News:
Israel [1] intensifies [2] its offensive [3] in Gaza [4], killing [5] at least [6] 14 [7]. (AP/New York Times/Washington Post/AFP/JTA/Jerusalem Post/The National)
35 Palestinians have been killed [8] since Monday by Israeli airstrikes. (Ma’an)
Militants in Gaza [9] fire more rockets [10] at Israel [11], including Tel Aviv [12]. (Reuters/AP/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
Hamas claims responsibility [13] for rocket fire [14] on Israel. (AFP/The National)
PM Netanyahu says he will “further intensify” [15] attacks on Hamas. (AFP)
The IDF confirms two rockets [16] fell in open areas south of Haifa [17]. (Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Israeli officials say airstrikes on Gaza [18] will become more intense in the coming days. (Ma’an)
DM Ya’alon wants to cut fuel and power supplies [19] to Gaza. (Daily Star)
Pres. Abbas calls Pres. Sisi asking him to intervene to save the Palestinian people [20] from the ongoing escalation in Gaza. (Ma’an)
The Arab League calls for an urgent meeting of the UNSC [21] over the Israeli escalation in Gaza [22]. (Jerusalem Post/Ynet)
The US calls for restraint [23] and urges both sides to avoid harm to innocent civilians [24]. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Jordan condemns the Israeli assault on Gaza [25]. (Jordan Times)
Abbas will convene Palestinian leaders [26] to sign a request to join the ICC. (Ha’aretz)
White House coordinator for the Middle East Philip Gordon accuses Israel of denying Palestinians sovereignty, security and dignity [27]. (Times of Israel)
Israeli occupation forces detain several Hamas leaders [28] in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
A US official says the three murdered Israeli teenagers [29] were shot at least 10 times. (Reuters)
Supporters of Palestinian American [30] teenager Tariq Abu Khdeir [31] seek to bring him back home. (Ha’aretz/JTA)
Iraqi security forces find 53 blindfolded bodies [32] south of Baghdad [33]. (Reuters/New York Times)
PM Maliki accuses Kurds [34] of hosting IS militants. (AP)
The Iraqi government tells the UN that it has lost control of a former chemical weapons facility [35] to "armed terrorist groups." (Reuters)
Iran sends three attack planes [36] to the Iraqi government. (New York Times)
A US diplomat [37] says his Bahrain expulsion [38] was not about him. (AP/The National)
Syrian refugee women face harassment and poverty [39]. (AP)
US Attorney General Holder says Europe and the US need to collaborate on Syria [40]. (Washington Post)
Commentary:
Ron Kampeas [41] says Egypt and the US might not help broker a ceasefire between Gaza and Israel. (JTA)
Anshel Pfeffer [42] says there is a lack of a responsible power to broker an Israel-Hamas ceasefire. (Ha’aretz)
David Ignatius [43] asks if Sec. Kerry will have the credibility to help rebuild dialogue after this new war in Gaza. (Washington Post)
Aaron David Miller [44] says Kerry should not try to make peace between Israel and Gaza. (Foreign Policy)
Rami Khouri [45] says Palestinians will not launch another intifada. (Daily Star)
Ben Caspit [46] says Netanyahu is under pressure from his coalition for a large military operation in Gaza. (Al-Monitor)
Jeffrey Goldberg [47] says each time a Palestinian is abused in Israeli custody, it violates the spirit and promise of the country. (The Atlantic)
Aaron David Miller [48] says Israelis and Palestinians are in a game with no end. (CNN)
Yossi Mekelberg [49] says to Israelis and Palestinians, peace should be the “ultimate revenge.” (Al Arabiya)
David Horovitz [50] explains why Israel is fighting with Gaza again. (Times of Israel)
Gregg Carlstrom [51] says the real battleground of occupied East Jerusalem is ready to “boil over.” (Foreign Policy)
Zvi Bar’el [52] says Israelis are “longing for” the next intifada. (Ha’aretz)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [53] says the Palestinian press is losing the “media war.” (Al-Monitor)
The Daily Star [54] says Israel’s bombing of Gaza is a “recurring nightmare.” (Daily Star)
Osama Al Sharif [55] says Abbas has failed to empathise with his own people. (Jordan Times)
Jonathan Cook [56] says neither Israelis nor Palestinians can claim to be above a culture of hate. (The National)
Linda Gradstein [57] interviews the mother of the murdered Palestinian teenager. (The Media Line)
Yadin Kaufmann [58] makes the economic case for peace. (Ha’aretz)
The National [59] says from Gaza to Iraq there is a clear lack of leadership. (The National)
David Ignatius [60] says the tragedy of the US role in the modern Middle East is that it became the protector of the very post-imperial order it once resisted. (Washington Post)
Jamal Khashoggi [61] says the Arab world needs to look inwards to explain ISIS’s rise. (Al Arabiya)
Ali Ibrahim [62] says cutting subsidies in Egypt is inevitable. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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