Daily News Issue Date: 
October 8, 2014
News: 
News:
 
Palestinian protesters and Israeli police clash at the Al Aqsa mosque. (AP/Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz)
 
PM Netanyahu orders a clampdown on Palestinian protests in Jerusalem. (The National)
 
The EU will reportedly reassess its ties with Israel if there is no movement on peace with the Palestinians. (Times of Israel)
 
FM Lieberman says Sweden’s possible recognition of Palestine does not advance peace. (Times of Israel)
 
Egypt reopens the Rafah crossing. (Ma’an)
 
Gaza’s farming and livestock is destroyed by the recent war with Israel. (Ha’aretz)
 
The State Department is bringing 30 Palestinian and Israeli youth basketballcoaches to the US to foster understanding. (JTA)
 
Israel fires artillery into Lebanon in response to an Hezbollah attack. (AP)
 
Hezbollah says the border attack which wounded two Israeli soldiers was a message that the group remains ready to confront Israel. (Reuters/New York Times/Ha’aretz) 
 
ISIS extremists shoot down an Iraqi military attack helicopter, killing two pilots. (AP/New York Times)
 
Iraqi Sunni tribesmen are joining Shi’ites in the war against ISIS. (The National)
 
Turkish inaction on ISIS is reportedly frustrating the US. (New York Times)
 
US-led airstrikes are pushing ISIS extremists back to the edges of the Kurdish town of Kobani. (Reuters/Washington Post)
 
Several Syrian rights groups call on the international community to save Kobani. (AP)
 
Canada’s parliament authorizes airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. (AP/Reuters)
 
Investigators in Syria are searching for paper trails that could help build cases for war crime prosecutions. (New York Times)
 
Sec. Kerry is facing mounting domestic American political pressure regarding the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran. (AP)
 
Commentary:
 
Rami Khouri says the Swedish move to recognize Palestine is both symbolic and substantive. (Daily Star)
 
David Stavrou says Sweden is not against Israel. (Ha’aretz)
 
J.J. Goldberg says Hamas knows it lost this summers war. (Jewish Daily Forward)
 
The Media Line interviews Palestine’s Mission Chief to the US, Maen Areikat. (The Media Line)
 
Ephraim Sneh says the current Israeli government does not want peace if the price is the evacuation of even a few settlements. (Al-Monitor)
 
Osama Al Sharif looks at Pres. Abbas’ diplomatic options. (Jordan Times)
 
Yossi Mekelberg looks at the rift between Pres. Obama and Netanyahu. (Al Arabiya)
 
Ron Kampeas says the US has no clear path back to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. (JTA)
 
Shmuel Rosner says even though Israel has many enemies it must be open to legitimate criticism. (New York Times)
 
Anshel Pfeffer says Hezbollah’s border attack against Israeli soldiers was a forlorn attempt to redeem itself with the Lebanese public. (Ha’aretz)
 
Fredrick Logevall and Gordon Goldstein ask if the war in Syria will be Obama’s Vietnam. (New York Times)
 
The Washington Post says US-led airstrikes against ISIS are failing. (Washington Post)
 
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed says Hezbollah drew ISIS and Al-Nusra into Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)
 
Steven Cook says Turkey is still not ready for a war against ISIS. (Foreign Policy)
 
The National says Turkey is playing a “dangerous game” on ISIS. (The National)
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