Date

News:
Palestinians commemorate the Nakba. (AP/PNN/Ma’an/The National)
Israeli occupation forces kill two Palestinians in Ramallah in Nakba Day protest. (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinian prisoners hold a solidarity hunger strike on Nakba day. (JTA)
Sec. Kerry and Pres. Abbas discuss peace and a possible new Palestinian government.(Reuters/AP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/AFP)
PM Netanyahu says he will explore alternative diplomatic options in the wake of the breakdown in negotiations with the Palestinians. (Ha’aretz/JTA/Ynet)
Def. Sec. Hagel arrives in Israel to meet with DM Ya’alon. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/JTA)
Israel denies it reached a sovereignty deal with the Vatican over a holy site in Jerusalem. (AFP)
Hamas evacuates Abbas’ Gaza residence. (AP/Ma’an/Ynet)
Hamas leader Haniyeh says a new Palestinian government will need the approval of the parliament. (AFP)
Fatah leader Barghouthi backs the agreement with Hamas. (Ma’an)
A humanitarian aid convoy will arrive in Gaza on Sunday. (Ma’an)
An exhibit in the occupied West Bank offers Gaza artists a rare showcase. (AP)
Two London Times journalists are released after being kidnapped in Syria. (Reuters)
Corruption seeps into aid for Syrian refugees. (AP)
The US is trying to project a “tough stance” to both sides of the Syrian war. (New York Times)
A Syrian official welcomes the resignation of UN Syria Envoy Brahimi. (AP)
Field Marshall Sisi asks for US help in fighting terrorism. (Reuters)
Egyptian expatriates vote in presidential poll. (AP)
Saudi King Abdullah appoints his son, Prince Turki bin Abdullah, as governor of Riyadh Province. (New York Times)
Qatar unveils new plans for labor reforms. (Reuters/The National)
Former Sec. Clinton says no deal is better than a “bad deal” with Iran. (AP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Commentary:
Saeb Erekat says Israel cannot erase the Nakba from history. (Ha’aretz)
The Jordan Times says for Palestinians all over the world, Nakba day commemorate their displacement. (Jordan Times)
Hazem Balousha says Islamic Jihad is cautious on the Hamas-Fatah agreement. (Al-Monitor)
Michael Oren and David Rothkopf discuss Zionism and the loyalty of Jewish Americans to Israel. (Foreign Policy)
Carolina Landsmann says Israel’s liberal left has forgotten how to fight. (Ha’aretz)
The National says Brahimi has been searching for two years for a way to end the fighting and start a political transition in Syria.(The National)
Michael Young says the Assad regime offers “desolation” to Syrian society. (Daily Star)
Joyce Karam says as diplomacy falters, the US is readying itself for more fighting in Syria (Al Arabiya)
Reuters interviews Sisi. (Reuters)
Mshari Al-Zaydi says Islamist cleric Qaradawi is refusing to acknowledge the defeat of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. (Asharq al-Awsat)
The Daily Star says this year’s presidential election demonstrates that Lebanon is unfit for democracy. (Daily Star)
Michael Singh says the US should not soften its nuclear demands on Iran. (Washington Post)

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