Daily News Issue Date:
October 13, 2014
News:
News:
International [1] donors pledge [2]$5.4 billion [3]for Gaza [4]reconstruction [5]. (AP/New York Times/AFP/JTA/Ha’aretz)
The US [8] pledged $212 million [9] in immediate assistance to the people of Gaza [10]. (AP/Washington Post/PNN)
Pres. Abbas and Sec. Kerry discuss Gaza reconstruction [11] and peace process in their meeting in Cairo. (Ma’an)
FM Fabius says France will host a joint meeting [12] with the Palestinian unity government in Paris at the beginning of 2015. (Times of Israel)
Abbas [14]will reportedly visit Gaza in the coming weeks. (The Media Line)
British lawmakers [15] will hold a non-binding vote [16]on recognizing Palestine [17]. (AFP/Reuters/The National)
Israeli police [20] push Palestinian protesters into the Al-Aqsa mosque and lock [21] them inside to clear Jewish visitors at Temple Mount. (JTA/Ha’aretz)
Ban [22] condemns [23] “provocations” at Jerusalem’s [24] holy sites [25]. (New York Times/Ma’an/PNN/Times of Israel)
Reuters looks at the possible war crime [26] Israel committed this summer. (Reuters)
NSA Rice [27]plays basketball with young Israelis and Palestinians in the White House. (Ha’aretz)
The US [28]says Turkey [29]has agreed to let the anti-ISIS coalition use its military bases [30]. (AP/New York Times/The National)
Gen. Dempsey [31]says the US used attack [32] helicopters near Baghdad [33]. (AP/Reuters/New York Times)
An ISIS [34] suicide bomber detonates a truck laden with explosives [35]near the Syria-Turkey border. (Reuters/AP)
FM Al-Faisal says Iran [36]must withdraw its “occupying forces” from Syria. (AFP)
Egyptian police storm two universities to quell anti-government [39] protests by students. (AP)
Commentary:
Barak Ravid [40] says Pres. Sisi’s message to PM Netanyahu is, the road to Riyadh goes through Ramallah. (Ha’aretz)
J.J. Goldberg asks if Israel is abandoning its commitment to a two-state solution. (Jewish Daily Forward)
The Daily Star [41] says the US faces “hard choices” on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (Daily Star)
Elhanan Miller [42] says Israelis living near Gaza want an agreement with the Palestinians. (Times of Israel)
Avraham Burg [43] says the Palestinian statehood bid is a necessary step in the only direction that is not violent. (Ha’aretz)
Ha’aretz [44] says the right has turned Israel into a “hopeless place.” (Ha’aretz)
Hussein Ibish [45] says the US will be forced to declare one of its goals in Syria is regime change. (The National)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [46] explains why Turkey is silent over Syria. (Al Arabiya)
Tariq Alhomayed [47] says the US is losing the race against time to ISIS. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Lorenzo Kamel [48] looks at the history behind the modern states of Iraq and Syria. (The National)
Amer Al Sabaileh [49] says the plan to fight terrorism only militarily will lead to a long period of chaos and instability in the region. (Jordan Times)
Rami Khouri [50]says Americans are asking the right questions about the war against ISIS. (Daily Star)
Jake Flanagin [51] says Kurdish women are making strides toward equality in their fight against ISIS. (New York Times)
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