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ATFP News Roundup May 15, 2014
Daily News Issue Date:
May 15, 2014
News:
News:
Palestinians
commemorate
the
Nakba
. (AP/PNN/Ma’an/The National)
Israeli
occupation forces kill two
Palestinians in Ramallah in Nakba Day protest. (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinian prisoners hold a
solidarity hunger strike
on Nakba day. (JTA)
Sec. Kerry
and
Pres. Abbas
discuss peace
and a
possible new
Palestinian government.
(Reuters/AP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/AFP)
PM Netanyahu says
he will
explore alternative diplomatic options
in the
wake of the breakdown in negotiations
with the Palestinians. (Ha’aretz/JTA/Ynet)
Def. Sec. Hagel
arrives in Israel
to
meet with DM Ya’alon
. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/JTA)
Israel
denies it reached a sovereignty deal
with the Vatican over a holy site in Jerusalem. (AFP)
Hamas
evacuates Abbas
’ Gaza
residence
. (AP/Ma’an/Ynet)
Hamas leader Haniyeh says a
new Palestinian government
will need the approval of the parliament. (AFP)
Fatah leader Barghouthi
backs the agreement with Hamas
. (Ma’an)
A
humanitarian aid convoy
will arrive in Gaza on Sunday. (Ma’an)
An exhibit in the occupied West Bank offers
Gaza artists a rare showcase
. (AP)
Two London Times
journalists are released
after being kidnapped in Syria. (Reuters)
Corruption seeps into aid
for Syrian refugees. (AP)
The US is
trying to project a “tough stance”
to both sides of the Syrian war. (New York Times)
A Syrian official
welcomes the resignation
of UN Syria Envoy Brahimi. (AP)
Field Marshall Sisi
asks for US help
in fighting terrorism. (Reuters)
Egyptian
expatriates vote
in presidential poll. (AP)
Saudi King
Abdullah appoints his son
, Prince Turki bin Abdullah, as governor of Riyadh Province. (New York Times)
Qatar unveils new plans
for
labor reforms
. (Reuters/The National)
Former Sec. Clinton
says
no deal is better
than a
“bad deal” with Iran
. (AP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
Commentary:
Saeb Erekat
says Israel cannot erase the Nakba from history. (Ha’aretz)
The Jordan Times
says for Palestinians all over the world, Nakba day commemorate their displacement. (Jordan Times)
Hazem Balousha
says Islamic Jihad is cautious on the Hamas-Fatah agreement. (Al-Monitor)
Michael Oren and David Rothkopf
discuss Zionism and the loyalty of Jewish Americans to Israel. (Foreign Policy)
Carolina Landsmann
says Israel’s liberal left has forgotten how to fight. (Ha’aretz)
The National
says Brahimi has been searching for two years for a way to end the fighting and start a political transition in Syria.(The National)
Michael Young
says the Assad regime offers “desolation” to Syrian society. (Daily Star)
Joyce Karam
says as diplomacy falters, the US is readying itself for more fighting in Syria (Al Arabiya)
Reuters
interviews Sisi. (Reuters)
Mshari Al-Zaydi
says Islamist cleric Qaradawi is refusing to acknowledge the defeat of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. (Asharq al-Awsat)
The Daily Star
says this year’s presidential election demonstrates that Lebanon is unfit for democracy. (Daily Star)
Michael Singh
says the US should not soften its nuclear demands on Iran. (Washington Post)
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