News:
UN Envoy Serry [1] urges the Security Council [2] to revive talks [3] between Israel and the Palestinians. (New York Times/AP/Jerusalem Post)
Hamas welcomes Egypt’s decision [4] to drop the classification of the movement as a terrorist organization. (Ma’an)
The EU will keep Hamas [5] on its terrorism blacklist as it appeals a court ruling. (Times of Israel)
Hamas rejects a report [6] by Amnesty International accusing the group of war crimes. (Ma’an)
The Chair of the Joint List Odeh begins a four-day walk [7] to Jerusalem in support of the impoverished Bedouin community. (AFP)
A young Palestinian man dies a week after [8] being shot during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. (JTA)
Israel applies its penal code [9] across the occupied West Bank. (Ha’aretz)
A Jerusalem court says Palestinian fathers can be with their Israeli wives [10] during childbirth. (Ha’aretz)
An Israeli court sentences an Islamist leader in Israel [11] to 11 months in prison for incitement to violence and racism. (JTA)
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The Pentagon declassifies [13] a 386-page report from 1987 that includes extensive details on Israel's nuclear program. [14] (The Forward/Institute for Defense Analyses) The Saudi led-campaign [15] strikes Sanaa [16], as Morocco joins the alliance [17]. (Reuters/AP/Al Arabiya) Egypt and Saudi Arabia say they are ready to send ground forces [18] to Yemen [19]. (New York Times/Washington Post/The National) The National look at why the US supports the Saudi-led intervention [20] in Yemen. (The National) Pres. Assad [21] says he is open to a dialogue with the US, [22] but that it must be "based on mutual respect." (AP/Reuters) Turkey says the US-led campaign to train Syrian rebels has been delayed [23] by Washington. (Reuters) American airstrikes on ISIS in Tikrit prompt a boycott by Shiite fighters [24]. (New York Times) Ayatollah al-Sistani calls for unity [25] after Shiite militias pull out of the offensive in Tikrit. (AP) The P5+1 and Iran push for concessions [26] ahead of a deadline for a preliminary nuclear deal. (Reuters) FM Zarif says the focus at the nuclear talks remains [27] reaching a deal, despite the Yemen crisis. (AP) AP looks at the complex US-Iran relationship [28] and how it is at the heart of a complicated Mideast policy. (AP) Commentary: Colum Lynch [29] says France may lead the UN diplomatic drive for a concrete plan laying out terms for a negotiated peace between Israel and the Palestinians. (Foreign Policy) Adnan Abu Amer [30] says Hamas is seeking to expand its regional relations, especially with Egypt. (Al-Monitor) Seraj Assi and Arnon Degani [31] say the early Israeli establishment allowed Palestinian citizens to vote and Zionist parties even courted their support. (Ha’aretz) Shlomi Eldar [32] interviews MP Aida Touma-Sliman. (Al-Monitor) Simon Henderson [33] looks at Saudi Arabia’s “big gamble” in Yemen. (Foreign Policy) Nawaf Obaid [34] looks at the new generation of Saudi leaders and their new foreign policy. (Washington Post) Salman Aldossary [35] says Yemenis appear to care less about their own country than other countries do. (Asharq al-Awsat) Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor [36] defends “Operation Decisive Storm.” (Al Arabiya) The Daily Star [37] says Iran should stop seeking to widen its influence through arming nonstate actors. (Daily Star) Zaid Belbagi [38] says a full-time joint GCC force should be a priority. (Al Arabiya) Mark Mazzetti and David Kirkpatrick [39] say in becoming involved in a Saudi-led campaign to dislodge rebels in Yemen, the US has created more entanglement with its alliances. (New York Times) Andrew Bowen [40] says Pres. Obama should take robust action to support his allies in the Gulf in defending the sovereignty of Yemen and ensuring the security of the GCC.(Al Arabiya) Fareed Zakaria [41] says George W. Bush was right on Yemen. (Washington Post) The New York Times [42] says Obama has failed to explain how the bombing of Tikrit advances American interests. (New York Times) The Washington Post [43] says the Middle East breakdown was a long time in the building. (Washington Post)
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