Daily News Issue Date: 
August 20, 2014
News: 
News:
Israel and Hamas militants trade fire after talks collapse. (AP/New York Times/Washington Post/PNN/The National)
An Israeli airstrike kills the wife and son of Hamas’ military leader Mohammed Deif, in an apparent assassination attempt. (Reuters/New York Times/Washington Post/Ma’an/JTA)
Hamas says only Deif will decide when Israelis can return home. (Ynet/AFP)
Renewed Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 20 Palestinians. (Ma’an/PNN/Ynet)
Palestinian militants fire more rockets at Israel. (Ma’an/JTA/Ha’aretz)
The Israeli military recalls 2000 reservists. (Times of Israel)
The US blames Hamas for the collapse of ceasefire negotiations. (AFP/Times of Israel)
Egypt calls on Israelis and Palestinians to resume indirect talks. (Xinhua)
Pres. Hollande calls on Israel and the Palestinians to resume negotiations. (Reuters)
UN Special Envoy Serry says the Gaza conflict caused at least three times as much physical damage than that from “Operation Cast Lead.” (Jerusalem Post)
Qatar reportedly threatened to expel Meshaal if Hamas okayed an Egyptian ceasefire proposal. (Jerusalem Post/Ynet/Times of Israel)
FM Lieberman and Economy Minister Bennett disagree over unilateral strategies in Gaza. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Israeli-US relations are once again tested in the Gaza war. (AP)
Israeli occupation forces demolish four houses in the West Bank. (Ma’an)
Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim dies at 75. (AFP)
Germany says it is prepared to send arms to the Kurdish fighters battling IS. (AP/Xinhua)
France calls for an international conference to discuss ways of tackling IS. (Reuters)
Iraqis in the besieged town of Amrili appeal to the army and the international community to intervene. (AP)
Maronite Patriarch Rai arrives in Irbil in support of Iraqi Christians. (Daily Star)
A video apparently shows American journalist James Foley being murdered by IS militants. (AP/New York Times/Washington Post/The National) 

 

Commentary:
Ali Ibrahim says Palestinians in Gaza need a real solution on the ground. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Amos Harel profiles Deif. (Ha’aretz)
Barak Ravid says, as Gaza truce talks fail, Israel must turn to the UN. (Ha’aretz)
Zvi Bar’el says Palestinian citizens of Israel should watch out for Israeli racism. (Ha’aretz)
The National says there is no single way to combat IS. (The National)
Faisal Al Yafai says IS is a “cancer” on the Middle East’s politics and society. (The National)
Rami Khouri says Arabs are facing a deep crisis of statehood. (Daily Star)
Ronald Lauder asks who will stand up for Christians in the Middle East. (New York Times)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed asks if Iraq’s new PM designate al-Abadi is another sectarian leader. (Al Arabiya)
Osama Al Sharif says the task of salvaging Iraq is proceeding along distinct political and military tracks. (Jordan Times)
Thomas Friedman gives his take on the “who lost Syria” debate. (New York Times)
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