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July 29, 2013
Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi’ites, killing 60
Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi\’ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year.
Israel convicts six Arab citizens in Jewish gunman’s killing
An Israeli court convicted six Arab citizens on Monday in connection with the mob killing in 2005 of a Jewish gunman after he went on a lethal shooting rampage on a bus in their town.
White House condemns Egyptian military crackdown
The White House condemned the Egyptian military\’s bloody weekend crackdown on demonstrators on Monday but took no immediate steps to suspend U.S. military assistance to Egypt.
The path to Israeli-Palestinian peace runs through sewage
Palestinians and Israelis are poisoning each other — no, not just through the normal streams of invective and incitement that characterize the local blame game. The toxic exchanges are much more literal — through noxious reciprocal flows of excrement that provide a definitive — and odorous — answer to the question of what ever happened to the peace process.
Kerry names Indyk to top peace negotiator post
Secretary of State John Kerry named Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, as his special envoy on Middle East peace.
Israel accused of attacking Syrian army base, weapons convoy
Syrian rebel groups said Israel attacked a Syrian army base near the Golan Heights border.
Obama welcomes Middle East talks, says hard choices remain
President Barack Obama welcomed Israeli-Palestinian talks starting in Washington later on Monday but cautioned that a tough path lies ahead.
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