Daily News Issue Date: 
October 10, 2014
News: 
News:
 
Extremist jewish settlers burn and damage olive trees on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. (Ma’an)
 
Israeli police restrict the entry of Muslim men to the Al-Aqsa mosque. (JTA/Times of Israel)
 
UNRWA will make its largest ever financial plea to donors for Gaza aid. (Ma’an/AFP)
 
Palestinian Christian leaders urge the EU to recognize the State of Palestine. (PNN/Ha’aretz)
 
Hamas wants to exchange bodies of two Israeli soldiers for Palestinian security detainees. (Ynet/Times of Israel)
 
Israeli Brig. Gen. Padan says this summer’s Gaza war was a heavy blow to Hamas. (Ha’aretz)
 
The US-led coalition is intensifying its aerial bombardment of ISIS positions in the Syrian border town of Kobani. (AP/The National)
 
The UN is concerned about the fate of 500 civilians trapped in Kobani. (AP) 
 
Turkey finds itself in a quandary regarding fighting in Syria. (Reuters/AP/The National)
 
Turkey wants the creation of a buffer zone on the border with Syria. (New York Times)
 
Sec. Hagel says the US wants to use a Turkish air base and have it help train and equip  moderate Syrian opposition forces. (AP)
 
AP looks at how two french girls were lured to “jihad.” (AP)
 
Tunisia’s Ennahda party is ready to form another coalition government with its secular rivals. (Reuters)
 
Jordan and the EU establish a framework for future cooperation in the field of migration and mobility. (Jordan Times)
 
Commentary:
 
Ben Caspit says Pres. Abbas is on the verge of a Security Council majority. (Al-Monitor)
 
Jack Khoury says its time for Fatah and Hamas to rebuild their relationship. (Ha’aretz)
 
Oded Eran and Gidon Bromberg say the acute shortage of drinking water in Gaza poses dire health hazards. (Times of Israel)
 
Alan Philps says everyone but Israel is expected to pay for the reconstruction of Gaza. (The National)
 
The Daily Star says the Obama administration has no coherent strategy on Syria and Iraq. (Daily Star)
 
The National says airstrikes alone cannot stop ISIS. (The National)
 
David Ignatius says limited war is rarely successful. (Washington Post)
 
Sinem Cengiz says Turkey’s inaction in the fight against ISIS is due to complicated geopolitics of the region. (Al Arabiya)
 
Abdallah Schleifer says Pres. Sisi avoided committing armed forces to fighting ISIS because of instability in Libya. (Al Arabiya)
 
Amal Mudallali says the Iranian sphere of influence is expanding into Yemen. (Foreign Policy)
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