News:
Israeli occupation forces [1] arrest 13 Palestinians in Hebron [2]. (Ma’an/Jerusalem Post)
PM Netanyahu [3] says he appreciates Pres. Abbas’ “important words” [4] against the kidnapping [5] of the three Israeli teenagers. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
DM Ya’alon updates Sec. Hagel [6] on the kidnapping. (Ha’aretz/JTA)
Quartet Envoy Blair calls on Israel to stop its operation in the occupied West Bank [7] and Gaza. (PNN)
The mother [8] of one of the kidnapped teenagers [9] tells the UN Human Rights Council [10]that every boy and girl deserves to come home to their families [11]. (JTA/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
The UNSC fails to agree on a statement that would have deplored the deaths of Palestinians in Israeli operations [12]. (Ha’aretz)
Jewish “price tag” extremists vandalize cars in occupied East Jerusalem [13]. (Ha’aretz)
Hamas leader Haniyeh says Israeli threats do not scare Palestinians [14]. (Ma’an)
The Red Cross warns Israeli doctors against force-feeding prisoners [15]. (Ma’an)
A Gaza power plant is expected to shut down after the last shipment of Qatar-donated fuel runs out [16]. (Ma’an)
Sheldon Adelson will donate a total of $25 million [17]to Ariel University which is in a settlement in the occupied West Bank [18]. (JTA/Ha’aretz)
Palestinians are unable to return to the Yarmouk camp in Syria [19], despite the truce. (AFP)
Sec. Kerry promises “intense and sustained” support for Iraq [20]. (Reuters)
Kerry [21] urges the Kurds [22] to save Iraq [23] from collapse [24]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post)
The UN [25]says more than 1000 have been killed in Iraq [26] in June. (Reuters/AP)
US Special Forces will face a complex challenge [27] in Iraq. (AP)
A diplomatic note promises immunity from Iraqi law [28]for US advisory troops. (New York Times)
A poll indicates most Americans disapprove [29] of the way Pres. Obama is handling Iraq. (New York Times)
Pres. Sisi [30] says he will not interfere [31] in judicial rulings [32]. (Reuters/AP/New York Times)
Sisi pledges to give up half his salary and property [33]. (Reuters)
A suicide bombing in Beirut [34] kills a security officer. (AP)
Next Tuesday, Turkey’s ruling AKP party will announce its candidate for the August presidential election [35]. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Maher Mughrabi [36] says Israel must end the occupation in for Palestinians to be able to speak out against Hamas. (Ha’aretz)
Oudeh Basharat [37] asks who will protect the Palestinians. (Ha’aretz)
Akiva Eldar [38] says Israel’s reaction to the kidnapping highlights its “surrender” to settlers. (Al-Monitor)
Robi Damelin [39] says the Parents Circle Families Forum is made up of Israeli and Palestinian bereaved parents who pay the consequence of the cycle of violence. (Times of Israel)
Jeffrey Goldberg [40] says Obama did not “break” the Middle East. (The Atlantic)
David Rothkopf [41] says the US can’t fix the Middle East, but it can fix its policy to the region.(Foreign Policy)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [42] asks how much support ISIS really enjoys. (Al Arabiya)
Hassan Barari [43]says Maliki has been the key impediment to building an inclusive Iraq. (Jordan Times)
Faisal Abbas [44] says PM Maliki is the new Saddam of Iraq. (Al Arabiya)
The Daily Star [45] says Iran should do something about reducing sectarian tensions in the region, instead of just talking about it. (Daily Star)
H.A. Hellyer [46] says yesterday was a “poignant” day for press freedoms in Egypt. (Al Arabiya)
Faisal Al Yafai [47]says Fouad Ajami was a great scholar of the Middle East but did not empathize with its people. (The National)
Will Inboden [48] remembers Fouad Ajami. (Foreign Policy)
Jamal Al Marri [49] and Salah Al-Saidi [50] debate whether Gulf security is under threat. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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