Daily News Issue Date: 
April 23, 2013
News: 
NEWS:
 
The new US weapon sale to Israel does not include bunker buster bombs. (New York Times)
 
Israelis try to explain their policies to Sec. Hagel by giving him a helicopter tour. (Washington Post)
 
Israel's former head of military intelligence says Iran is approaching nuclear capability and an Israeli strike sometime this year may be inevitable. (Ha'aretz)
 
Persistent doubts fail to dent confidence in Israel's Iron Dome antimissile defense system. (BBC)
 
The EU is reportedly working on a plan to label all settlement products. (Jerusalem Post)
 
 
Turkey objects to American requests its Prime Minister delay a planned trip to Gaza. (Reuters)
 
Pres. Abbas meets Pres. Gul in Istanbul. (Xinhua)
 
The first Bethlehem Marathon illustrates the difficulties of Palestinian movement under occupation. (CSM)
 
A Bethlehem man is discovered dead in Jordan. (Ma'an)
 
Hamas objects to statements by the PLO and PA about the "Talibanization" of Gaza. (Ma'an)
 
The CSM profiles a Palestinian citizen of Israel who serves as a military prosecutor in the occupied territories. (CSM)
 
Environmentalists enlist Palestinian schoolchildren in an effort to clean up Jerusalem's "Holy Valley." (CSM)
 
Jewish settlers are expected to evacuate a disputed building in occupied Hebron. (Ha'aretz)
 
 
COMMENTARY:
 
ATFP releases an issue paper entitled Salam Fayyad: Emerging as he Exits. (Huffington Post)
 
Gershom Gorenberg says the occupation made Fayyad's resignation inevitable. (The American Prospect)
 
Khaled Elgindy says the absence of a credible peace process doomed Fayyad's project. (The Daily Beast/Open Zion)
 
Amos Harel says Israel needs to coordinate with the United States regarding Iran. (Ha'aretz)
 
Sefi Rachlevsky says PM Netanyahu's honoring of an extremist rabbi shows how racist Israel has become. (Ha'aretz)
 
Alan Baker strongly criticizes Spain's decision to open a consulate in Gaza. (Jerusalem Post)
 
Nathan Jeffay says Israel's new chief negotiator, Tzipi Livni, does not have the backing of her cabinet colleagues. (The Forward)
 
Akiva Eldar looks at the politics in Israel regarding the Armenian genocide. (Al Monitor)
 
Elon Gilad explains why he ran in the Bethlehem Marathon, in spite of opposition from the Israeli government and the PA. (Ha'aretz)
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