NEWS:
A new, leaked NSA document [1] suggests the US shares raw intelligence [2] data on American private citizens with Israel. (The Guardian)
In a new report, the IMF says the Palestinian economy [3] is highly precarious. (AP)
A Palestinian man is wounded [4] in a clash with Israeli occupation forces near Nablus [5]. (Xinhua/Ma'an)
An Israeli court rejects claims of "incitement" [6] against Palestinian officials. (Ma'an)
American delays in action in Syria seem to disappoint many Middle East allies [7]. (Christian Science Monitor)
Israelis are beginning to plan on greater self-reliance [8] following the postponement of US strikes on Syrian targets. (New York Times)
Israel says it will not ratify [9] the Chemical Weapons Convention before its Arab neighbors. (Xinhua)
PM Netanyahu welcomes [10] Russian proposals eliminating Syrian chemical weapons. (Xinhua)
Syrian rebels express outrage [11] at the Russian proposal [12] on Syrian chemical weapons. (AP/Reuters)
A perceived lack of alternatives [13] to Pres. Assad may be driving US hesitancy on Syria. (AP)
Egypt steps up its campaign [14] in Sinai after soldiers are killed [15] by extremists. (New York Times/Ma'an)
New Egyptian restrictions [16] are causing increased hardships [17] on Palestinians in Gaza. (Reuters/Ahram Weekly)
Hamas is seeking [18] to reduce tensions with Egypt. (Voice of America)
An Israeli Jerusalem court convicts three Palestinians of working for Hamas-related charities [19]. (YNet)
There is no Arab representation [20] in Israel's highest academic society. (Ha'aretz)
Palestinians demonstrate outside Al Jazeera' [21]s offices in Ramallah after a perceived insult to the late Pres. Arafat. (The Media Line)
COMMENTARY:
ATFP Pres. Ziad Asali [22] looks at Israel and Palestine in their new regional context. (Huffington Post)
Ben Barber [23] says Israeli-Palestinian peace talks hold promise. (Gulf Today)
Jacqueline Shoen [24] says hopes for Palestinian national reconciliation are at an all-time low. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Hilik Bar [25] says Israel and the Palestinians have an obligation to try again to achieve a peace agreement. (Jerusalem Post)
Aaron Magid [26] says Sec. Kerry is wrong to pressure the EU to ease its new occupation guidelines. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)
Yaakov Dov Bleich [27] says Israel can never be "too Jewish." (The Forward)
Pres. Putin [28] warns Americans about the dangers of action in Syria. (New York Times)
Fareed Zakaria [29] says Pres. Obama is giving diplomacy a chance. (Washington Post)
The LA Times [30] says Obama is right to give diplomacy a chance, but should not wait long. (Los Angeles Times)
The New York Times [31] says the US and Russia at last seem to be working on a common aim in Syria. (New York Times)
Nick Kristof [32] says Obama's threat of force has produced a Russian and Syrian climbdown on chemical weapons. (New York Times)
George Hishmeh [33] says Obama has now put the ball squarely in Putin's court. (Gulf News)
Michael Young [34] says Russia has saved Assad, at least for the meanwhile. (The Daily Star)
Ben Caspit [35] says senior Israelis are wondering how to interpret the American hesitancy on Syria. (Al Monitor)
Shmuel Rosner [36] says Israel stands to lose from American hesitation on Syria. (Al Monitor)
Salman Shaikh [37] says Obama will be haunted by his Syrian hesitancy for the rest of his presidency. (Foreign Policy)
Nathan Guttman [38] looks at what he calls "deep divisions" in J Street on the question of Syria. (The Forward)
Linda Gradstein [39] says Gulf states are starting to question American resolve on Iran. (The Media Line)
Gershon Baskin [40] says intensified diplomacy or Syria ought to help the international community deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Jerusalem Post)
Abraham Rabinovich [41] says, three years later, PM Meir realized how the 1973 war could've been avoided. (Times of Israel)
Hussein Shobokshi [42] praises Arab satirists, especially Bassem Youssef and Nadim Koteich. (Asharq Al Awsat)
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