Daily News Issue Date: 
April 4, 2014
News: 
News:
Sec. Kerry warns that the US is evaluating its role in the Middle East peace talks. (Reuters/AP/New York Times/Washington Post/Ha’aretz)
Kerry calls Pres. Abbas and PM Netanyahu to save the peace talks. (JTA)
Israel cancels its fourth promised prisoner release. (Xinhua/AFP/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post/The National)
Palestinian officials propose seven conditions that must be met by Israel to extend negotiations. (Ma’an/PNN)
Palestinian negotiator Erekat says the leaked list of demands does not represent the official Palestinian stance. (Ha’aretz)
Israel punishes Palestinians with new restrictions in the occupied West Bank. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli Finance Minister Lapid accuses Palestinians of “intentionally” derailing the peace process. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
The Palestinian leadership is confident that the US will not punish its decision to join 15 international organizations. (Ynet)
Israel strikes Gaza after a militant attack. (AP/New York Times/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
Hamas accuses PA security forces of arresting 144 of its members in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
Syrian refugee children in Lebanon find safety from war but face new dangers on the streets. (Washington Post)
Iraq’s Amb. to the US Faily calls on the US to strengthen ties with Iraq. (New York Times)
29 US Senators urge Pres. Obama to deny a visa to the Iranian Ambassador to the UN. (AP)
The Turkish government unblocks Twitter after a court rules the ban illegal. (New York Times/Times of Israel)
Commentary:
Jeffrey Goldberg says Kerry can’t be faulted for wanting Middle East peace. (Bloomberg)
Kori Schake offers diplomatic advice to Kerry. (Foreign Policy)
Charles Krauthammer calls Kerry’s initiative “disastrous.” (Washington Post)
The National says Palestinians should consider all their options, including the ICC. (The National)
Uri Savir says recent developments are a testament to the weakness of the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships.(Jerusalem Post)
Gideon Levy says the occupation is Israel’s “biggest act of corruption.” (Ha’aretz)
Ari Shavit and Tal Niv debate whether Israel can end the occupation “unilaterally.” (Ha’aretz)
Joanna Kramer says there needs to be “a great student constituency for peace.” (New Voices)
Carolina Landsmann says only “blindness” allows Israelis to see themselves as living in a democracy. (Ha’aretz)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed says the British government has a better understanding of the nature and complexity of the situation in Egypt then the Americans.  (Al Arabiya)
Brooklyn Middleton says there is “no bright light” at the end of Syria’s devastating humanitarian crisis. (Al Arabiya)
Alan Philps says PM Erdogan will learn that populist leaders thrive or fail due to the urban-rural divide. (The National)
Lally Weymouth interviews PM Jomaa. (Washington Post)
Saleh Mutlaq fears a civil war in Iraq. (Foreign Policy)
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