News:
PM Netanyahu [1] says lsrael faces [2] an "international campaign [3] to blacken its name" aimed at delegitimizing [4] its very existence regardless to its policies. (AP/New York Times/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Israel’s cabinet approves [5] legislation aimed at imposing tougher penalties [6] on stone-throwers.(Reuters/AFP)
The PA will submit files on 145 Israeli settlements [7] in the West Bank to the ICC this month. (Times of Israel)
Germany’s [8] FM Steinmeier [9] says he will visit [10] Gaza [11]. (AP/Times of Israel/Ynet/Jerusalem Post)
Indian PM Modi [12] is planning to visit Israel, the PA and Jordan [13]. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Venezuela will boost its diplomatic representation [14] in Palestine to full embassy status. (PNN)
A Qatari official announces [15] the launch of a number of new Gaza reconstruction projects. (Ha’aretz)
A PA lawyer says Palestinian children are being beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers [16] during interrogations. (Ma’an)
The head of the Palestine Football Association Rajoub comes under fire for withdrawing [17] a request to suspend Israel from FIFA. (JTA)
PFLP slams decision [18] to drop bid to suspend Israel from FIFA. (Ma’an)
Israel will open the Qalqiliya checkpoint [19] which has been closed for 10 years. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces detain 4 Palestinians [20] in East Jerusalem. (Ma’an)
ISIS fighters advance [21] against rival insurgents in northern Syria [22]. (Reuters/New York Times)
Aircraft from a Saudi-led coalition bomb Houthi outposts throughout Yemen [23], while the government in exile says the militia was in talks with the US in Oman.(Reuters)
The war in Yemen is pushing health care facilities [24] to the brink of collapse. (Washington Post)
France is trying to authenticate a video [25] purporting to show a French woman taken hostage in Yemen. (Reuters)
Egypt begins demolishing [26] the building that had housed the headquarters of former Pres. Mubarak's political party [27].(Reuters/AP)
The P5+1 agree on a way to restore UN sanctions on Iran [28] if the country breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal. (Reuters)
Saudi officials hope a massive project to rebuild Diriyah [29], featuring parks, restaurants, and museums about traditional Saudi life, will link citizens to their past. (New York Times)
Commentary:
The Washington Post interviews PM Hamdallah [30]. (Washington Post)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [31] asks what peace means for Gazans. (Al-Monitor)
Uri Savir [32] asks if the US is disengaging from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Al-Monitor)
Hagai El-Ad [33] says under occupation, Palestinians have had no meaningful vote for nearly 50 years. (New York Times)
Roy Isacowitz [34] says France should recognize the state of Palestine now instead of “wasting time at the UN.” (Ha’aretz)
Debra Kamin [35] says an Israeli TV series finds audiences among Israelis and Palestinians alike with its brutal honesty about the ugliness of war. (Foreign Policy)
Aziza Nofal [36] says drug trafficking, dealing and consumption have quickly spread in the West Bank, where security is loose. (Al-Monitor)
Amos Harel [37] asks how Israel’s new security cabinet will handle a war. (Ha’aretz)
The New York Times [38] says given the weakness of Iraqi forces, Americans should be training and giving weapons directly to Sunni tribal fighters in Anbar Province. (New York Times)
Fred Hiatt [39] looks at how US policies fueled turmoil and violence in Iraq. (Washington Post)
Hussein Ibish [40] says ISIS's cynicism is on full display in the group's two suicide bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia. (The National)
Colum Lynch [41] says, according to the UN, a military defeat of ISIS in Syria and Iraq could scatter extremists around the globe. (Foreign Policy)
Sharif Nashashibi [42] says the “sectarian mask” of the battle for Ramadi has come off. (Al Arabiya)
Raghida Dergham [43] says Iran is America’s de-facto ally in the war against ISIS. (Al Arabiya)
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