News:
Pres. Abbas tells the Israeli public [1] to choose between peace and settlements. (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinian citizens of Israel [2] stage a general strike [3] to protest police violence [4]. (Reuters/AFP/The National)
A Palestinian official [5] says the government has paid only partial salaries to its civil servants. (AP)
Sen. Graham says Palestinians [6] will lose annual US aid if they file a complaint against Israel at the ICC. (Reuters)
A German official urges Israel to work [7] with the ICC. (AP)
Canadian FM Baird [8] says Palestinians made a “huge mistake” by trying to join the ICC. (AP)
Arsonists torch a car belonging to Palestinian Prof. Dajani [9], who led the first organized group trip of Palestinian university students to Auschwitz. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli occupation forces [10] demolish a house in the al-Isawiya neighborhood [11] in East Jerusalem. (Ma’an/PNN)
The EU calls for an anti-terror alliance [12] with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information-sharing [13] in the wake of the Paris attacks. (AP/The National)
ISIS threatens [14] to kill two [15] Japanese hostages [16]. (AP/New York Times/JTA)
Yazidis freed by ISIS [17] enjoy a bittersweet homecoming. (Reuters)
An Iranian general killed [18] in an Israeli airstrike in Syria [19] was reportedly not its intended target [20]. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post)
Iranian officials [21] threaten “harsh retaliation [22]” against Israel over airstrikes, as Ayatollah Khamenei highlights [23] his personal connection with one of the dead. (Times of Israel/Ha’aretz/Ynet)
American interest in Syrian peace talks [24] suggests to some a change in policy towards Pres. Assad. (New York Times)
Pres. Sisi says Egyptians [25] have the right to demonstrate, [26] but warns of economic harm. (Reuters/The National)
Russia and Iran [27] sign an agreement to expand military ties. (AP)
Commentary:
Rami Khouri [28] says the Quartet must achieve an Israeli-Palestinian agreement that meets the needs of both sides. (Daily Star)
Aaron Magid [29] looks at the current crisis in US-Palestinian relations. (Ha’aretz)
Raphael Ahren [30] says Israel’s anger at an ICC’s preliminary investigation is political posturing. (Times of Israel)
Akiva Eldar [31] says PM Netanyahu is making the ICC a campaign issue. (Al-Monitor)
Aeyal Gross [32] says an ICC inquiry is a “game changer” for Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Ha’aretz [33] says the Palestinian ICC initiative was not preordained. (Ha’aretz)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [34] says the fact that many Arabs now dislike Iran and Hezbollah doesn’t mean they love Israel. (Al Arabiya)
Joyce Karam [35] asks if Hezbollah and Israel are on the verge of an “open war.” (Al Arabiya)
Avi Issacharoff [36] looks at Israel’s recent attack in the Syrian Golan Heights. (Times of Israel)
JTA interviews former Pres. Peres [37]. (JTA)
Abdallah Schleifer [38] says Muslims are the inevitable victims of terror and we must fight that terrorism in every way imaginable. (FPRI)
Hussein Ibish [39] says the American strategy in the campaign against ISIS, particularly in Syria, is reaching a crisis point. (The National)
The National [40] says Egypt’s economic restoration project is too big to fail. (The National)
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