Daily News Issue Date: 
May 2, 2014
News: 
NEWS:
Sec. Kerry says the Middle East peace process is on a "pause." (AP)
UNSG Ban warns Israel and the Palestinians against unilateral moves. (Times of Israel)
Unnamed Hamas sources give their spin on the agreement with Fatah. (Al Monitor)
Palestinians seek greater authority in "Area C." (The Media Line)
Kerry's comments about potential "apartheid" in Israel tap into an ongoing Israeli debate. (AP)
A PLO official says PM Netanyahu is using proposed "Jewish state” legislation to permanently kill peace. (Ha'aretz)
Increasing numbers of Palestinian citizens of Israel are condemning the proposed legislation. (YNet)
Arab women are attacked and a cemetery vandalized in the latest "price tag" attack by Jewish right-wing extremists. (YNet)
Israeli police subject to the State Department's inclusion of settler violence in its new terrorism report. (AFP)
Israel's public security minister says the attacks are terrorism, and Israel knows who is responsible. (Ha'aretz)
Jewish-American groups strongly condemn "price tag" violence. (YNet)
Israeli police suspect potential terrorism in the murder of an Israeli woman. (Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Israel is reportedly angered by a new report on boycotts by the British Methodist Church. (Ha'aretz)
Israel says a rocket fired from Gaza lands in southern Israel without incident. (AFP)
Unemployed Gaza workers dream of new jobs. (Xinhua)
AIDS patients in Gaza face isolation and humiliation. (Al Monitor)
A Palestinian citizen of Israel is placed under arrest for questioning on Facebook conscription orders for Christians. (Ha'aretz)
Israel's population is now estimated to be 8.2 million. (AFP)
Samaritan men in the West Bank are looking for brides in the former Soviet Union. (Christian Science Monitor)
Dozens are killed in an airstrike in Syria. (New York Times/AP)
At least 11 of the dead are reported to be children. (BBC)

A cease-fire is reportedly reached in the embattled city of Homs. (AP)

A suicide bomber kills an Egyptian soldier and three others in the Sinai Peninsula. (Reuters/AP)
Egypt faces a growing energy crisis. (New York Times/AP)
The UN says 750 people were killed in violence in Iraq in April. (Xinhua)
COMMENTARY:
Hussein Ibish joins Omri Ceren and Yosi Mekelberg to discuss the future of Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. (VOA/On The Line)
Bakir Oweida says Palestinians shouldn't despair, they should redouble their commitment to peace. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Marc Schneier says Israelis and other Jews should welcome Pres. Abbas' strong statements about the Holocaust. (The Forward)
Saeb Erekat says Israel has rejected peace because it is happy with the status quo. (Time)
The Jerusalem Post says Israel could lash out at the PA, but can't risk its collapse. (Jerusalem Post)
Shlomi Eldar agrees that Israeli sanctions against the PA could backfire. (Al Monitor)
Efraim Halevy says Israel has an opportunity to totally destroy Hamas. (YNet)
Zoher Bahalul says Jewish "price tag" extremists are trying to provoke another Palestinian intifada. (YNet)
Michael Pizzi looks at controversy over Kerry's use of the term "apartheid" regarding Israel and the occupation. (Al Jazeera America)
Akiva Eldar says that indeed Kerry's strong warning to Israel has been lost in a furor over the word "apartheid." (Al Monitor)
Michael Cohen says Israel is lucky to have a "straight talking friend" like Kerry. (Foreign Policy)
David Weinberg says Israel's choices are not as stark as Kerry andothers think. (Jerusalem Post)
Anshel Pfeffer says Israel needs to start living for itself, notfighting empty battles over PR problems like "apartheid." (Ha'aretz)
Christopher Fettweis says, in order to move forward, both Israelis and Palestinians have to overcome their victim mentalities. (Los Angeles Times)
Ron Kampeas says J Street's failed effort to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations still shows it has gained mainstream acceptance. (JTA)
Robert Kagan says the US should not support the interim Egyptian government. (Washington Post)
The National says Congress is making a huge mistake by potentially interfering with the resumption of US aid to Egypt. (The National)
Mary Fitzgerald looks at the potential future for the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya. (Foreign Policy)
Abdelkader Cheref asks what's next, now that Pres. Bouteflika has been sworn in for another term in Algeria. (The National)
Youssef Cherif says Tunisia can and should play a role in mediating disputes in Libya. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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