Daily News Issue Date:
July 19, 2013
News:
NEWS:
Sec. Kerry will reportedly hold an emergency meeting with Pres. Abbas [1] to discuss his peace initiative later today. (The Independent)
Kerry meets again [2] with the chief Palestinian negotiator [3] to discuss modalities for resuming negotiations with Israel. (AP/Reuters)
American officials say the announcement of new Israeli-Palestinian talks is "not imminent." [4](Washington Post)
Some Palestinian figures [7] say they find Kerry's proposals insufficient [8] to restart talks [9] with Israel. (New York Times/Los Angeles Times/Ha'aretz)
Palestinian objections [10] center around the need for talks [11] to be based on the 1967 borders with agreed land swaps [12]. (AP/Ma'an)
Habayit Hayehudi leader Bennett threatens to leave the Netanyahu coalition [13] over the issue of the 1967 borders [14]. (Ha'aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Israel denies [15] reports it's willing to accept the Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for talks. (Xinhua)
President Obama urges PM Netanyahu [16] to resume negotiations with the Palestinians. (Reuters)
Jordan offers to support [17] resumed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (Xinhua)
Palestinian officials praise Jordan's role [18] on Jerusalem. (Jordan Times)
Israel's attorney general says the state should prioritize demolishing settler structures built onprivate Palestinian property [19] in the occupied territories. (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli occupation forces detain five Palestinians [20] in the West Bank. (Ma'an)
The number of Palestinians traveling to Israel and occupied East Jerusalem this Ramadan isdrawing income away [21] from Palestinian businesses. (Ma'an)
The EU formally publishes [22] its new settlement policy guidelines [23] despite Israeli objections. (Ha'aretz)
The EU guidelines may damage the holdings of some Israeli banks [24], among other impacts. (Jerusalem Post)
Israelis are concerned unrest in Sinai [25] may spill into Israel. (YNet)
The ouster of former Pres. Morsi may have been partly caused by turning a blind eye to extremists [26] in Sinai. (AP)
Israel indicts a Palestinian [27] man it held secretly since he went missing in Egypt a month ago. (Reuters)
An Israeli general issues a rare admission that soldiers erred [28] in arresting a five-year-old Palestinian child. (Times of Israel)
After some heated controversy, a Palestinian teenager [29] is allowed to attend a Central Pennsylvania high school. (Patriot News)
COMMENTARY:
Hussein Ibish [30] says Kerry's diplomatic push should be supported by bottom-up Palestinian civil society initiatives. (Foreign Policy)
Jeremy Ben-Ami [31] condemns cynicism and defeatism on US Middle East peace efforts. (New York Times)
Herb Keinon [32] says Palestinian hesitancy over Kerry's proposals reveals a lack of Arab League clout. (Jerusalem Post)
The Jordan Times [33] looks at Jordan's role in efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian talks. (Jordan Times)
The Daily Star [34] already dismisses Kerry's peace efforts as an "abject failure." (The Daily Star)
Lisa Goldman [35] says Kerry stands little chance of altering the present status quo. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
The New York Times talks to outgoing Israeli Ambassador Oren [36]. (New York Times)
Ari Shavit [37] says Israel's arrogance and complacency led to the EU settlement guidelines fiasco. (Ha'aretz)
Dan Illouz [38] asks why Israel, a country noted for innovation, can't think outside the box when it comes to peace. (Jerusalem Post)
Alan Phillips [39] says the new EU guidelines show Europe will no longer be played for a fooled by Israel. (The National)
AFP [40] says the new EU guidelines turn up the heat on Israel regarding peace. (AFP)
Nehemia Shtrasler [41] says such sanctions will only intensify until they hit all Israelis in the pocketbook. (Ha'aretz)
Barak Ravid [42] says diplomatic failures were involved, but ultimately Netanyahu is responsible for the EU measure. (Ha'aretz)
Israel Harel [43] says Israel should fight back against the EU directive and has the leverage to do so. (Ha'aretz)
The Jerusalem Post [44] says the EU directive will only hamper efforts to revive peace talks. (Jerusalem Post)
David Weinberg [45] says the guidelines are just another example of European anti-Semitism. (Jerusalem Post)
Noah Beck [46] dismisses the EU measure as simply designed to placate oil-rich Arab states. (YNet)
Samuel Lebens [47] says European sanctions against Israel can work, but these are not the right ones. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
Ha'aretz [48] says settlers are stealing money from the Israeli state to fund stealing lands from the Palestinians. (Ha'aretz)
Hazem Balousha [49] says Hamas is trying to mitigate the fallout of the ouster of Morsi. (Al Monitor)
Abeer Ayyoub [50] says Palestinians in Gaza feel punished by Egypt this Ramadan. (Al Monitor)
Miriam Pellicano [51] says Israeli laws tear Palestinian families apart. (Al Jazeera)
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