News:
Israel [1] launches [2] a major air operation [3] against Hamas [4] in Gaza [5]. (Washington Post/New York Times/AFP/Ha’aretz/The National)
Israel bombs dozens of [6]targets [7] in Gaza, killing four Palestinians [8]. (Reuters/Ma’an)
DM Ya’alon [9] says the operation [10]in Gaza could last a long time [11]. (JTA/Jerusalem Post)
The Israeli cabinet votes [12] to call up 40,000 reservists [13]. (Ynet/Daily Star)
PM Netanyahu orders preparations [14] for a possible ground offensive in Gaza [15]. (Jerusalem Post/TImes of Israel)
Pres. Abbas demands Israel [16] halts [17] its latest offensive against Gaza [18]. (AFP/Ynet)
Hamas claims responsibility [19] for the 85 rockets [20] launched over the course of Monday in Israel. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Hamas calls upon all “resistance parties” to fight back against Israeli attacks [21]. (Ma’an)
A Jewish extremist settler opens fire at a group of Palestinians [22] in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma’an)
A Fatah official says PA security coordination with Israel is costing Abbas heavily at home [23]. (Ha’aretz)
The Shin Bet tells Pres. Peres not to visit the family [24] of a murdered Palestinian teenager. (Ha’aretz)
Palestinian businessman Al-Masri says both sides are sitting on a “volcano.” [25] (The Media Line)
The Iraqi parliament [26] will meet [27] early next week [28]. (AP/New York Times/The National)
Three mortar bombs [29] land inside Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border. (Reuters)
The UN says more than 145,000 Syrian refugee families are headed by women who are the sole caregivers [30]. (AP)
Lebanon charges 28 [31]with planning bomb attacks. (AP)
Bahrain [32] orders a top US diplomat to leave the country [33]. (AP/New York Times)
Ayatollah Khamenei says the US and Israel are playing "good cop, bad cop" to intimidate Iran into making concessions [34] on a nuclear agreement. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Pres. Obama [35]says peace is the only path to true security for Israel and the Palestinians. (Ha’aretz)
Abbas [36] says Palestine's vision of peace is clear. (Ha’aretz)
Akiva Eldar [37] interviews Abbas. (Ha’aretz)
Turki Al Faisal [38] says the Arab Peace Initiative still provides a template for a just solution. (Ha’aretz)
The New York Times [39] asks if Israeli and Palestinian leaders can end revenge attacks. (New York Times)
Ha’aretz [40] says to preserve Israel’s existence, peace with the Palestinians is the only way. (Ha’aretz)
Nahum Barnea [41] says denouncing the murder of a Palestinian teenager is not enough. (Ynet)
Faisal Yafai [42]says the real legacy of Netanyahu’s fear-mongering has been to make peace with the Palestinians impossible. (The National)
Jonathan Schanzer [43] says angry Israeli and Palestinian youths are steering the course of events in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. (Foreign Policy)
Bradley Burston [44] writes an apology to the Palestinians. (Ha’aretz)
Hassan Barari [45]says the door is wide open to another intifada. (Jordan Times)
The Jerusalem Post [46] says the murder of the Palestinian teenager should serve as a reminder to Israel of the dangers of placing “Jewish” before democratic. (Jerusalem Post)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [47]asks if ISIS will unite Saudi Arabia and Iran. (Al Arabiya)
Robert Ford [48] asks if Iraq’s Sunni will turn against the radical jihadists. (Foreign Policy)
The Daily Star [49] says genuine and honest dialogue must be entered into to find a suitable replacement for PM Maliki. (Daily Star)
Diana Moukalled [50] remembers Syrian activist Razan Zaitouneh. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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