News:
Fighting [1] continues between Israel [2] and Hamas [3] militants. (AP/Washington Post/The National)
Egypt [4] proposes [5] a new [6] ceasefire [7] plan [8]. (Reuters/AFP/PNN/JTA/Times of Israel)
The Gaza death toll [9] today reaches eight following Israeli airstrikes. (Ma’an)
Gaza [10] militants fire more rockets into Israel [11]. (Ha’aretz/Ynet)
Israeli airstrikes target the Rafah [12] crossing. (Ma’an)
Hamas leader Meshaal [13] vows to exclusively aim only at Israeli military targets if his group can get more sophisticated weapons. (JTA)
A Palestinian teenager [14] describes his ordeal as a captive of the Israeli military. (New York Times)
A poll indicates [15] the majority of Palestinians in Gaza support peace but oppose disarmament. (Ma’an)
Pres. Abbas [16] will reportedly soon appeal to the international community to set a deadline for Israel to end its occupation [17]. (AP/Times of Israel)
Gaza [18]’s water delivery drivers fear death. (AFP)
A Palestinian teenager in the West Bank [19] dies from wounds sustained during clashes with Israeli occupation forces. (Ma’an)
Hamas [20]’ public executions of at least 22 Palestinians has sparked outrage in the West Bank. (The Media Line)
Israel is turning to other arms sources amid uncertainty of US and EU [21] sales. (Ha’aretz)
UN Human Rights Chief Pillay [22] condemns “appalling and widespread” crimes committed by IS [23]. (Reuters/AP)
Iraq’s PM-designate al-Abadi [24] calls on the country's numerous militias and tribes to come under government control. (AP)
Qatar [25] denies funding IS. (AP)
IS militants [26] seize an air base in northern Syria. (Reuters)
The Syrian [27] government says its ready to work with any state [28] to fight IS militants [29]. (Reuters/Xinhua/The National)
The Al-Nusra Front [30] frees an American writer [31] missing since 2012. (Reuters/New York Times)
Academics [32] and archaeologists [33] fight to save Syria [34]’s artifacts. (New York Times/Washington Post/The National)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [35] looks at the Palestinian unity agreement in the context of the Gaza conflict. (MEPC)
Fahed Fanek [36] says the PA should oversee Gaza reconstruction efforts. (Jordan Times)
Rami Khouri [37] asks if there is a better option that Israelis and Palestinians could explore to end their “mutually destructive militarism.” (Daily Star)
Aaron David Miller [38] looks at the dysfunctional relationship between PM Netanyahu and Pres. Obama. (Los Angeles Times)
Uri Savir [39] says Israel’s policies are creating a de facto binational state. (Al-Monitor)
Suha Arraf [40] says Palestinian citizens of Israel have a right to define their own identity. (Ha’aretz)
Hussein Ibish [41] says the US is at war with IS and this will only intensify and spread. (The National)
The Daily Star [42] says the US acts in Syria and Iraq only when it believes its direct interests are at stake. (Daily Star)
The New York Times [43] says defeating IS will require an organized and longer-term response involving a broad coalition of nations. (New York Times)
Abdullah Bani Ali [44] says Jordan is worried over IS’s ever growing threat. (The National)
Amer Al Sabaileh [45] says IS expansion is still a regional threat. (Jordan Times)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [46] says former PM Maliki is giving bad advice to Al-Abadi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The National [47] says Libya requires a fresh start free from the militias. (The National)
Salman Aldossary [48] asks if the Gulf countries will lose Qatar. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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