News:
Israel finds the bodies of three murdered Israeli teenagers. (AP/New
York Times/Washington Post/Ma’an/Ha’aretz/The National)
Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza, injuring four Palestinians.(Reuters/Ma’an/
Israel vows to punish Hamas after the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers are found dead. (AFP/Ha’aretz) Israeli occupation forces kill a Palestinian teenager for allegedly being a “Hamas operative.” (AP/Ma’an/PNN) Hamas warns any Israeli attack will open the “gates of hell.” (AFP/Times of Israel) Pres. Abbas asks world leaders to help restrain Israel. (Times of Israel) Members of Congress call on Abbas to dissolve the new Palestinian Pres. Obama condemns the murder of the three Israeli teenagers. (Ha’aretz/Ynet) DM Ya’alon proposes a new settlement in memory of the murdered teenagers. (Ha’aretz) Israel approves the construction of 60 new settlement units in the B’Tselem calls on Israel to refrain from acts of vengeance. (Ma’an) The European Jewish Congress calls on the EU to cut ties with the PA. Iraq’s new parliament convenes to name a unity government. Iranian Deputy FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran could provide The US is sending another 300 troops to Iraq. (AP/The National) ISIS attack a Shi’ite shrine in Samarra, killing six. (New York Times) Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi is being considered as a potential The UN says more than 2400 Iraqis have been killed in the month of ISIS captures a Syrian town Boukamal near the Iraqi border. (AP) King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia appoints Prince Khaled bin Bandar as PM Erdogan says he is running for president. (AP) Commentary: Ha’aretz says Israel’s Gaza offensives show that military operations Ron Ben-Yishai says Israel must crush Hamas, but it must do it wisely. (Ynet) Adnan Abu Amer says Hamas leaders in Gaza are trying to avoid an Sharif Nashashibi says Israel used the abduction of the three Israeli Akiva Eldar says Israel’s ties to the EU are still complicated by The National says ISIS’s declaration of an “Islamic caliphate” needs Abdul Rahman Al Rashed says Sunni Iraqis are divided between reason Leslie Gelb says the only viable political future for Iraq is a Hassan Barari asks if Iraq is doomed. (Jordan Times) Jamal Khashoggi asks if ISIS will grow. (Al Arabiya) Aaron Zelin says ISIS’s announcement of an “Islamic caliphate” will David Rothkopf says if ISIS attacks Jordan, neither the US nor Israel Diana Moukalled looks at the lure of a jihadist culture that drives The Jordan Times says Syrian refugees in Jordan must respect Jordanian John Kerry says an Iranian nuclear deal is still possible, but time is
government. (Times of Israel)
occupied West Bank. (PNN/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
(Jerusalem Post)
(Reuters/AP/New York Times/The National)
arms to Iraq. (Reuters)
Iraqi leader. (New York Times)
June. (Reuters)
head of intelligence. (Reuters/The National)
have limited impact. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli attack. (Al-Monitor)
teenagers to “cripple” the new Palestinian government. (The National)
settlement policies. (Al-Monitor)
an unprecedented response. (The National)
and fanaticism. (Al Arabiya)
federation. (New York Times)
accelerate the backlash against it in Iraq. (Foreign Policy)
will be able to stay out. (Foreign Policy)
youth to leave their previous lives. (Asharq al-Awsat)
law. (Jordan Times)
running out. (Washington Post)