FMEP’s Matthew Duss and fellow columnist Todd Gitlin respond to Tablet Magazine’s accusations of anti-Semitism‬ from President Obama.

“Establishing a Palestinian state is the best path to normalizing relations between Israel and the Arab world,” writes Philip Sweigart. “The Gulf Cooperation Council’s endorsement of the Iran deal just proves the point.”

Rejecting critics who say the United States should simply re-negotiate a “better deal” with Iran over its nuclear program, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday such a proposal is naive and based on a misreading of the last decade of diplomatic efforts to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

“The Iran deal pits the allies of Israel’s prime minister against an international consensus,” writes Scott McConnell.

Schumer missed the forest for the trees in his examination of the Iran deal. He misinterpreted some of the technical points of the agreement, and chose to ignore many of the longer-term restrictions under the agreement that extend well beyond 10 years. His choice to disapprove the agreement based on selective criteria, threatens the best chance the international community has had in over a decade to guard against a nuclear-armed Iran.

When the bipartisan advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran decided last week to mobilize opposition against the nuclear deal with Tehran, Gary Samore knew he could no longer serve as its president. The reason: After long study, Mr. Samore, a former nuclear adviser to President Obama, had concluded that the accord was in the United States’ interest.

Three dozen retired generals and admirals released an open letter Tuesday supporting the Iran nuclear deal and urging Congress to do the same.

“While Israelis are busy burying the dead, Netanyahu is busy running from place to place to speak out against the Iran nuclear deal. What he doesn’t realize, however, is that the days of Iran’s capitulation to Western interests are over,” writes Orly Noy.

Al Jazeera interviews Palestinians who were allegedly used as human shields by the Israeli army during the 2014 Gaza war.

With a budget shortfall of more than $100mn, school is just one of many UN-run programmes for Palestinians that may be impacted .

“We have become so accustomed to the idea that detaining people without charge or trial is fine,” write Yael Marom and Noam Rotem. “So much so that the discussion now revolves around how we should allow them to die, rather than why we have reached this point in the first place.”