News: UNSG Ban [1] urges Israel [2] to protect the lives of Palestinian children [3]. (AFP/JTA/Reuters) PM Netanyahu [4] accuses UNSG Ban [5] of hypocrisy after he criticized Israel for the death and suffering [6] of Palestinian children. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post) Palestinian leaders [7] plan to submit their first file [8] against Israel to the International Criminal Court [9]next week. (JTA/AFP/Jerusalem Post) PM Hamdallah says the fate of the Palestinian government [10] will be decided on Monday. (PNN) Israeli police detain and release [11] 16 young Jewish settlers [12] after an overnight arson attack damaged a revered shrine in northern Israel. (AFP/JTA) The Join List [13] calls for the dismissal of the israeli police chief after the church torching. (Ha’aretz) Palestinian chief negotiator Erekat [14] issues a 56-page report on Palestinian-Israeli relations [15], calling for a comprehensive review of the current status quo [16]. (Ma’an/Times of Israel/Ynet) Two people are killed in a Palestinian refugee camp [17] in Lebanon in a clash between hardline Islamists and members of Fatah. (AP) Druze in the Israeli-held Golan [18] fear for their Syrian brethren. (Reuters) The Pentagon says the US effort to build a moderate Syrian opposition force [19] that can stand up to ISIS is moving more slowly than expected. (Reuters) ISIS-imposed fuel embargo [20] is threatening Syria’s medical centers. (New York Times) Al-Qaeda denies that jihadist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar had been killed [21] in an American airstrike in Libya this week. (New York Times) The Tunisian government [22] says consular staff kidnapped in Libya [23] have returned home. (Reuters/The National) Former Pres. Morsi will appeal [24] against a conviction for violence, kidnapping and torture imposed by a court. (Reuters) Commentary: Alan Philps [25] says as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, there are some things that can be done as a priority. (The National) The National [26] says the long arm of Israel’s military occupation prevents Palestinian self-government. (The National) Ahmad Melhem [27] says Palestinians see no reason to negotiate as Israeli settlements continue. (Al-Monitor) Efraim Halevy [28] says Hamas has become Israel’s frenemy. (Ynet) Barak Ravid [29] looks at how former Amb. Oren sold out US-Israel ties to “sell a few more books.” (Ha’aretz) Akiva Eldar [30] says former Amb. Oren’s memoir drama hurts israel. (Al-Monitor) J.J. Goldberg [31] looks at why Amb. Oren’s blame game on Israel is so wrongheaded. (The Forward) Ha’aretz [32] says Israel must help Syria’s Druze. (Ha’aretz) Raed Omari [33] asks if Pres. Assad’s downfall is imminent. (Al Arabiya) Charles Krauthammer [34] looks at a new strategy for Syria and Iraq. (Washington Post) Ali Ibrahim [35] looks at why the West misread Egypt. (Asharq al-Awsat) Koert Debeuf and Ayman Abdelmeguid [36] say the generation that launched the Tahrir Square revolution in 2011 is changing Egypt again. (Foreign Policy) |