News:
PM Netanyahu [1] has reportedly offered [2] to renew peace talks [3] with Palestinians [4] on borders of settlement blocs. (AP/PNN/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Palestinians reject Netanyahu’s proposal [5] to discuss settlement borders. (Ha’aretz)
Netanyahu appoints [6] former Amb, Dore Gold [7] to run the [8] foreign ministry [9].(New York Times/JTA/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Egypt opens its border with Gaza [10] to allow stranded Palestinians to return home. (AP)
The Arab League warns from the collapse of the educational process [11] in Palestine due to the Israeli occupation. (PNN)
Iran will reportedly pull Islamic Jihad’s funding [12] over group’s neutrality on Yemen. (Times of Israel)
Gaza's electricity distributor [13] accuses Israel of refusing to repair a 12 megawatt grid supplying power to Gaza City. (Ma’an)
Egyptian navy forces shoot and injure Gaza fishermen [14]. (Ma’an)
PM Hamdallah pledges $50,000 to the Bedouin community of Abu Nuwwar east of Jerusalem that is currently facing forced displacement by Israeli forces. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces detain 20 Palestinians [15] in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma’an)
Israel thanks the US [16] for blocking a resolution [17] that would have opened discussions on making the Middle East a nuclear-free zone. (JTA/Ha’aretz)
Iraq announces the launch of a military operation to drive ISIS [18] out of the western Anbar province. (AP)
VP Biden [19] reassures PM al-Abadi [20] of the US commitment to help fight ISIS [21] in an effort at damage control after Def. Sec. Carter questioned Iraqi troops' desire to fight. (Reuters/AP/New York Times)
Canada says Iraqi forces must become much more effective [22]. (Reuters)
The US and Turkey [23] agree "in principle" to give air support [24] to some forces from Syria's mainstream opposition. (Reuters/AP)
Tens of thousands of people [25] turn out at a mass funeral [26] in eastern Saudi Arabia for 21 Shi'ite Muslims killed last week [27]in a suicide bombing claimed by ISIS. (Reuters/AP/The National)
Washington Post [28] reporter Jason Rezaian [29] goes on trial [30] on espionage charges [31] behind closed doors [32] in Tehran. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post/The National)
Commentary:
Ahmad Melhem [33] says since the Vatican recognized the state of Palestine, Palestinians are hoping more European states will follow suit. (Al-Monitor)
Uri Savir [34] says France is urging Israelis and Palestinians to resume negotiations in anticipation of an international peace proposal being presented. (Al-Monitor)
Matthew Ayton [35] asks what role the EU can play in negotiations between Israel and Palestine. (The National)
David Horovitz [36] says its past time for Netanyahu to act on his conviction that Israel must not become a bi-national state.(Times of Israel)
Oudeh Basharat [37] says with one hand the hypocritical Pres. Obama condemns Israel, and with the other he signs a deal to supply it with arms. (Ha’aretz)
Aeyal Gross [38] says apartheid in Israel is about more than just segregated buses. (Ha’aretz)
Nahum Barnea [39] compares and contrasts Israel to Turkey. (Ynet)
The Washington Post [40] profiles Israel Harel, a longtime settlement activist. (Washington Post)
Aaron David Miller [41] explains why, from Syria to the two-state solution, the Obama administration should thin out outcomes, not comprehensive solutions. (Foreign Policy)
Hussein Ibish [42] says if the real goal of the US is merely contain ISIS in Syria, rather than completely destroy it, then the Obama Administration should come clean. (The National)
Elizabeth Dickinson [43] says with the deadly suicide bombing of a Saudi mosque, ISIS may be debuting a new strategy: lone-wolf attacks inside the kingdom. (Foreign Policy)
Khaled Almaeena [44] says the sectarian threatens Saudi national unity. (Al Arabiya)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [45] says Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is now threatening Shiites in Lebanon. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Taylor Luck [46] says Jordan can no longer afford its humanitarian generosity.(The National)
Rami Khouri [47] explores the idea of a joint Arab force. (Daily Star)
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