Daily News Issue Date: 
November 12, 2014
News: 

News:

Extremist Jewish settlers torch a mosque in the occupied West Bank. (AP/Ma’an/PNN/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/The National)

Israeli police arrest a paramilitary border policeman over the fatal shooting of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank in May. (Reuters/New York Times/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)

PM Netanyahu calls on Palestinian citizens of Israel to shun “propaganda and incitement” and “respect the law.” (JTA/Ha’aretz)

Pres. Abbas will meet with Sec. Kerry to discuss the upsurge in violence in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. (Ynet)

Israeli officials are worried that tensions in the occupied West Bank could threaten Israel-PA coordination on Gaza. (Ha’aretz)

 

French lawmakers will vote on Nov. 28 on a proposal to recognize the State of Palestine. (AFP/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)

 

AP looks at key recent events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP)

 

The New York Times looks at the emergence of an “improvised intifada” in occupied East Jerusalem. (New York Times)

 

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society says Fatah leader Barghouthi was moved to solitary confinement. (Ma’an/Ha’aretz/Ynet)

 A Hamas co-founder Muhammad Salih Taha dies in Gaza. (Ma’an/Times of Israel)

 

The New York Times profiles the Palestinian Qalandiya cultural festival. (New York Times)

 

The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Gala raises a record-breaking $33 million. (Variety)

 

Kerry will meet will King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman. (AFP/Reuters)

 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the US-led anti-ISIS coalition has killed 860 people. (AP)

Support for Pres. Assad is reportedly weakening in his Alawite base. (Washington Post)

Kurdish forces block a road ISIS extremists were using to resupply their forces in a Syrian town on the Turkish border. (Reuters)

The UN says Iraq needs a wheat planting boost to feed the displaced people and help farmers salvage next year's harvest. (Reuters)

A suicide bomb kills 23 people in Baghdad. (Reuters)

The largest American business delegation visits Egypts and meets with Pres. Sisi. (AP)

 

Commentary:

Rami Khouri says Jerusalem today is more than a major symbol of identity and sovereignty for Israelis and Palestinians. (Daily Star)

Amira Hass says Palestinians are not yet ready for another intifada. (Ha’aretz)

Yossi Mekelberg says what happens in Jerusalem has far reaching implications beyond its borders. (Al Arabiya)

Shlomi Eldar looks at how Hamas is using the escalation in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound to its advantage. (Al-Monitor)

Zvi Bar’el says, according to Netanyahu, Israeli Arab citizenship is conditional on behavior. (Ha’aretz)

Raphael Ahren says the UN has not yet answered how rockets got into its schools in Gaza. (Times of Israel)

Peter Beinart says the new Jewish American struggle is between “hawks and ultra-hawks.” (Ha’aretz)

Ron Kampeas says, despite showing a united front, tensions remain between Israel and the US. (JTA)

David Ignatius makes a checklist for American success in Iraq. (Washington Post)

Thomas Friedman says there are many conflicting dreams and nightmares playing out among America’s Middle East allies in the war on ISIS. (New York Times)

Emad Kiyaei says the US can defeat ISIS only with the help of Iran. (Foreign Policy)

Rym Ghazal says women warriors who are fighting against ISIS extremists deserve credit. (The National)

The Jordan Times says there might be an opportunity for peace in Syria. (Jordan Times)


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