Daily News Issue Date:
April 22, 2013
News:
NEWS:
Many obstacles remain [1] in trying to form a Palestinian unity government, as reports suggest Pres. Abbas may be in no hurry [2] to find a replacement for PM Fayyad. (Xinhua/Ha'aretz)
Sec. Kerry asks PM Erdogan to postpone [3] a planned visit to Gaza, as he pushes Israeli-Turkish rapprochement [4]. (New York Times/AP)
Reports suggest Erdogan may go ahead [5] with his trip anyway. (Jerusalem Post)
Fatah officials say Egypt [8] remains the sole sponsor of Palestinian reconciliation talks, following reports Abbas wants Turkey [9] to get involved. (Xinhua/Ha'aretz)
Sec. Hagel is visiting Israel [10] and says the US remains committed to maintaining Israel's regional military edge [11]. (New York Times/AP)
A new report shows more Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem are seeking Israeli citizenship [12]. (Ha'aretz)
Egypt says it has disrupted an Israeli spy ring in the Sinai [13] Peninsula. (Xinhua)
Palestinians hold the first Bethlehem marathon [14], and start with a tribute to the Boston marathon [15] attack victims. (AP)
Relatives of Israel's flotilla raid say they reject Israeli compensation [16]. (New York Times)
A Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank faces eviction and relocation [17]. (The Media Line)
Israeli human rights groups [18] accuse municipal authorities in occupied East Jerusalem of illegally discriminating against Palestinians. (Jerusalem Post)
UC's Chancellor says a vote by UC Berkeley's student government urging divestment from two companies doing business in the occupied West Bank is unlikely to change University policy [19]. (Daily Californian)
COMMENTARY:
The Chicago Tribune [20] says Fayyad's resignation is a bad thing for everybody. (Chicago Tribune)
The LA Times interviews Amoun Sleem [21] about the difficulties facing the Gypsy community in occupied East Jerusalem. (Los Angeles Times)
Ali Zahalka [22] says Israel's current economic policies don't allow its Palestinian citizens to live in dignity. (YNet)
Oudeh Basharat [23] asks why Arabs, especially Palestinians, have been so bad about documenting victims of violence on their own side. (Ha'aretz)
Adel Safty [24] says American misperceptions about the conflict need to be clarified if a two-state solution is going to take hold. (Gulf News)
Mahmoud Omar [25]looks at challenges facing Palestinian refugees in Egypt. (Al Monitor)
Jonathan Schanzer [26] says Abbas is becoming increasingly dictatorial. (Foreign Policy)
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