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News: Gaza residents fear more isolation [1] after an Egyptian court declares Hamas a terrorist organization. (AP) Hamas supporters rally in Gaza [2] against the Egyptian court ruling. (Ma’an) Hamas is reportedly trying to mend its relationship with Iran [3]. (Times of Israel) Gaza’s only power plant is due to shut down [4] by the end of this week as donor funding for fuel has run out. (Ma’an) Israel says [5] it has busted an Israeli-Palestinian [6] smuggling ring [7] that funneled iron, electronic equipment and other prohibited materials to Gaza [8]. (AP/JTA/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel) A Palestinian court postpones its verdict in the graft trial of exiled former Fatah official Dahlan [9]. (AFP) King Abdullah of Jordan says [10] the absence of Middle East peace will complicate the anti-terror fight. (Jordan Times) Israeli occupation forces detain eight Palestinians [11] in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma’an) The IDF calls up 13000 reservists [12] and holds a surprise training exercises in the occupied West Bank. (JTA) The US and Israel show signs [13] of seeking to defuse tensions [14] ahead of a speech in Washington by PM Netanyahu. (Reuters/Washington Post) Netanyahu and top US officials [15] are set to face off in dueling speeches [16] on the high-stakes Iran nuclear negotiations. (AP/New York Times) Sec. Kerry [17] accuses the UN Human Rights Council [18] of being obsessed by allegations [19] of Israeli abuses [20]. (Reuters/Washington Post/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post) The Iraqi army [21] and Shiite militias [22] launch [23] an offensive [24] to retake Tikrit [25] from ISIS. (Reuters/AP/Washington Post/New York Times/The National) Former Sec. Powell [26] says the failure of Iraqi government allowed ISIS to flourish. (The National) AP looks at how “Islamic is ISIS [27].” (AP) Pres. Sisi meets [28] with King Salman in Riyadh [29] to discuss Middle East crises. (Reuters/The National) PM Ensour [30] announces a cabinet reshuffle [31]. (Reuters/Jordan Times) Audio recordings of senior Egyptian officials [32] suggest that when Morsi was president, the UAE gave the Egyptian Defense Ministry money for a protest campaign against him. (New York Times) The Washington Post looks at the conditions inside a Saudi prison [33]. (Washington Post) FM Zarif says a nuclear deal hinges on the US will to lift sanctions [34]. (Reuters) Kerry warns [35] that a public discussion of details [36] of the ongoing P5+1 negotiations [37] with Iran will make itmore difficult [38] to reach a deal. (AP/New York Times/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel) Commentary: Ahmad Melhem [39] says recent clashes in the West Bank between security forces and protesters have triggered Palestinian fears that stability will be difficult to restore. (Al-Monitor) Moshe Arens [40] says the reason prospects of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement are hardly discussed ahead of the election is that the vast majority of Israelis don’t believe in them. (Ha’aretz) Avi Issacharoff [41] says Netanyahu’s electoral trip to Washington will ignore the occupied West Bank to Israel’s peril. (Times of Israel) Nahum Barnea [42] asks if Netanyahu’s speech is “historic or hysteric.” (Ynet) David Rothkopf [43] says Pres. Obama needs to refocus the discussion on the larger Mideast strategy. (Foreign Policy) Yochi Dreazen and Colum Lynch profile Amb. Dermer [44]. (Foreign Policy) Rami Khouri [45] says Netanyahu is threatening the US-Israel relationship. (Daily Star) Don Futterman [46] asks AIPAC delegates to stand with Israel and not with Netanyahu. (Ha’aretz) Jackson Diehl [47] says in appealing to Congress, Netanyahu may win votes but hurt ties. (Washington Post) Ray Takeyh [48] looks at Ayatollah Khamenei’s “strategic genius.” (Washington Post) The Daily Star [49] looks at the repercussions of an Iranian nuclear deal. (Daily Star) Hussein Ibish [50] says organisations that counter extremism struggle to find funding. (The National) Robert Grenier [51] says we should remember that the threat posed to the US by radical Islam, while real, is not an existential one. (New York Times) Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [52] says Iran is at Saudi Arabia’s frontiers. (Al Arabiya) Hisham Melhem [53] says an Arab world without its Christian communities will be more insular, more rigid, less hospitable and more desolate. (Al Arabiya) Gerard Russell [54] says it would be tragic if the Assyrians leave the region. (The National) |
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