Daily News Issue Date: 
August 11, 2014
News: 

News:

Palestinians and Israelis resume talks in Egypt and another
cease-fire. (New York Times/Reuters/Washington Post)

Hamas may have obtained money to pay unpaid salaries in Gaza. (Times of Israel)

Israeli forces kill a Fatah activist in a raid on Nablus. (Ma'an)

Palestinian teenager is killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. (Xinhua/Reuters)

An Israeli airstrike damages a church in Gaza. (Washington Post)

Palestinians in Gaza expressed grief, anger and pride. (New York Times)

Gaza's wounded are a living reminder of the cost of war. (AP)

Turkey evacuates wounded Palestinians from Gaza. (AP/Reuters)

80 members of a Gaza clan have been living in a single household. (Los Angeles Times)

Gaza teenager's tweets have made her social media phenomenon. (Reuters)

Anti-Israel tweets may have cost a professor his job at the University
of Illinois
. (CNN)

International donors are already exploring ways of rebuilding in Gaza.
(The National)

The Gaza war is spurring campaigns to boycott Israel. (Ha'aretz)

Israeli arms manufacturers have made a great deal of money from the
Gaza war. (Ha'aretz)

Hamas is reported to have executed dozens of tunnel diggers. (Times of Israel)

Kurds retake Iraqi towns from Sunni extremists. (New York Times)

The US is sending weapons to Kurdish forces in Iraq. (AP)

PM al-Maliki intensifies efforts to keep his job. (AP)

Sec. Kerry issues a warning to al-Maliki. (New York Times/Washington Post)

Egypt dissolves the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice Party. (Reuters)

Commentary:

Thomas Friedman interviews Pres. Obama. (New York Times)

Hillary Clinton appears to be critical of Obama's foreign policy. (The Atlantic)

The Forward says Pres. Abbas must play a crucial role in the aftermath
of the Gaza conflict. (The Forward)

David Kenner says the Gaza war is far from over. (Foreign Policy)

Roger Cohen says Israelis need to find their voices of conscience.
(New York Times)

Ronen Bergman says Hamas beat Israel in Gaza. (New York Times)

Uri Savir says resistance is now more popular than negotiations among
Palestinians. (Al Monitor)

Dennis Ross says Hamas could've chosen peace but made Gaza suffer.
(Washington Post)

Anis Kassim says Israel was not acting in self-defense in Gaza. (Jordan Times)

Elhanan Miller looks at the level of support for and opposition to
Hamas in Gaza. (Times of Israel)

Gideon Levy says Israeli should go to Gaza and learn about Palestinian
life there. (Ha'aretz)

Hana Salah says many journalists were killed in the Gaza war. (Al Monitor)

Mamoun Fandy says the Gaza hostilities demonstrate the end of the
Arab-Israeli conflict. (Asharq Al Awsat)

Salman Aldossary condemns what he calls "the campaign of lies and
incitement against Saudi Arabia." (Asharq Al Awsat)

Vali Nasr says the US can use its power to contain, but not reshape,
an emerging new Middle East. (New York Times)

Masoud Barzani says Kurdistan and Iraq need urgent help against
Islamic extremists. (Washington Post)

Hussein Ibish says ISIS and its narrative of success must be broken
immediately. (The National)


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