News:
A coalition of international aid groups [1] urge the world to deliver on aid promises for Gaza [2]reconstruction. (AP/AFP)
Human Rights Watch [3] says Jewish settlers profit from Palestinian child labour. (AP)
Hamas says Pres. Abbas [4] is preventing reconciliation with Fatah. (Jerusalem Post)
The Washington Post looks at the “new misery” in Yarmouk [5]. (Washington Post)
A PLO official says ISIS is using heavy weaponry and artillery [6] in Yarmouk. (Ma’an)
The head of the PNC Salim Zanoun [7] calls on the Palestinian leadership to speed up efforts to resolve the ongoing Yarmouk crisis. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces arrest 20 Palestinians [8] in detention raids across the territories. (Ma’an)
An Iranian nuclear framework agreement [9] may push PM Netanyahu to seek to form a national unity government [10]. (Reuters/Ha’aretz)
Pres. Obama denounces [11] attempts to derail a nuclear framework agreement with Iran. (New York Times)
Iran calls for the formation of a new Yemeni government [12] and offers to assist in a political transition. (Reuters)
Pres. Hadi appoints [13] his former PM Khaled Bahah as VP. (Reuters)
The US-led coalition steps up bombing raids in Anbar [14] after Shiite militias withdraw. (AP)
ISIS militants [15] claim attacks [16] on embassies in Libya [17]. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post)
A study shows Saudi military spending [18] rose 17 percent in 2014. (Reuters)
Iran suspends all trips [19] by pilgrims to Saudi Arabia amid growing diplomatic tensions between the two countries. (AP)
Iran accuses Washington Post journalist [20] Jason Rezaian of obtaining sensitive economic data. (Washington Post)
Turkey recalls its ambassador [21] over Pope Francis’ Armenia genocide comments. (AP)
Commentary:
Mehdi Hasan [22] says Palestinians in Yarmouk are dying at the hands of an Arab regime. (The Guardian)
Oudeh Basharat [23] asks why Israel doesn’t help Palestinians in Yarmouk. (Ha’aretz)
Ernest Moniz [24] says the Iranian nuclear framework agreement sets up vital restrictions. (Washington Post)
Jackson Diehl [25]asks if nuclear detente will force a change in Iran. (Washington Post)
Abraham Foxman [26] says the US and Israel need to put aside their mutual suspicions over an Iran deal. (Ha’aretz)
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani [27] says Iran's convoluted relationship with the global economy is a pivotal factor in whether any nuclear deal will succeed. (The National)
Uri Savir [28] says France is stepping up its involvement on Iran and Palestine. (Al-Monitor)
Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi [29] says Yemen is besieged by pro-Iranian militias and it is in no nation's interest to let them win. (New York Times)
Hussein Ibish [30] looks at the perils of half-measures in war. (The National)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [31] says Yemen’s war is linked to Syria. (Al Arabiya)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [32] calls for the protection of the Egyptian-Saudi alliance. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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