NEWS:
 
The EU says its relations with Israel depend on the future of a two-state solution. (Ha'aretz)
 
PM Netanyahu dismisses US criticism of Israeli settlement activity. (YNet)
 
Israel's attorney general questions a ban on Palestinians on settler West Bank buses. (AP)
 
PM Hamdallah pays a rare visit to holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem 
and reiterates the city must serve as a Palestinian capital.
(Ha'aretz/AP)
 
Palestinians in Jerusalem say Israeli police are using right control for collective punishment. (Ha'aretz)
 
An AP photographer and freelancer are shot with rubber bullets by
Israeli border police. (AP)
 
Egypt is going to create a buffer zone along the Gaza border. (Ma'an)
 
Hamas insists it has no tunnels running into Egypt. (Times of Israel)
 
Egyptian reports say gunman who killed 30 Egyptian troops were trained in Gaza. (Times of Israel)
 
The PA transfers money to pay Hamas-hired Gaza public employees. (Ma'an)
 
Tunisia's largest secular party is set to win the country's new parliamentary elections. (AP)
 
PM Al-Abadi reportedly agrees on the creation of a 30,000-strong anti-ISIS militia force drawn from Sunni communities in Anbar province. (Asharq Al Awsat)
 
A British hostage is reportedly shown in a new ISIS video, purportedly
from the embattled town of Kobani. (New York Times)
 
A US official urges Arab allies to do more to combat ISIS propaganda. (AP)
 
The Pentagon says the battle against ISIS is now costing $8.3 million
a day. (Reuters)
 
Iraqi Kurdish fighters are joining the battle in Syria. (AP)
 
Turkish villages are sheltering Syrian Kurdish refugees. (AP)
 
35 are killed in clashes between Syrian rebels and government forces. (AP)
 
Hezbollah is under strain as it battles on multiple fronts, home and
abroad. (Washington Post)
 
Egypt grants the military new judicial powers over civilians. (Washington Post)
 
A court in Bahrain has reportedly issued an order suspending the work
of the country's largest Shiite opposition group. (AP)
 
COMMENTARY:
 
Robert Wade describes Israel's economic occupation of the West Bank as
"organized hypocrisy on a monumental scale." (London Review of Books)
 
Barak Ravid says PM Netanyahu has no strategy beyond slogans. (Ha'aretz)
 
Avi Issacharoff says, despite the evidence, Palestinians continue to
believe Hamas won this summer's war with Israel. (Times of Israel)
 
Christa Case Bryant says Israelis can expect to make progress with
Palestinians if they wall themselves off in a fortress. (Christian
Science Monitor)
 
Mohammed Samhouri looks at the challenges of rebuilding Gaza. (The Daily Star)
 
Hassan Barari asks whether Jordan has a "Plan B" beyond its peace
treaty in dealing with Israel. (Jordan Times)
 
Akiva Eldar says Israel should be sensitive to Jordan's concerns. (Al Monitor)
 
Hussein Ibish says Tunisia's new election shows the way forward in a
troubled Arab world. (NOW)

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