Daily News Issue Date: 
May 1, 2013
News: 

 

NEWS:
 
AFP looks at Sec. Kerry's cautious but determined push to revive Middle East peace talks. (AFP)
 
Kerry calls the recent Arab League statement about negotiations with Israel "a big step." (New York Times)
 
As Kerry is making some progress, some limited violence is flaring on the ground. (Christian Science Monitor)
 
Palestinian negotiators say they share the Arab League position accepting the principle of land swaps, but add that this isn't anything new. (Xinhua/Ma'an)
 
A cabinet minister close to PM Netanyahu says Israel will not negotiate based on the 1967 borders, but Palestinian negotiators say this is the only basis for talks. (AFP/Ha'aretz)
 
Netanyahu says territory is not the basis of the Middle East conflict, but also that Israel needs a Palestinian state in order to avoid becoming a binational polity. (AFP/Ha'aretz)
 
Labour Party officials say they would join a coalition that was pursuing peace. (Jerusalem Post)
 
Pres. Peres says the Pope has a role to play in Middle East peace and invites him to visit Israel. (AP)
 
Rights groups say Israeli occupation forces killed four Palestinians and arrested 259 in April. (PNN)
 
Israeli settlers and Palestinians clash in the occupied territories after the stabbing death of a settler. (AP/Jerusalem Post)
 
Israeli security forces brace for more possible settler violence. (YNet)
 
Israeli forces shoot at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza, injuring one. (PNN)
 
Israel's recent airstrike in Gaza is a warning to Hamas to rein in more extremist groups in territories under their control. (Christian Science Monitor)
 
Hamas' military wing is moving to secure the border areas with Israel. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
 
A Fatah official's car is shot at in Gaza. (Ma'an)
 
UNIFIL urges Israel to withdraw from a Lebanese town. (Xinhua)
 
Israeli reservists are called up for a drill on a possible confrontation with Hezbollah. (Xinhua)
 
Young Palestinians use graffiti to express themselves. (Xinhua)
 
Palestinian refugees from Syria are still seeking refuge in Gaza. (The Guardian)
 
 
COMMENTARY:
 
Amos Harel says the three main security threats Israel faces at present are violent settlers, rockets from Gaza and the fate of Syria's chemical weapons. (Ha'aretz)
 
Hassan Kaabiya says it's shocking that Israel's military rabbis would rule non-Jewish troops in the IDF are not equal to Jewish ones. (YNet)
 
Ha'aretz says another law extending detentions without charge or process for suspected terrorists is a stain on Israel's legal system. (Ha'aretz)
 
The Jerusalem Post says it supports a law requiring a referendum on any peace agreement. (Jerusalem Post)
 
Jonathan Freedland says Israeli ultra-Orthodox parties may hold the key to a solution. (Gulf News)
 
Zvi Bar'el calls Israel the "superpower of international panic." (Ha'aretz)
 
Gil Troy denounces the outspokenness of former Israeli security officials in the film "The Gatekeepers." (Jerusalem Post)
 
Yaakov Lappin says Israel's recent military actions send a message to foes to its north and south. (Jerusalem Post)
 
Ben Caspit interviews Daniel Abraham, founder of the Center for Middle East Peace.
 
Mohammed Suliman looks at the growing problem of child labor in Gaza. (Al Monitor)
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