Daily News Issue Date:
March 6, 2014
News:
News:
A Palestinian official denies [1] receiving a draft framework [2] from the US. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
NSCA Rice will travel to Israel [3] in May. (AFP)
Pres. Peres says if groups in Gaza cease fire [4] towards Israel, there will be no need for a blockade [5]. (Ynet/Jerusalem Post)
Egypt will revoke citizenship [6] of thousands of Hamas members. (Ma’an)
A UN committee expresses concern over recent developments [10] in Jerusalem. (PNN)
Extremist Jewish settlers assault [11] three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. (Ma’an)
Israeli occupation forces detain [12] nine Palestinians in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
FC Barcelona sends soccer balls [13] to Palestinian school children. (Al Arabiya)
Hezbollah has reportedly built a small military airport [16] in the Bekaa Valley. (Times of Israel)
Syria may be turning into an open-ended “mini-Vietnam” [17] for Hezbollah. (Bloomberg)
Pres. Assad prepares for his “reelection” campaign [20] in Syria. (Reuters)
The US restricts the travel [21] of Syria’s UN Permanent Representative. (AP)
Jordan faces infiltration [22] attempts by radical armed groups from Syria. (Xinhua)
Qatar [23]says it will not “bow” to demands [24] from other Gulf countries. (Reuters/New York Times)
Tunisia lifts its state of emergency [25], three years after the uprising. (Reuters)
Iraq celebrates a victory by its national soccer team, while gunmen open fire [26] on three police checkpoints. (New York Times)
Diplomats are working to help Libya create a stable government [27]. (AP)
Commentary:
The New York Times [28] says PM Netanyahu has no choice but to make a “historic peace” with the Palestinians. (New York Times)
Ari Shavit [29] says Netanyahu is turning his back on young Jewish Americans. (Ha’aretz)
Gideon Levy [30] says AIPAC needs to tell Netanyahu that people in the US are fed up with Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Peter Beinart [31] says Israel cannot claim the high ground against its “despotic enemies’ until it resolves the immoral occupation. (Ha’aretz)
The Jordan Times [32] says Pres. Obama may not be inclined to force Israel to make peace with the Palestinians. (Jordan Times)
Ali Jarbawi [33] says the Palestinians need the US to be just in its vision and demands. (New York Times)
George Hishmeh [34] says Israel is compromising its own future through its settlement activities. (Gulf News)
Gershon Baskin [35] says security is the most important element of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (Jerusalem Post)
Eitan Haber [36] says it is time to reach a deal with the Palestinians. (Ynet)
Gulf News [37] says the US needs to ask itself whether it will repeat the “South African mistake” in Israel. (Gulf News)
Michael Young [38] says Hezbollah’s presidential headaches are growing in Lebanon. (Daily Star)
The National [39] says the unprecedented decision by Gulf states to recall their Ambassadors from Qatar was not taken lightly. (The National)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [40] says the GCC’s drama with Qatar is “long-winded” and 20 years old. (Al Arabiya)
Elizabeth Dickinson [41] asks “how Qatar lost the Middle East.” (Foreign Policy)
Joyce Karam [42] asks how the Ukrainian crisis might impact the Middle East. (Al Arabiya)
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