Daily News Issue Date:
July 25, 2013
News:
NEWS:
An Israeli cabinet minister [1] thinks talks with Palestinians [2] might resume on July 30 [3], or sometime next week [4]. (Reuters/Xinhua/AP/Ha'aretz)
PM Netanyahu is pushing forward with legislation that would subject any peace agreement to areferendum [5]. (Jerusalem Post)
Gaza's economy continues to suffer [6] due to Egypt's crackdown [7] on Hamas' smuggling tunnels and border restrictions. (New York Times/AP)
Pres. Abbas will visit Cairo [8] on Sunday to discuss Egyptian-Palestinian relations, border issues and more. (PNN)
The PLO presents a plan [9] for ending violence at Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. (Ma'an)
Three Palestinians are injured [10] in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces near Jenin. (Ma'an)
Palestinians accuse Israel [11] of seeking new policies to strip them of Jerusalem residency. (PNN)
Analysts doubt the US Supreme Court [12] will reverse an appellate court ruling that Americans born in Jerusalem cannot cite Israel as their country of birth. (Jerusalem Post)
Israel is pushing forward with a massive railway project [13] in the occupied Palestinian territories that ignores borders [14]. (Ha'aretz/Times of Israel)
A retired senior US general says settlements are liable to turn Israel into "an apartheid state." [15](Ha'aretz)
Israel and Turkey disagree [16] regarding a compensation package for the deadly flotilla incident. (AP)
Hezbollah's leader [17] warns of "EU complicity [18] in future Israeli aggression against Lebanon." (Xinhua/AFP)
Israel reportedly attempted to capture [19] Hamas' military chief in 2008. (Times of Israel)
The EU has launched a €21 million construction project [20] for seven courthouses and the headquarters' building of the Palestinian Bar Association. (PNN)
Israeli architects [21] work to promote peace. (Ha'aretz)
Quiet high-tech deals [22] are reshaping aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship. (Forbes)
Evangelical Christian American [23] supporters of Israel slam the Obama administration's peace efforts. (The Forward)
A car bomb explodes prematurely, killing three militants [24], as violence continues to spread in Sinai. (Times of Israel)
COMMENTARY:
David Ignatius [25] says Sec. Kerry has made surprising progress on reviving Middle East peace talks. (Washington Post)
The LA Times [26] expresses strong support for Kerry's efforts. (Los Angeles Times)
Noah Klieger [27] says the new talks will yield nothing, as usual. (YNet)
Daniel Levy [28] says, despite reasonable skepticism, Kerry's initiative might actually work. (Foreign Policy)
Fareed Zakaria [29] calls Kerry's efforts "a fool's errand worth pursuing." (Time)
Henry Siegman [30] says the Obama administration has to be willing to pay the political price for pressuring Israel to make progress on peace. (Ha'aretz)
Natan Sachs [31] says the new talks require a "safety net" and potential interim measures in case of failure. (Foreign Policy)
Karl Vick [32] lists nine reasons why the talks might fail. (Time)
Shlomo Brom [33] looks at the complexities about "talks about talks" from the Israeli perspective. (INSS)
Edward Beck [34] says any agreement will depend on unity and consensus among all parties. (Jerusalem Post)
Gideon Levy [35] says the idea of a referendum on peace is a "smokescreen" but both peoples do need to be consulted. (Ha'aretz)
Israel Harel [36] says, despite the rhetoric, Netanyahu has already agreed to talks based on the 1967 borders. (Ha'aretz)
Gordon Robison [37] says Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to negotiate mainly to maintain good relations with Washington. (Gulf News)
Akiva Eldar [38] says many patriotic Israelis support the EU guidelines on noncooperation with the occupation. (Al Monitor)
Mazal Mualem interviews Peace Now chair Yariv Oppenheimer [39], who says the EU guidelines helped push Israel back into talks. (Al Monitor)
The Jerusalem Post [40] complains Palestinians don't appreciate Israel's "goodwill gestures." (Jerusalem Post)
J.J. Goldberg [41] says retired Gen. Mattis is right, the US must act with urgency towards a two-state solution in its own vital national interests. (The Forward)
J.J. Goldberg [42] also says Netanyahu's biggest opponents on peace will be some of his own closest colleagues. (The Forward)
The LA Times [43] agrees with an appellate court ruling that Americans born in Jerusalem cannot list Israel as their country of birth. (Los Angeles Times)
David Makovsky [44] says Hamas needs to reevaluate its policies following the ouster of former Pres. Morsi. (Al Hayat)
Jeffrey Goldberg [45] says ultimately peace requires removing Hamas from power in Gaza. (Bloomberg)
Hassan Tahsin [46] says it is essential for everyone that all Gaza smuggling tunnels be permanently closed. (Al Arabiya)
Alan Elsner [47] says all parties have a stake in reviving the health of the Palestinian economy. (The Jewish Chronicle)
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