News:
The [1] PA [2] joins [3] the ICC [4]. (Reuters/AP/JTA/Jerusalem Post)
Gazans hope the ICC [5] will hold Israel accountable. (AFP)
An opinion poll indicates the majority of Palestinians support a decision [6] by the PLO to end security cooperation with Israel. (Ma’an)
Saudi Arabia contributes $60 million [7] to the PA budget. (Ma’an)
The PA will pay partial salaries [8] as Israel withholds Palestinian tax revenues.(Reuters)
Hamas leader Meshaal [9] says Israeli extremism killed the peace process. (Ynet)
The Israeli city of Nazareth [10] has no Arabic library books. (PNN)
An Interior Ministry committee in Israel [11] approves preliminary plans for the construction of 2,200 housing units [12] in a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem [13]. (JTA/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
The Palestinian Football Association [14] will ask FIFA to suspend Israel. [15] (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Israeli forces open fire [16] at Gaza fishermen. (Ma’an)
Israel applies to join [17] the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. (Reuters)
ISIS seizes control [18] of most of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp [19] in southern Damascus. (AFP/Jerusalem Post)
Jordan closes its border [20] with Syria [21] amid heavy clashes. (AP/Jordan Times)
Iraq’s Interior Minister al-Ghabban [22] says most of Tikrit has been liberated. [23] (Reuters/AP)
Pres. Sisi welcomes the release [24] of withheld [25] US military aid. [26] (AP/New York Times/Foreign Policy)
An explosion at a dairy factory [27] in Yemen kills [28] at least 27 people. (New York Times/Washington Post)
Sec. Kerry renews effort [29] to reach a preliminary nuclear deal with Iran. (New York Times)
Despite progress, [30] the P5+1 and Iran hit an impasse [31] over key details such as [32] the lifting of UN sanctions and Iran's future atomic research. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post)
PM Netanyahu [33] calls [34] for a [35] “better deal” [36] with Iran. [37] (Reuters/AP/JTA/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Commentary:
Don Futterman [38] says the rise of Ayman Odeh presents a unique opportunity to improve Jewish-Arab relations. (Ha’aretz)
Peter Beinart [39] looks at Netanyahu’s never-ending excuse for opposing a two-state solution. (Ha’aretz)
Ahmad Melhem [40] looks at Palestine’s lingering water crisis. (Al-Monitor)
The New York Times [41] says the Saudi-led bombing campaign threatens to turn a civil war into a larger Shiite-Sunni war with Iran. (New York Times)
Michael Young [42] explains why Iran will find the struggle with the Sunni world hard to sustain. (The National)
Rami Khouri [43] says Yemen’s war reflects a new regional era. (Daily Star)
Salman Aldossary [44] says countries participating in “Operation Decisive Storm” have done a good job launching a necessary war to avoid repeating the Syrian tragedy. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Eyad Abu Shakra [45] says “Operation Decisive Storm” is a good start for saving Yemen. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Jamal Khashoggi [46] looks at the “Salman Doctrine.”
The New York Times [47] says by releasing American military aid to Egypt, the Obama administration used both punishment and incentives to set a new tone for a “frayed relationship.” (New York Times)
David Ignatius [48] says the process of engagement with Iran is a significant achievement of the Obama administration, even if the nuclear accord unravels. (Washington Post)
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