News:
A UN inquiry [1] finds that Israel killed [2] at least 44 Palestinians [3] at UN facilities [4] during the Gaza war [5] last year [6]. (AP/New York Times/AFP/PNN/JTA/Ha’aretz)
A Palestinian [7] teenager [8] shot by Israeli soldiers [9] in the occupied West Bank [10] dies of his wounds [11]. (Reuters/AP/Ma’an/JTA/Ha’
PM Hamdallah receives [12] a parliamentary delegation from Germany. (Ma’an) A new proposal for a long-term ceasefire [13] between Israel and Hamas has been reportedly put forth by Qatar and Turkey. (Times of Israel) The Shin Bet says Hamas is training Palestinian students in Malaysia [14]. (Ha’aretz) A PA employee is reportedly arrested for claiming Arafat was not a martyr [15]. (Times of Israel) Israeli forces open fire [16] on Palestinian farmers east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. (Ma’an) The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee [17] is organizing a march and rally in Tel Aviv [18] to protest the housing shortage and house demolitions in Arab communities. (Ha’aretz/AFP) The Saudi-led coalition continues [19] to pound Yemen’s Houthis. (AP) At least 15 people are killed in heavy fighting [20] between Houthi fighters and tribesmen in the oil-producing Marib province in central Yemen. (Reuters) The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says ISIS militants have killed at least 2,154 people [21] off the battlefield in Syria since the end of June. (Reuters) AP looks at the challenges Iraq is facing [22] in dislodging ISIS in Anbar. (AP) Sec. Kerry [23] says the P5+1 are closer than ever [24] to a deal with Iran. (Reuters/AP) Speaker Boehner says Republicans would lack the votes [25] to overcome an Obama veto on Iran. (Ha’aretz) Commentary: Adnan Abu Amer [26] says Hamas is working to restore ties with Egypt. (Al-Monitor) Ben Dror-Yemini [27] looks at the young Palestinian citizens of Israel who have chosen to be part of the country. (Ynet) Hassan Hassan [28] says recent developments in the region have caused serious damage to ISIS's popularity. (The National) Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [29] says UN Envoy de Mistura is not capable of imposing a solution on the majority of Syrians. (Al Arabiya) The National [30]says Al-Nusra recent gains may change Syria’s reality. (The National) The Daily Star [31] says Syria needs a Syrian fix. (Daily Star) Eyad Abu Shakra [32] says Washington may have to pay the price for its miscalculations in the region. (Asharq al-Awsat) Kai Bird [33] says Iran has yet to pay a penny in compensation for the Marine barracks and Beirut embassy bombings in 1983. (New York Times)
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