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News: Former PM Blair [1] steps down [2] as the Quartet [3] Envoy [4] in the [5] Middle East [6]. (Reuters/New York Times/AFP/JTA/The National) Pres. Rivlin challenges [7] a longstanding taboo on talks with Hamas [8], saying he favors dialogue [9] with everybody. (AFP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel) FM Fabius [10] says he will visit the region [11] in order to try pushing the French proposal [12] for the relaunch of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. (Times of Israel/Reuters/Jerusalem Post) EU Foreign Policy Chief Mogherini [13] says violence is inevitable [14] without peace talks. (Times of Israel/AFP) Palestinians refuse to back down [15] on a threatened vote to suspend Israel from FIFA [16] after talks with Pres. Blatter. (AFP/Times of Israel) Hamas criticizes [17] the “politicized and biased” Amnesty International report [18]. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post) A Swedish company was reportedly used to cover up the sale and transfer [19] of a West Bank church compound to settlers funded by an American millionaire. (Ma’an) Christian schools in Israel accuse the government [20] of cutting their funding as a pressure tactic to get them join the Israeli public school system. (AP) Israeli authorities leave posters in a town [21] in occupied East Jerusalem notifying owners that the property is needed for urgent military purposes. (Ma’an) Sen. Graham vows “violent pushback” [22] to protect Israel in the UN. (Ha’aretz) A new website is publicizing the identities of pro-Palestinian student activists [23] to prevent them from getting jobs after they graduate from college. (Ha’aretz) ISIS posts photographs online [24] which it said were taken in Palmyra and appeared to show its ancient ruins unharmed. (Reuters) The leader of the Nusra Front [25] says his group was focused on capturing Damascus [26]. (Reuters/AP) A campaign led by Shi'ite paramilitaries to drive ISIS from Iraq's Sunni heartland was rebranded after criticism [27] that the name chosen for the push was overtly sectarian. (Reuters) Def. Sec. Carter is seeking ways [28] to improve and speed up the program to train and equip Iraqi forces. (AP) The World Health Organization says 8.6 million people, [29] or about a third of the country’s population, are in “urgent need of medical help.” (New York Times) Saudi Arabia designates two senior officials of Hezbollah [30] as terrorists. (Reuters) France warns it is ready to block a final deal [31] between Iran and the P5+1 unless Tehran provided inspectors access to all installations [32], including military sites. (Reuters/New York Times) The Obama administration's [33] lead nuclear negotiator Sherman [34] is leaving her post [35] this summer. (AP/New York Times/Ha’aretz) Sec. Kerry will address AJC’s annual Washington conference [36] just weeks before a deadline on an Iran nuclear deal. (JTA) Commentary: The National [37] says in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, innocent Gazans are caught in the crossfire. (The National) Akiva Eldar [38] says PM Netanyahu “zig-zags” on the two-state solution. (Al-Monitor) Ha’aretz [39] says both the Israeli army and Shin Bet are in favor of issuing more work permits for the people of Gaza. (Ha’aretz) Ron Ben-Yishai [40] says the recent rocket fire challenges Israeli and Hamas leaderships. (Ynet) Ben Sales [41] looks at how the FIFA corruption scandal can affect Israel. (JTA) Michael Young [42] writes about the possible consequences of Pres. Obama's failures in Syria while chasing a deal with Iran. (The National) Phillip Smyth [43] says the Syrian regime is gearing up for a counteroffensive that relies on Iran’s money and Shiite foreign fighters to push back against ISIS. (Foreign Policy) Joyce Karam [44] says Hezbollah must change its goals and scope of its mission in Syria if it wants to spare itself from turning this into a quagmire. (Al Arabiya) John McLaughlin [45] explains how ISIS could win. (Washington Post) Faisal Al Yafai [46] says America already tried imperialism in the Middle East – and it failed. (The National) Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor [47] says Lebanon should restore presidential power. (Al Arabiya) The Forward [48] looks at the disgraceful imprisonment of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian in Iran. (The Forward) |
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