Daily News Issue Date: 
April 24, 2013
News: 

 

NEWS:
 
Israel says it has proof the Syrian government has used chemical weapons in that country's civil war. (New York Times)
 
After fairing poorly in other votes, Hamas withdrawals from Bethlehem student elections. (Ma'an)
 
Turkey and Israel agree on principles for flotilla attack victim compensation. (Xinhua)
 
Seven Palestinian children are injured by a grenade in Lebanon. (AP)
 
A Palestinian man is given life in prison for deaths resulting from stones he threw at cars in the occupied West Bank. (YNet)
 
Hamas welcomes news that PM Erdogan intends to visit Gaza despite American requests he postponed his trip. (Xinhua)
 
Wings for the F-35 next-generation fighter jet will be made in Israel. (AP)
 
A woman is reportedly beaten to death by a thief in Gaza. (Ma'an)
 
Israel will allow UNESCO inspectors to look at sites in occupied East Jerusalem after Palestinians agree not to pursue certain resolutions. (Ha'aretz)
 
The US may have played a role in the Palestinian UNESCO decision. (Jerusalem Post)
 
Israeli occupation forces destroy several buildings in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma'an)
 
A right-wing MK says Israeli occupation forces and settlers should be allowed to defend their property with deadly force. (Ha'aretz)
 
The Israeli military rabbinate removes an online pamphlet that says non-Jews are not equal to Jews in Israel. (Ha'aretz)
 
Gaza beekeepers are facing tough times. (Al Monitor)
 
 
COMMENTARY:
 
Hassan Khader discusses how best to mourn the eight-year-old Boston Marathon attack victim Martin Richard. (Al Ayam)
 
Thomas Friedman says it's a bad thing for everyone, and partly everybody's fault, that Salam Fayyad has resigned. (New York Times)
 
The National says Israeli-Turkish rapprochement is good for both sides, and should be good for peace. (The National)
 
Ben Caspit says Israeli Turkish rapprochement is not a done deal (Al Monitor)
 
The Jerusalem Post says, if apologizing to Turkey was a strategic necessity, it was "worth it." (Jerusalem Post)
 
Amos Harel asked why the United States is so reluctant to acknowledge chemical weapons used by the Syrian government. (Ha'aretz)
 
Tal Harris says both peoples are suffering because the Israeli and Palestinian governments lack the determination to reach a peace agreement. (Jerusalem Post)
 
J.J. Goldberg says Sec. Hegel's visit to Israel punctured several myths about him. (The Forward)
 
Asmaa al-Ghoul says Hamas is censoring academic speech in Gaza. (Al Monitor)
 
Janne Louise Andersen interviews Palestinian rappers DAM, including about their new song denouncing "honor killings." (Al Monitor)l
 
David Rothkopf says the US may be facing a choice in the Middle East between open-ended chaos and renewed dictatorship. (Foreign Policy)
 
Avi Issacharoff says the Palestinian leadership has no "Plan B" if negotiations with Israel should fail. (Times of Israel)
 
The Washington Post looks at a new book on Gaza cuisine. (Washington Post)
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