News:
Palestinian police expand [1] their security control [2] in parts of the occupied West Bank, following an agreement with Israel. (Reuters/JTA)
Gaza public employees [3] launch a strike over additional unpaid salaries. (Ma’an)
The PA says it has received a $100 million loan from Qatar [4] to help pay civil servants’ salaries. (Reuters)
Israeli forces shoot and injure Palestinian fishermen [5] off the Gaza coast. (Ma’an)
Hamas is reportedly treating Sinai jihadists [6] in a Gaza hospital. (Times of Israel)
PM Hamdallah meets with the UN humanitarian coordinator in Ramallah [7]. (Ma’an)
Israeli-Arab MK’s call for [8] the release of Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, arrested by Israel. (Ha’aretz)
The Red Cross demands access [9] to ISIS-held areas of the Yarmouk camp in Syria. (Reuters)
A Palestinian official says an agreement has been reached with the Syrian government [10] to use military force to expel ISIS from Yarmouk. (AP)
The ICC says ISIS is outside of its jurisdiction. [11] (New York Times)
The New York Times looks at the status of the neglected National Museum of Iraq [12]. (New York Times)
Houthis seize [13] the mainly Sunni Shabwa province in eastern Yemen. (Reuters)
Pres. Erdogan says Egypt must free former Pres. Morsi [14] before it can restore ties with Turkey. (Reuters)
Pres. Rouhani says Iran [15]will only sign a nuclear deal if sanctions are lifted on the same day [16]. (Reuters/JTA)
Ayatollah Khamenei [17] says he neither [18] backs [19] nor rejects [20] the framework understanding [21] reached between Iran and the P5+1. (Reuters/AP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Pres. Obama lobbies Congress [22] on the Iran nuclear framework. (AP)
CIA Director Brennan [23] says Iran’s economic peril helped guide the framework agreement. (New York Times)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [24] looks at the tragedy in Yarmouk. (NOW)
Ha’aretz [25] says Israel must help Yarmouk’s Palestinian refugees. (Ha’aretz)
Michael Young [26] says Iran’s use of Shia militants across the Middle East has been largely successfull over the year’s but dangers for Tehran remain. (The National)
J.M. Berger [27] explains why ISIS’s claimed attack in Yemen could spark a broader Arab war. (Foreign Policy)
Emma Ashford [28] says the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen is doomed to fail because the conflict is local not regional. (New York Times)
Manuel Almeida [29] says radicalism not sectarianism is the threat in Yemen. (Al Arabiya)
Salman Aldossary [30] says “Operation Decisive Storm” can protect the Gulf. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Moshe Ya’alon [31] says Israel does not want a war with Iran but the current framework agreement is “dangerous.” (Washington Post)
J.J. Goldberg [32] looks at how PM Netanyahu enabled Pres. Bush’s war in Iraq and what that means for Iran today. (The Forward)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [33] asks if Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Egypt is under threat. (Al Arabiya)
Michael Young [34] looks at Lebanon 40 years after the civil war. (Daily Star)
The National [35] says Turkey must play a better role in solving the conflicts shaping the future of the region. (The National)
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