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Salvaging Israeli-Palestinian Peace’’ - by Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Israel and Middle East News Update Tuesday, June 29 Headlines: ● Ultra-Orthodox Boycott Committee, Chair Is a Reform Rabbi ● Gantz: Illegal Outpost to Be Evacuated in Coming Days ● Ra'Am Chief Eyes Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks ● Bennett to Meet Biden in July ● American Jewish Leaders Laud Rivlin at NYC Farewell Event ● Bennett, Sisi Discuss Israeli Captives in Gaza, Agree to Meet ● Journalists Ask UN for Protection Against PA ● US Troops Come Under Fire in Syria After Strikes Commentary: ● Yedioth Ahronoth: “Between Sebastia and Evyatar’’ - By Nadav Eyal ● The Arab Daily: “Salvaging Israeli-Palestinian Peace’’ - By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace 1725 I St NW Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006 The Hon. Robert Wexler, President News Excerpts June 29, 2021 Times of Israel Ultra-Orthodox Boycott Committee, Chair Is a Reform Rabbi The Knesset plenum approved the formation of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, led by Labor MK Gilad Kariv, with 60 MKs supporting the motion and 52 opposing. Kariv is the first Reform rabbi to serve in the Knesset, a fact that has drawn intense criticism from ultra-Orthodox lawmakers in the opposition. Haredi leaders have said they will boycott the new committee — a powerful panel tasked with redrafting and pushing through key legislation — and will not attach representatives to it. In February, ahead of the Knesset elections, representatives from Shas, United Torah Judaism and the Religious Zionist party said that Kariv follows a distorted religion that seeks to destroy the foundations of Judaism. They said cooperation with Kariv, who is the director of the Israeli Reform Movement, is forbidden and that any contact with him is dangerous. Ynet News Gantz: Illegal Outpost to Be Evacuated in Coming Days Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the evacuation of an illegal settlement outpost in the West Bank in the coming days, despite talks with the settlers living there on a compromise for voluntary evacuation. The Eviatar outpost was set up in early May and quickly became home to 50 settler families who erected huts and tents and brought in trailer caravans in defiance of international and Israeli law. According to the compromise drafted by Gantz and Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, the majority of the residents will leave the site and the Defense Ministry will establish an interim base there as the government decides on the legal status of the land. Some media reports said that the area was tapped to ultimately become a yeshiva or Jewish religious seminary. Dig Deeper ‘‘West Bank Evyatar Eviction Still Looms, Outpost Deal Not Yet Finalized’’ (Jerusalem Post) Israel Hayom Ra'Am Chief Eyes Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Right-wing lawmakers lambasted Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas after he said in an interview with that his party is pursuing ways to resume the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Abbas, who chairs the Knesset’s Special Committee on Arab Society, has no official role in the efforts to revive the peace talks, moribund since 2014. In an interview published by the London-based Al-Quds-Al-Arabi, Abbas said that he could not elaborate on the efforts his party has undertaken over "sensitive political issues" pertaining to the talks. Ra’am made history last month when it became part of the coalition put together by Bennett and Lapid. The decision to join the coalition stemmed from "a strategy of the wasati approach in Islam, which is more moderate and pragmatic and opposes violence and is our inspiration, especially given the unique circumstances by which Arabs live in Israel," he explained referring to the principles separating the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement from the Northern Branch. 2 Arutz Sheva Bennett to Meet Biden in July Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet President Joe Biden in Washington DC in July, Walla news reported. The meeting will be the first between the two since Bennett assumed office earlier this month. Both sides hope to improve relations which were strained under former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had a close relationship with former President Donald Trump but sparred with Trump's predecessor, former President Barack Obama. Prime Minister Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid also oppose the return of the US to the nuclear deal, but have signaled a greater willingness to work with the US on the issue. The details of the meeting are being worked out by Bennett’s foreign policy adviser Shimrit Meir and Biden’s top Middle East adviser Brett McGurk, Axios reported. Dig Deeper ‘‘Lapid Lands in UAE; Bennett Expected to Meet With Biden’’ (Jerusalem Post) Times of Israel American Jewish Leaders Laud Rivlin at NYC Farewell Event American Jewish community leaders gathered in Manhattan to thank President Reuven Rivlin for his service on behalf of Israel and world Jewry in a farewell ceremony at the front end of the president’s final trip to the US as head of state. Executives of the Jewish Federations of North America, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the American Zionist Movement and the United Jewish Appeal highlighted Rivlin’s ability during his seven years as president to serve as a unifying figure, bringing Israelis and Jews of all backgrounds together. Rivlin referred to Diaspora Jewry as the “fifth tribe” of Israel, telling the American Jewish community leaders that their “many years of support for the State of Israel makes you an integral part of Israeli society.’’ Rivlin also noted the uptick in antisemitism in the US against the backdrop of last month’s Gaza war. Dig Deeper ‘‘Biden Tells Rivlin He Won’t Allow Iranian Nukes on His Watch’’ (Times of Israel) Jerusalem Post Bennett, Sisi Discuss Israeli Captives in Gaza, Agree to Meet The two Israeli men and the remains of two soldiers held captive in Gaza must be returned, Prime Minister Bennett told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. It was the first phone conversation between the two leaders, as efforts continue to consolidate a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Both Bennett and Sisi agreed to set up a face-to-face meeting as soon as possible. Sisi emphasized the importance of a Gaza Strip ceasefire and the need to improve the civilian and humanitarian situation for the Palestinians living there, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The conversation took place hours after Israel allowed fuel for the Gaza power plant to enter the Gaza Strip for the first time since Operation Guardian of the Walls last month. It is another sign that tensions between Israel and Hamas are easing. Egypt and the United Nations are key brokers in efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire. Last week, the status of talks to maintain calm between Israel and Hamas appeared fragile. But this week, the process appeared to be advancing. Dig Deeper ‘‘Gaza Reconstruction Clouded by Dispute Over Israelis Held by Hamas’’ (Reuters) 3 I24 News Journalists Ask UN for Protection Against PA About 50 Palestinian journalists demonstrated in Ramallah in the name of press freedom in the West Bank and called on the UN to "protect" them following an outbreak of violence during a number of rallies against the Palestinian Authority (PA). The death of Palestinian human rights activist Nizar Banat while in PA detention has sparked anger in the West Bank. Journalists reported having been assaulted by the police. In view of the violations of journalists' freedom to cover the rallies, a letter was submitted to the United Nations, which called on the international body to take "necessary and immediate measures" to protect local journalists, said Naila Khalil, a Palestinian reporter for the Al- Arabi Al-Jdid newspaper. The Palestinian Journalists Union called for the police chief's dismissal for "failing to protect journalists who have been assaulted and threatened by plainclothes in plain sight of the police." PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh called for "respect for press freedom" and called on "everyone to exercise a higher sense of responsibility." Activist Nizar Banat, who died Thursday, was known for his videos posted on social media criticizing the Mahmoud Abbas and the PA, whom he accused of corruption. Shtayyeh promised that the investigation into his death would be "professional and transparent," adding those responsible "will be brought before the competent authorities." Dig Deeper ‘‘Explainer: Why Are Palestinians Protesting Against Abbas?’’ (Associated Press) Reuters US Troops Come Under Fire in Syria After Strikes US troops came under rocket fire in Syria on Monday, but escaped injury, in apparent retaliation for weekend US air strikes against Iran-aligned militia in Syria and Iraq. A US military spokesman said US forces had responded to the multiple rockets by firing back at the positions in self-defense. Sources in Deir al Zor, in eastern Syria, said an Iranian-backed militia group had fired a few artillery rounds in the vicinity of al Omar oil field, which is controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. The rocket fire underscored the risk of escalation and the limits of US military firepower to restrain Iran-aligned militias that Washington blames for a series of increasingly sophisticated drone strikes against US personnel and facilities in Iraq. Iraq's government, wary of getting dragged into a US-Iran conflict, had condemned the US strikes on its territory and said it would "study all legal options" to prevent such action from being repeated. Syria called the strikes a "flagrant violation of the sanctity of Syrian and Iraqi lands." It was the second time President Biden had ordered retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militias since taking office five months ago. He ordered limited strikes in Syria in February, that time in response to rocket attacks in Iraq.
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