News:
The Israeli military issues [1] an update on its internal inquiries [2], saying neither Israeli nor international laws [3] were broken in several deadly clashes during last summer’s war in Gaza. [4](New York Times/AFP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
The relatives of one of four Palestinian children killed [5] on a Gaza beach during last summer’s war are outraged that the investigation [6] into their deaths has been closed.(AP/Times of Israel)
PM Netanyahu will meet [7] with the chief executive of French telecom giant Orange [8] SA to discuss the CEO's recent comments [9] on pulling out of Israel [10]. (AP/AFP/JTA/Times of Israel)
Palestinians in Gaza [11] fire a rocket [12] toward southern Israel [13] but it lands inside the Palestinian territory. [14] (AFP/JTA/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Pres. Abbas inaugurates [15] the headquarters of the Palestinian embassy in the Serbian capital [16]of Belgrade. (Ma’an/PNN)
Israel’s Supreme Court [17] dismisses a petition that seeks to give Palestinians local planning [18] rights in the occupied West Bank. (JTA/Times of Israel)
The Washington Post asks whether Israel can stop international boycotts. [19] (Washington Post)
Gen. Dempsey [20] says the US is considering building [21] more military bases in Iraq [22]. (Reuters/New York Times/AP)
The Syrian government says it has faced worse times [23] and is confident its army can hit back with the help of its allies. (Reuters)
Syrian Druze are reportedly reconsidering their alliances [24] after a deadly attack. (New York Times)
UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will hold separate "proximity" talks with Yemen's two main warring parties [25] in Geneva on Sunday. (Reuters)
Tourist sites are on alert [26] as militants go for Egypt’s economic lifeline [27].(Reuters/AP)
Commentary:
Akiva Eldar [28] explains why Israelis should pay attention to the recent US Supreme Court decision. (Al-Monitor)
Robert Swift [29] says photography seeks to show the good and the bad in Gazan children’s daily lives. (The Media Line)
Shmuel Rosner [30] says Pres. Rivlin is a great conciliator, but he’s been a miserable failure when it comes to relations with non-Orthodox Jews. (New York Times)
Ron Kampeas [31] says a speech at a Washington synagogue and other Jewish outreach efforts have done little to boost Pres. Obama’s approval ratings among Jewish-Americans. (JTA)
Zack Gold [32] says Egypt will not declare Hamas a terror group and looks at what does that mean for Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Ha’aretz interviews opposition leader Herzog [33]. (Ha’aretz)
David Horovitz and Raphal Ahren interview former FM Lieberman [34]. (Times of Israel)
David Ignatius [35] asks who has a tougher plan for Iraq. (Washington Post)
Alan Philps [36] says the US's policy on combating ISIS seems geared more at helping fellow Democrats in US elections rather than the citizens of Iraq and Syria. (The National)
The New York Times [37] says deploying American troops in Anbar Province may accomplish little in the long run, if past is prologue. (New York Times)
Fareed Zakaria [38] looks at why Saudi Arabia will not get atomic weapons, (Washington Post)
Daniel Sobelman [39] says Hezbollah’s friends in Yemen are trying to lure the Saudis into a ground war. (Foreign Policy)
Osman Mirghani [40] says Libya must not be left to ISIS. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Abdallah Schleifer [41] says this week’s terrorist attack in Egypt may herald the beginning of a more murderous phase of Islamist warfare against both the Egyptian state and society.
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