ATFP News Roundup October 13, 2014 | The American Task Force on Palestine

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October 13, 2014

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International donors pledge $5.4 billion for Gaza reconstruction. (AP/New York Times/AFP/JTA/Ha’aretz)

PM Hamdallah urges donor nations to honor their pledges to help rebuild Gaza. (AP/Reuters)

The US pledged $212 million in immediate assistance to the people of Gaza. (AP/Washington Post/PNN)

Pres. Abbas and Sec. Kerry discuss Gaza reconstruction and peace process in their meeting in Cairo. (Ma’an)

FM Fabius says France will host a joint meeting with the Palestinian unity government in Paris at the beginning of 2015. (Times of Israel)

UNSG Ban will visit Gaza on Tuesday. (AFP)

Abbas will reportedly visit Gaza in the coming weeks. (The Media Line)

British lawmakers will hold a non-binding vote on recognizing Palestine. (AFP/Reuters/The National)

PM Cameron will abstain from the Palestine recognition vote. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)

Israeli police push Palestinian protesters into the Al-Aqsa mosque and lock them inside to clear Jewish visitors at Temple Mount. (JTA/Ha’aretz)

Ban condemns “provocations” at Jerusalem’s holy sites. (New York Times/Ma’an/PNN/Times of Israel)

Reuters looks at the possible war crime Israel committed this summer. (Reuters)

NSA Rice plays basketball with young Israelis and Palestinians in the White House. (Ha’aretz)

The US says Turkey has agreed to let the anti-ISIS coalition use its military bases. (AP/New York Times/The National)

Gen. Dempsey says the US used attack helicopters near Baghdad. (AP/Reuters/New York Times)

An ISIS suicide bomber detonates a truck laden with explosives near the Syria-Turkey border. (Reuters/AP)

FM Al-Faisal says Iran must withdraw its “occupying forces” from Syria. (AFP)

ISIS extremists admit to enslaving Yazidi women. (Washington Post/The National)

Egyptian police storm two universities to quell anti-government protests by students. (AP)

Commentary:

Barak Ravid says Pres. Sisi’s message to PM Netanyahu is, the road to Riyadh goes through Ramallah. (Ha’aretz)

J.J. Goldberg asks if Israel is abandoning its commitment to a two-state solution. (Jewish Daily Forward)

The Daily Star says the US faces “hard choices” on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (Daily Star)

Elhanan Miller says Israelis living near Gaza want an agreement with the Palestinians. (Times of Israel)

Avraham Burg says the Palestinian statehood bid is a necessary step in the only direction that is not violent. (Ha’aretz)

Ha’aretz says the right has turned Israel into a “hopeless place.” (Ha’aretz)

Hussein Ibish says the US will be forced to declare one of its goals in Syria is regime change. (The National)

Abdul Rahman Al Rashed explains why Turkey is silent over Syria. (Al Arabiya)

Tariq Alhomayed says the US is losing the race against time to ISIS. (Asharq al-Awsat)

Lorenzo Kamel looks at the history behind the modern states of Iraq and Syria. (The National)

Amer Al Sabaileh says the plan to fight terrorism only militarily will lead to a long period of chaos and instability in the region. (Jordan Times)

Rami Khouri says Americans are asking the right questions about the war against ISIS. (Daily Star)

Jake Flanagin says Kurdish women are making strides toward equality in their fight against ISIS. (New York Times)

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