Daily News Issue Date: 
April 18, 2013
News: 
NEWS:
 
Salam Fayyad makes his final radio address to the Palestinian people as Prime Minister (full text). (PNN)
 
Sec. Kerry says he believes that there are only approximately 2 years left to achieve a two-state solution. (Los Angeles Times/AP)
 
Kerry says sequestration will force cuts in aid to Israel and expresses frustration over Palestinian leadership questions. (Foreign Policy)
 
Fayyad's resignation is expected to complicate US Middle East peace efforts. (Xinhua)
 
Experts say they are not surprised by Fayyad's resignation. (Ahram Online)
 
Pres. Abbas will visit Turkey over the weekend. (AFP)
 
Hamas leader in Gaza Haniyyeh visits Qatar today. (Xinhua)
 
Palestinians mark "prisoners day" with protests. (Xinhua)
 
Dozens are reportedly injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces near Nablus. (Ma'an)
 
An Israeli court sentences a 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy to two weeks in prison for throwing stones. (AP)
 
Palestinians are hoping to build on their growing high-tech sector. (AP)
 
Former Israeli PM Olmert will head a new high-tech venture in Israel. (AP)
 
 
A prominent Israeli archaeologist is trying to build bridges between Arabs and Jews. (CSM)
 
Muslim clergy plan to tour Poland, and study the history of its Jewish community and its fate. (Ha'aretz)
 
Israel is refusing to allow runners from Gaza to travel to the West Bank for a marathon. (BBC)
 
Palestinians are competing against each other for the title of "President of Palestine" in a new "reality" TV game show. (Washington Post)
 
 
COMMENTARY:
 
Dov Weisglass says Fayyad's resignation is bad for Israel. (YNet)
 
Hazem Balousha doubts Fayyad's resignation will boost chances for Palestinian national unity. (Al Monitor)
 
Aaron David Miller says Fayyad's resignation clarifies four important things about Israeli-Palestinian realities. (Los Angeles Times)
 
Nathan Brown says Fayyad never had a chance to meet the expectations of his international supporters. (Foreign Policy)
 
Douglas Bloomfield says Abbas will soon find out whether accepting Fayyad's resignation was wise. (Jerusalem Post)
 
Shlomi Eldar looks at Qatar's influence over Hamas. (Al Monitor)
 
Ari Shavit says, even in a climate of post-Zionism, the region is starting to make Zionism and Israel look good by comparison. (Ha'aretz)
 
Gershon Baskin says Israelis and Palestinians need to understand each other's experiences and narratives. (Jerusalem Post)
 
Moshe Ma'oz says Israel has a rare opportunity to build an alliance with pragmatic Sunni Arab states, but will probably squander it. (Ha'aretz)
 
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed says Israelis are carefully considering whether to launch a military strike against Iranian nuclear targets. (Arab News)
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