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News: A Palestinian poll indicates [1] support for the PA’s decision to join the ICC and its boycott of Israeli products, and dwindling support for Hamas. (Times of Israel) Vegetables harvested in Gaza [2] will be exported to Israel for the first time in eight years. (Ma’an) Israeli authorities have decided to allow white Portland cement into Gaza [3] for the first time in several years. (Ma’an) Egypt shuts [4] down the Rafah border crossing. [5] (Ma’an/PNN) Qatar starts a project to rebuild 1,000 homes [6] that were damaged or destroyed during last summer’s war in Gaza. (New York Times) The EU denounces the move [7] by Israeli authorities to demolish an EU-funded shelter in occupied East Jerusalem. (AFP) The Palestinian power firm cancels [8] a deal to buy $1.2 billion of natural gas [9] from Israel. (Reuters/Times of Israel) A group of Palestinian gunmen shut down [10] the main road near Balata refugee camp east of Nablus. (Ma’an) Israeli soldiers wound seven Palestinian university [11] students as clashes break out [12] near the Ofer detention center in Ramallah. (Ha’aretz/Ma’an) The Obama administration will wait for Israel’s elections [13] before commenting on conflicting reports of PM Netanyahu’s retreat from a two-state solution. (JTA) FM Lieberman brushes off [14] Palestinian threats to prosecute him for proposing to behead Arab citizens [15] disloyal to the state. (AFP/Times of Israel) AP profiles Gaza novelist Atef Abu Saif. [16] (AP) King Abdullah of Jordan [17] says an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal [18] is essential to combating Islamic extremists. [19] (AFP/The National/Jordan Times) UNRWA Chief Krahenbuhl [20] accompanies the first aid convoy in three months to enter the besieged Yarmouk camp in Damascus. (AFP) Palestinian Deputy PM Mustafa says [21] Israeli voters ignore the West Bank at their peril. (The National) As Israel’s election nears, peace with the Palestinians [22] earns barely a mention. (Reuters) Iraqi security forces [23] capture part of Tikrit's northern Qadisiya district [24]. (Reuters/New York Times) Iraqi FM al-Jaafari dismisses [25]Saudi concerns that Iran is taking control of his country and says Baghdad has good relations with both regional powers. (Reuters) A video [26] posted online by ISIS [27] purportedly shows [28] the killing of teenager [29] Muhammad Musallam [30], anIsraeli Arab accused [31] by the group of being an Israeli spy. (Reuters/Washington Post/AFP/JTA/Times of Israel/The National) A small number of Americans have offered to take up arms against ISIS [32], working with local militias in Iraq and Syria. (New York Times) A Jordanian city votes to avoid the “ISIS aesthetic.” [33] (New York Times) Saudi Arabia recalls [34] its ambassador from Sweden [35] after a human rights spat. (Reuters/AFP) King Salman vows [36] that low oil prices will not halt progress [37] in his country, and promises to defend Arab and Muslim causes [38] around the world. (AP/The National/Al Arabiya) Egypt’s investment conference [39] aimed at drawing investors from around the world starts on Friday. (AP) Commentary: Ilan Goldenberg and Nicholas Heras [40] ask if Israel can survive without the PA. (Foreign Policy) Yossi Mekelberg [41] says Israel and the PA are playing a potentially “dangerous high stakes game of chicken” in which neither wants to be the first to blink. (Al Arabiya) Hana Salah [42] says young Palestinian women in Gaza are now turning to business incubators to find funding and support to build their own businesses. (Al-Monitor) Peter Beinart [43] says if Israelis reelect Netanyahu, they will risk losing the US. (Ha’aretz) Alex Fishman [44] says Pres. Obama is making clear to Israel that he is about to become much more aggressive regarding the Palestinian issue. (Ynet) The Daily Star [45] says any new Israeli government will probably seek a continuation of the status quo. (Daily Star) Zvi Bar’el [46] asks which of the” two Jewish nations” Israeli voters will choose. (Ha’aretz) J.J. Goldberg [47] looks at the electoral and psychological landscape of Israel. (The Forward) Akiva Eldar [48] asks if opposition leader Herzog will compromise party values to join the government. (Al-Monitor) Yossi Verter [49] says Netanyahu's Likud party is showing signs of distress. (Ha’aretz) Thomas Friedman [50] says the influence of Sheldon Adelson is being felt in both the US and Israel. (New York Times) “Abdel” [51] recounts his experiences as a surgeon in Aleppo. (New York Times) Tom Fletcher [52] says the international community has tolerated the intolerable in Syria. (Al Arabiya) Michael Young [53] says worrying Israel and Arab countries alike, America is pivoting away from the region. (The National) Jamal Khashoggi [54] explains how the Middle East should handle the Muslim Brotherhood. (Al Arabiya) David Ignatius [55] says a letter from Republican lawmakers to Iran is dangerous and irresponsible. (Washington Post) Tyler Cullis [56] says Senate efforts to undermine the president's attempts to reach a nuclear accord with Tehran are on the wrong side of history. (New York Times) Hussein Ibish [57] says the unfolding battle in Tikrit will reveal much about the future of Iraq and the battle against ISIS. (NOW) |
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