News:
Sec. Kerry is continuing [1] Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts. (Jerusalem Post)
17 members of Israel's governing coalition [2] demand no land concessions whatsoever to Palestinians. (Ha'aretz)
The head of Israel's internal security warns that Jewish terrorists [3] might act in the event of any peace progress. (YNet)
Palestinian students in the Jordan Valley [4] say they fear going to school because of Israeli soldiers. (Xinhua)
95% of Palestinian government workers are on strike [5] in the coming days. (Ma'an)
Hamas says a recent military parade was meant to send "a message to Israel." [6] (Xinhua)
Egypt is reportedly gaining ground [7] in its offensive against extremists in Sinai [8]. (New York Times/BBC)
Egypt says Sinai militants have booby-trapped [9] the entire border area. (AP)
Nine Egyptian soldiers are killed [10] in a roadside bomb in Sinai. (AP)
Egyptian tanks cross into Gaza [11], as part of a plan to secure the border [12] area. (AFP/Reuters)
Palestinians say Egypt [13] has promised to reopen the crossing with Gaza "soon," [14] but it remains closed. (Xinhua/PNN)
Palestinians say extremist settlers [15] have burned a Palestinian home near Nablus. (Ma'an)
Israel's mayor in Jerusalem is trying to introduce the Israeli curriculum [16] into Palestinian classrooms. (Washington Post)
Some Palestinians are in favor [17] of the introduction of the Israeli curriculum into their schools. (Christian Science Monitor)
PLO officials say there is still no justice for the victims [18] of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres. (Ma'an)
40 years after the 1973 war, Israel assesses ongoing risks [19]. (New York Times)
A new report says Israel has 80 nuclear warheads [20] and can make 115-190 more. (Los Angeles Times)
A mother has admitted to killing her daughter in an "honor crime" [21] near Hebron, the 20th in the occupied West Bank this year. (Gulf News)
Israel's attorney general says Palestinian villagers can return to their homes [22] in the colonized West Bank village of Burka. (Jerusalem Post)
The Palestine Monetary Authority says the business cycle in the West Bank declined again [23] in September. (PNN)
An aid watchdog group urges "profound changes" [24] in UK support to Palestinian refugees. (The Guardian)
Four more Palestinians [25] have been killed in the Syrian conflict. (Ma’an)
Israel says the US-Russian agreement in Syria will be tested by deeds, not words [26]. (Los Angeles Times)
PM Netanyahu reportedly urged the US [27] to accept the Russian proposal [28] on Syria. (Ha'aretz/Times of Israel)
Israel finds itself increasingly under pressure for its own WMD stockpiles [29]. (The Media Line)
Israel's defense and intelligence establishments are deeply divided on Syria [30]. (The Forward)
Commentary:
Ian Lustick [31] says more Israeli-Palestinian conflict is inevitable and a two-state solution cannot prevent that. (New York Times)
Giles Fraser [32] says any Israeli effort to seize control of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in occupied East Jerusalem would unleash "unimaginable violence." (The Guardian)
Hussein Ibish [33] says Western misconceptions about the Syrian opposition impede engagement with it. (The National)
Bill Keller [34] says Iran must be part of an international effort to end the war in Syria. (New York Times)
Former Pres. Carter [35] says Israelis and Palestinians can guarantee their peace through mutual referenda. (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass [36] says Israel and Hamas work together to keep Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip. (Ha'aretz)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [37] says Hamas is becoming increasingly bellicose in the face of greater isolation. (Al Monitor)
Nasser Lahham [38] says the Oslo agreement is dead and mourns the loss of the late Pres. Arafat. (Ma'an)
Ron Pundak [39] says he's certain Arafat was ready to forge a complete peace deal with Israel. (Times of Israel)
Khaled Diab [40] asks where Arab action is on Syria. (Ha'aretz)
Orly Azoulay [41] says a deal on Syrian chemical weapons will be the prelude to an agreement or confrontation with Iran. (YNet)
Barry Rubin [42] says the Syrian agreement shows the West "wants to be fooled" by Iran. (Jerusalem Post)
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed [43] says changing the balance of power on the ground is the key to a negotiated solution in Syria. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Haian Dukhan [44] says Israel only sees enemies on all sides in Syria. (The Daily Star)
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