Daily News Issue Date:
October 30, 2014
News:
News:
Israeli [1]police kill a Palestinian [2] man who allegedly killed a Jewish activist [3]in Jerusalem [4]. (AP/New York Times/Ma’an/JTA)
Clashes erupt in occupied East Jerusalem [5] between Palestinians and Israeli police following the death of the Palestinian man. (Reuters)
Pres. Abbas [8] says Israel’s closure [9] of the Al-Aqsa [10] mosque is a “declaration of war.” (Ma’an/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Netanyahu and DM Ya’alon blame [11] Abbas for inciting the shooting [12] of the Jewish activist in Jerusalem. (Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
Hamas praises [13] the shooting. (Ma’an)
Sweden recognizes the State of Palestine. (AP [14]/Reuters [15]/New York Times [16]/PNN [17]/Ha’aretz [18])
UK Foreign Sec. Hammond says Israeli settlement-building [21] is intended to undermine peace. (PNN)
The UN Human Rights Committee [22] says Israel should investigate all alleged violations committed by its forces during three recent wars in Gaza. (Reuters)
Palestinians ask the UNSC to demand that Israel immediately reverse [23] plans to build more Jewish settlements. (Ynet)
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai [26] donates $50,000 to rebuild [27] a UN school [28] in Gaza. (AP/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Iraqi peshmerga fighters [31] enter the Syrian [32] border town of Kobani [33] through Turkey. (AP/Reuters/Washington Post)
Al-Qaeda says ISIS should rejoin [34] the group so they can fight together against the West. (AP)
American officials say US-led airstrikes [35] probably did not kill senior terrorist leaders in Syria. (CNN)
Human Rights Watch says ISIS killed 600 [36] Iraqi prisoners in Mosul. (AP)
American and British officials say more foreign fighters [37] are joining ISIS in Syria. (NBC)
The Nida Tunis party [38] wins 85 of the 217 seats in parliament. (AP)
Egypt is seeking to avert unrest in Cairo University [39]. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Elhanan Miller [40] says the “Jerusalem Intifada’” is symptomatic of the eastern city’s political void. (Times of Israel)
Avi Issacharoff [41] looks at the recent escalation in Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
Ha’aretz [42] says Israel’s mayor in Jerusalem Barkat uses paternalism to keep Palestinians in line. (Ha’aretz)
Barak Ravid [43] says Israel’s crisis with Washington is here to stay. (Ha’aretz)
Aaron David Miller [44] says the US-Israeli relationship isn't in crisis and it's not on the verge of failing. (CNN)
Joyce Karam [45] looks at the recent tensions between Pres. Obama and Netanyahu. (Al Arabiya)
George Hishmeh [46] says Netanyahu keeps on humiliating Obama. (Gulf News)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [47] says Islamist parties should be banned. (Al Arabiya)
The National [48] says defeating extremism is a universal duty. (The National)
Jamal Khashoggi [49] says the Tunisian path of resorting to democracy is the right path. A (Al Arabiya)
Eyad Abu Shakra [50] says Lebanon should learn from Tunisia. (Asharq al-Awsat)
The Daily Star [51] says Lebanon has a shameful gender inequality. (Daily Star)
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