NEWS:
Hamas says the Egyptian military is building a buffer zone with Gaza [1] and strengthening its isolation [2]on all fronts. (Reuters/AP)
Egypt condemns a raid by Hamas on an Egyptian [3] cultural center in Gaza. (Xinhua)
Hamas again asks Egypt [4] to reopen the border crossing with Gaza permanently. (Xinhua)
The Egyptian military says it has killed 15 militants [5] in the Sinai Peninsula. (Reuters)
A planned meeting [6] between Palestinian and Israeli officials has been postponed, although other reports say negotiators met secretly on Saturday [7]. (AP/Xinhua)
Negotiators are said to be ready to meet again on Tuesday [8], although amid disputes [9]. (Xinhua/Jerusalem Post)
Palestinians say they would like Pres. Abbas to discuss [10] the talks with Sec. Kerry [11] in Europe. (Jerusalem Post/Times of Israel)
Israel says it has conducted a joint missile test [12] with the United States, and Russia expresses alarm [13]. (AP/Reuters)
The Arab League endorses [14] international action in Syria. (New York Times)
Pres. Peres supports Pres. Obama's [15] policy toward Syria, although most Israelis are staying quiet [16]. (New York Times)
Many Israelis believe the stakes are high [17] for them in any US attack on Syria. (Christian Science Monitor)
Yet another Palestinian refugee is killed [18] in the Syrian conflict. (Ma'an)
Hamas insists [19] it will not be dragged into any conflict on the question of Syria. (Xinhua)
Lebanon braces for the fallout [20] of any US attack on Syria. (Washington Post)
The number of refugees from Syria [21] in neighboring countries has passed 2 million [22]. (New York Times/AP)
Palestinian truck thieves [23] briefly disrupt work at Israel's international Airport. (AP)
Egyptian authorities accuse a bird of "spying" [24]for Israel. (AP)
Israeli authorities detain Raed Salah [25], the head of the main Islamist group in Israel [26]. (Ma'an/Jerusalem Post)
Israel pledges to destroy settler structures [27] built with forged deeds on Palestinian land. (Ha'aretz)
COMMENTARY:
Hussein Ibish [28] urges Congress to authorize military action in Syria. (Now Media)
Elizabeth O'Bagy [29] says her experiences on the ground prove Jihadists are not dominating the Syrian rebels. (Wall Street Journal)
Murhaf Jouejati [30] says the US should strengthen the secular opposition in Syria to promote democracy. (Al Monitor)
Bruce Riedel [31] says the US should also conduct a major information campaign against Al Qaeda in Syria. (Al Monitor)
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed [32] says Western airstrikes would be the beginning of the end for Pres. Assad. (Asharq Al Awsat)
The New York Times [33] says Obama needs to make his case for action better. (New York Times)
Vali Nasr [34] says US credibility is now on the line in Syria. (New York Times)
The LA Times [35] says limited strikes make sense but a US-led campaign for regime change does not. (Los Angeles Times)
Blake Hounshell [36] says Obama's decision might be good domestic politics but could turn out to be strategically catastrophic. (The National)
Steven Cook [37] says he's changed his mind and now thinks US intervention would destroy Syria. (Washington Post)
J.J. Goldberg [38] says all scenarios in Syria produce bad outcomes for the United States. (The Forward)
Rami Khouri [39] warns US air strikes against Syria could violate international norms and backfire. (The Daily Star)
David Horovitz [40] says Obama's decision to seek approval from Congress horrified many Israelis. (Times of Israel)
Yaron London [41] says American "indecisiveness" on Syria shows Israel cannot rely on the United States. (YNet)
Peter Beinart [42] says Jewish Americans are willfully ignoring the existential conundrums facing Israel. (New York Review of Books)
Jill Jacobs [43] says Jewish Americans should see the fate of Israel's Bedouin communities as a test of Jewish values. (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass [44] looks at new arguments being used by the Israeli government to justify the destruction of eight villages near Hebron. (Ha'aretz)
Oudeh Basharat [45] says there are plenty of overlooked reasons for optimism about the Arab world. (Ha'aretz)
Yan Barakat [46] says peace between Israel and Jordan on paper needs to become culturally internalized. (Jerusalem Post)
Aaron Magid [47] says the Israeli left should give PM Netanyahu more credit. (Jerusalem Post)
Bassem Sabry [48] asks if Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is all but destroyed. (Al Monitor)
Hussein Ibish [49] says Arab Americans should learn from the March on Washington and embrace American politics. (The National)
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