Daily News Issue Date:
June 9, 2014
News:
News:
Pope Francis [1] says Israeli [2] and Palestinian leaders [3] must [4] respond [5] to their people’s [6] yearning for [7] peace [8]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/AFP/Ha’aretz/Ynet/Times of Israel/The National)
Israel seeks the return of PA forces [9] to Gaza. (Ha’aretz)
European Commission Chief Barroso [10] says the new Palestinian government must be supported. (AFP)
PM Netanyahu’s office says Israel will not unilaterally withdraw [11] from the occupied West Bank. (Times of Israel)
Finance Minister Lapid [12] calls settlement construction [13] in the occupied West Bank a “waste of money.” [14] (AP/Xinhua/JTA)
FM Lieberman [15] says annexation is inapplicable [16] to Israel's current situation with the Palestinians. (Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Israeli Interior Minister Sa’ar dismisses the idea of an independent Palestinian state [17], but calls for Jordan to play an integral part in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Times of Israel)
UN Envoy Serry [18] meets in Gaza with four ministers [19] of the new Palestinian government. (Ma’an/AP)
Banks in Gaza remain closed [20] as a crisis over salaries continues to challenge the new Palestinian government. (Ma’an)
The new Palestinian government brings rare hope for refugees [21]. (The National)
Human Rights Watch [22] says the killing of two Palestinian teenagers during a protest in the occupied West Bank might constitute an Israeli war crime. (Reuters)
Egypt is reportedly willing to permanently open the Rafah [23] crossing. (Ma’an)
The Israeli parliament [24] will vote for a new president. (AP)
Sec. Clinton writes [25] in her memoir that she disapproved of early efforts by the Obama White House to push Israel toward a complete freeze of settlement activity [26]. (Jerusalem Post/AP)
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah calls on the US [29] to talk to Assad if it wants to settle the crisis in Syria. (Washington Post)
Lebanese Druze leader Jumblatt says Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria was a “moral mistake.” [30] (The National)
Pres. Sisi [31] promises to rule [32] Egypt [33] in an inclusive manner [34]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/The National)
The inauguration highlights Sisi’s shaky international standing [35]. (Reuters)
Egypt arrests seven men for sexually assaulting [36] a student during celebration of the inauguration of Sisi. (AP)
Libya’s Supreme Court rules the GNC’s election of PM Maiteeq [37] was unconstitutional. (Reuters)
The UAE issues a law requiring compulsory military service [38] for adult males. (AP)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [39] says Australia's decision to no longer call East Jerusalem occupied is an attack on international law and order.(The National)
The Christian Science Monitor [40] says the Vatican prayers for the Middle East serve as a reminder of the universal desire for peace. (Christian Science Monitor)
Hazem Balousha [41] says Hamas seeks to reclaim political influence by using the PLO. (Al-Monitor)
Gabriel Webber [42] says students in the UK have defeated BDS by bringing pro-Israel and pro-Palestine students together. (Ha’aretz)
Roger Cohen [43] says comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa is a “moral calumny.”(New York Times)
Jose Manuel Barroso [44] says without progress in the peace negotiations, the EU’s growing cooperation with Israel will be greatly complicated. (Ha’aretz)
Dani Dayan [45] proposes a plan to “create a new civil reality” in the occupied West Bank. (New York Times)
Ben Caspit [46] says Netanyahu’s political fortunes depend on maintaining relations with Washington. (Al-Monitor)
S. Daniel Abraham [47] asks if Israelis really want a “Jewish state.” (Ha’aretz)
Shlomo Ben-Ami [48] says the collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations should spur a fundamental reconsideration of a paradigm of peace making. (Jordan Times)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [49] asks how will Sisi confront the accumulated economic failures threatening Egypt and his presidency. (Al Arabiya)
H.A. Hellyer [50] says Egyptians want change but it’s not clear how much change they want, at what pace, and what they are willing to give up for it. (Al Arabiya)
Faisal Abbas [51] write a letter to Sisi. (Al Arabiya)
Amina Al-Naqqash [52] and Mohamed Abu Hamed [53] debate whether Sisi will prioritize foreign policy or balance domestic and foreign policies. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Rami Khouri [54] says the recent elections in the Arab world raise questions about Arab democracy. (Daily Star)
Amer Al Sabaileh [55] says Jordan should adopt new and flexible strategies that guarantees it a role in the region. (Jordan Times)
The Jordan Times [56] says Prince Zeid’s nomination to the post of UN High Commissioner for human rights is a national and personal achievement. (Jordan Times)
William Hague and Angelina Jolie [57] say it is in our power to remove rape as a weapon of war from the world’s “arsenal of cruelty.” (The National)
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