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News: The Palestinian [1] Central Council [2] (PCC [3]) recommends [4] halting [5] security coordination [6] with Israel [7]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz/The Media Line) Israel says ties with the PLO [8] remain unchanged. (Times of Israel) A Palestinian [9] motorist [10] injures [11] at least seven Israelis [12] in a car attack [13] near a Jerusalem [14] tram stop [15]. (Reuters/AP/Ma’an/PNN/JTA/Ha’ Some Palestinian factions praise [16] the Jerusalem car attack. (Ma’an) PM Netanyahu reportedly [17] considered an agreement with the Palestinians [18] that would have uprooted West Bank settlements [19] and recognized Palestinian claims to Jerusalem. (JTA/Times of Israel/Ynet) An American official [20] says Pres. Obama wants to make a renewed effort to achieve progress [21] in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel) The only power plant in Gaza [22] is set to resume operations after a fuel delivery today. (Ma’an) Israeli forces open fire [23] on Palestinians in southern Gaza. (Ma’an) Israel will resume imports [24] of fruits and vegetables from Gaza [25] for the first time since 2007. (Ha’aretz/Reuters) Dovish Brig. Gen. (ret.) Sedaka [26] has been appointed to liaise with Bedouins in the occupied West Bank. (Ha’aretz) ISIS militants [27] loot and bulldoze [28] the ancient Assyrian city [29] of Nimrud [30]. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post/The National) Reports that ISIS's most notorious executioner “Jihadi John” [31] was born on their soil has stirred deep unease among Kuwaitis. (Reuters) A study says while Twitter has suspended many users linked to ISIS, at least 46,000 accounts still publicize [32] the group’s message. (New York Times) The future of Syria’s Al-Nusra Front [33] is in question after its military chief was killed [34] in an apparent government air strike. (Reuters/AP) The UNSC will vote [35] on a US-drafted resolution to condemn the use of chlorine [36] as a weapon in Syria. (Reuters/New York Times) The EU has stepped up its sanctions against Syria [37] in response to the crackdown by Pres. Assad's regime. (AP) FM Zarif suggests that a 10-year moratorium [38] on some aspects of the country's nuclear program might be acceptable to Tehran. (Reuters) The UAE is lining up investors to try to stabilize Egypt’s [39] damaged economy, while building military cooperation. (AP) BP signs a $12 billion [40] deal to develop a major gas field in Egypt [41]. (AP/Reuters) Commentary: Shlomi Eldar [42] says Hamas' focus on rebuilding its tunnels, while ignoring the plight of Gazans, points to the military wing's dominance in the organization. (Al-Monitor) Adnan Abu Amer [43] says the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood is accusing Hamas of establishing a secret organization within the kingdom. (Al-Monitor) Asmaa al-Ghoul [44] says despite Hamas restrictions, Gaza actresses are seeking stages. (Al-Monitor) George Hishmeh [45] hopes the upcoming Israeli elections will produce a more reasonable Israeli leadership. (Jordan Times) Haviv Rettig-Gur [46] says the man who will decide Israel’s election is Pres. Rivlin. (Times of Israel) Roger Cohen [47] says Netanyahu’s obsessive Iran demonization is based on hyperbole and selective history. (New York Times) Fareed Zakaria [48] says Netanyahu’s speech was “utterly divorced from reality.” (Washington Post) Charles Krauthammer [49] says Netanyahu offered a real alternative on Iran. (Washington Post) Michael Gerson [50] says the White House is conceding too much on Iran. (Washington Post) Ha’aretz [51] says Netanyahu’s Iran proposals deserve serious discussion after the election, even if he loses. (Ha’aretz) David Ignatius [52] says targeting terrorist leaders is not enough. (Washington Post) Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [53] says the battle for Tikrit is igniting a sectarian war in Iraq. (Al Arabiya) David Kenner [54] asks if Shiite militias in Iraq are doing more harm than good. (Foreign Policy) Raed Omari [55] says Iran has a colonial attitudes towards the Arab world. (Al Arabiya) The Daily Star [56] says its time for Arab states and the rest of the world to agree on a new approach to solving the conflict in Syria. (Daily Star) |
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