Daily News Summary - June 8th 2014 Local News • Maan News: maannews.net/eng/Default.aspx - Gaza banks still closed as unity govt financial dispute deepens - Pope Francis hosts Israeli-Palestinian peace prayer Sunday - Palestinian prisoner on 100th day of hunger strike • +972 Magazine: 972mag/ - - How three Israeli journalists brought Arafat into Israeli homes - 50 years of the PLO: Where to now? - Israel wants us to be dependent on aid: Gazas economy under siege • Jerusalem Post: jpost/ - Egypt: No reopening of Rafah crossing until PA unity government takes over from Hamas - Pope wades into troubled Mideast waters with joint prayer for peace - Team led by Netanyahu to discuss new reality of Fatah-Hamas ‘unity’ • Haaretz: haaretz/ - Leading Lebanese politician: Hezbollah should fight Israel, not Syria rebels - All bets are off as Israeli presidential race nears finish line - Preparing for a Hezbollah invasion • Ynet: ynetnews/ - Presidential race narrows down - IDF keeps reservists dangling - Abbas diplomatic victory International News Sources • Al-Monitor: al-monitor/ - Hamas seeks to reclaim political influence via PLO - Turkeys lost influence in Iraq - Temple Mount faithful lay claim to lost ark • The New York Times: nytimes/ - With Nuclear Talks Sputtering, U.S. and Iran Plan Meeting - Egyptian Election Law Helps to Block Opposition - Israel Expands Settlements to Rebuke Palestinians • BBC: bbc.co.uk/ - Sisi sworn in as Egypts leader - Israel issues tenders for new settler homes - Syria conflict: Amnesty says ISIS killed seven children in north Everyday IPCRIs interns gather news articles from both local and international news outlets in order to stay on top of the latest developments and analysis of issues related to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and peace process. The opinions, ideas and word choice discussed in the articles above do not represent the views and opinions of IPCRI and should therefore be considered only as overview of news covered in daily media outlets.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:42:30 +0000