NEWS:
Pres. Obama says he's delaying any possible US military strike [1] on Syrian targets. (New York Times)
Russia, Syria's biggest arms supplier [2], may be supplying even more new weapons [3] to the Syrian government. (Daily Beast/Times of Israel)
Al Qaeda extremist rebels [4] kill 12 Alawites in a captured village in Syria. (Reuters)
Egypt's military continues its broad offensive in Sinai [5], as suicide attacks kill nine soldiers [6]. (AP)
Egypt destroys six more [7] smuggling tunnels along the Gaza border, and again closes the crossing [8]. (Ma'an/All Africa)
Egypt accuses Islamic Jihad of arms smuggling [9] in Sinai. (Al Monitor)
Gaza shortages [10] on almost all supplies are increasing as Egypt intensifies its crackdown on smuggling. (Los Angeles Times)
Israel closes the investigation [11] into the 2009 killing of Palestinian activist [12] Bassem Abu Rahmeh. (Xinhua/The Guardian)
The PA accuses settler extremists of torching [13] olive fields near Nablus. (Ma'an)
Israel's right-wing housing minister Ariel visits the Al-Aqsa mosque [14] compound on Wednesday under Israeli police protection. (Ma'an)
Israeli forces demolish four Palestinian homes [15] in a village near occupied East Jerusalem and prepare to demolish more. (PNN)
Israel will compensate [16] the family of an Australian-Israel who died in jail [17] after allegedly working as spy. (AP/Ha'aretz)
Israel's High Court indicates it wants to suspend the application in occupied East Jerusalem of a law allowing the confiscation of Palestinian property [18]. (Ha'aretz)
Israel and the EU [19] agree to keep discussing the new European occupation guidelines. (Jerusalem Post)
CNN proposes 10 things to bear in mind [20] while visiting Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. (CNN)
COMMENTARY:
Thomas Friedman [21] says US public reluctance on Syria shows US relationship with the Middle East has changed. (New York Times)
David Ignatius [22] says Obama gave a war speech without actually announcing the use of force. (Washington Post)
Doyle McManus [23] says Obama made the case for war, but would clearly rather avoid it. (Los Angeles Times)
Former Pres. Carter [24] warns against a military strike in Syria. (Washington Post)
Rami Khouri [25] says the US now has a possible alternative approach toward Syria. (The Daily Star)
Shmuel Rosner [26] recalls the 1973 war as the "victory to end all victories" for Israel. (New York Times)
Zvi Bar'el [27] looks at Israel's "cold peace" with Egypt. (Ha'aretz)
AFP [28] says 20 years later, the Oslo agreements look like a "false dawn" for Middle East peace. (AFP)
Matthew Levitt [29] looks at "Hezbollah's global footprint." (Jerusalem Post)
Linah Alsaafin [30] says some other Palestinian activists have denounced the anti-Hamas "Tamarod" youth movement in Gaza. (Al Monitor)
Yuval Eylon [31] says Israel should disarm its own nuclear arsenal. (YNet)
Ana Palacio [32] says Europe has a historic opportunity to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (The Daily Star)
Dan Goldenblatt [33] says freedom of movement is the key to any Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. (Ha'aretz)
Shlomi Eldar [34] says a recent Israeli High Court ruling breathes new life into the revival of the Israeli left. (Al Monitor)
Nadav Eyal [35] says Israel has created its own form of "linkage": between peace and Iran's nuclear program. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
On Yom Kippur, Samer Badawi [36] remembers his Palestinian mother. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
Noted Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef [37] eulogizes his own late mother. (Tahrir Squared)
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