News:
The Gaza-Israel [1] escalation [2] threatens [3] the current [4] cease-fire [5]. (AP/Reuters/Washington Post/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
Pres. Abbas calls [6] on Israel to halt [7] the escalation in Gaza. (AFP/Ynet)
FM Lieberman says Israel should retake Gaza [8]. (Xinhua)
Islamic Jihad issues a warning video [9] in Hebrew, urging Israelis to leave the country. (Ha’aretz)
Israel closes the Gaza [10] crossing in response to the rocket attacks. (Xinhua)
A Palestinian official says Egypt is attempting to broker [11] a truce between Israel and Gaza. (Jerusalem Post)
The EU warns of “serious consequences” [12] for Middle East security if Gaza’s problems are not addressed. (AFP)
PM Cameron calls for peace [13] between Israel and the Palestinians. (Xinhua)
Cameron will meet with Abbas in the occupied West Bank to discuss peace [14] talks. (Times of Israel)
Israel passes a law [15] requiring a national referendum [16] to approve any further withdrawal from occupied East Jerusalem. (AP/JTA)
Sec. Kerry says mistrust [17] between Israel and Palestine is higher than ever [18]. (PNN/Jerusalem Post)
Israel may halt prisoner release [19] if peace talks fail with the Palestinians. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli occupation forces order a Palestinian resident in Hebron to remove a Palestinian flag [20] from his house. (Ha’aretz)
Gunmen attack [21] an army bus in Cairo, killing one soldier [22]. (AP/Reuters)
The UAE summons [23] the Iraqi Ambassador over charges of Gulf funding of terrorism [24]. (Reuters/Xinhua)
PM Maliki warns [25] that violence from the Syrian war could spillover into the West. (AP)
Commentary:
Aaron David Miller says Amb. Samuel Lewis was a man of uncommon judgement. (The Jewish Daily Forward)
Eyad Abu Shakra responds [26] to Pres. Obama’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg about the Middle East. (Asharq al Awsat)
Ha’aretz says [27] Israel keeps its Arab citizens in municipal “ghettos,” rife with poverty and neglect. (Ha’aretz)
Peter Beinart says [28] Kerry’s peace initiative should worry liberal Zionists. (Ha’aretz)
Yossi Klein says [29] Israel avoids “looking into the mirror” to see the 2 million Palestinians in its midst. (Ha’aretz)
The Jerusalem Post says [30] Israel and Jordan need to put the killing of a Jordanian judge behind them.(Jerusalem Post)
The Jordan Times says [31] it is contrary to international law to kidnap nuns in Syria. (Jordan Times)
Andrew Harper says [32] Jordan continues to set a regional example by continuing to accept refugees. (Jordan Times)
The Daily Star says [33] some in the international community are happy with a “shortsighted” calculus of success in Syria. (Daily Star)
Michael Jansen says [34] a devastated Syria divided among jihadist “emirs” is in no one’s interests. (Jordan Times)
Saleh Muhammad says [35] the Syrian Kurds need greater Western support. (Daily Star)
Michael Young says [36] Lebanon’s vacuum should push all sides to compromise. (The National)
Abdallah Schleifer says [37] the Egyptian army is involved in construction projects that are for the benefit of the general public. (Al Arabiya)
Michael Hanna says [38] the Egyptian state has fragmented during the past three years. (Foreign Policy)
Jeffrey Goldberg says [39] Qatar’s policies have managed to make him sympathetic to Saudi Arabia. (Bloomberg)
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