28]was launched to counter a possible attack [29] on them. (Reuters/AP/New York Times)
Pres. Sisi says [30] the need for a joint Arab military force [31] is growing every day. (AP/The National)
Def. Sec. Carter is scheduled to meet [32] with senior American military and diplomatic officials who are leading the fight against ISIS. (New York Times)
An Egyptian court sentences a prominent activist [33] Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in jail for violating limits on demonstrations. (Reuters)
A panel disqualifies [34] Egyptian tycoon Ahmed Ezz from running for parliament. (New York Times)
The Libyan government says it will end all contracts with companies from Turkey [35]. (Reuters)
Pres. Hadi is reportedly taking steps [36] to resume his duties in Yemen. (New York Times)
Nuclear negotiations [37] between Iran [38] and the P5+1 [39] resume [40] in Geneva [41]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post/Times of Israel)
Commentary:
Avi Issacharoff [42] says rage in the occupied West Bank over frozen wages could boil over into violence. (Times of Israel)
Amira Hass [43] looks at what has happened to Hebron 21 years after the Goldstein massacre. (Ha’aretz)
Iris Leal [44] says if Moshe Kahlon can bring in disillusioned voters from the center-right, he has a good chance of ending the Netanyahu era. (Ha’aretz)
Hussein Ibish [45] says Netanyahu’s trip to Washington will not prompt any major backlash, for now. (The National)
Joseph Lieberman [46] says members of Congress must hear out Netanyahu’s speech. (Washington Post)
Dennis Ross [47] asks if the divide between Israel and the US on Iran can be bridged. (Washington Post)
Raphael Ahren [48] asks if a nuclear Iran truly poses an existential threat to Israel. (Times of Israel)
Uri Savir [49] looks at the “Iranian gap” between Pres. Obama and Netanyahu. (Al-Monitor)
Nick Robins-Early interviews Hussein Ibish [50] about ISIS’ ideology. (Huffington Post)
Hisham Melhem [51] looks at the differences between “violent extremism” and “Islamist extremism.” (Al Arabiya)
Tariq Alhomayed [52] says fighting terrorism will depend on deeds not words. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Jamal Khashoggi [53] says Egypt must not fall in the ISIS trap in Libya. (Al Arabiya)
Mshari al-Zaydi [54] says the alliance between the Gulf and Egypt is not a matter of choice; but is an “unshakable necessity.” (Asharq al-Awsat)
Faisal Al Yafai [55] says those who think a ceasefire in Aleppo with Pres. Assad will save Syrians have forgotten what happened to Homs last year. (The National)
The Jordan Times [56] says it is high time that the perpetrators of war crimes in Syria be brought to justice. (Jordan Times)
Eyad Abu Shakra [57] says Libya collapsed due to autocratic cliques that destroyed most pillars of civil society and by the inept handling by the international community. (Al Arabiya)
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