News:
The PA and Syrian government agree to cooperate to protect Palestinian refugees [1] remaining in Syria. (Ma'an)
Some experts say Israeli claims about Palestinian incitement are distorted or exaggerated [2]. (JTA)
A rampage by masked settlers [3] in the occupied West Bank forces a Palestinian school lockdown [4]. (AP/Ma'an)
Settlers torch three Palestinian cars [5] near Bethlehem. (Ma'an)
The PA asks UNESCO [6] to probe Israeli measures in occupied East Jerusalem. (Xinhua)
A PLO official says Palestinians are seriously considering [7] declaring peace talks with Israel a failure. (Jerusalem Post)
The "Tamarod" movement in Gaza calls for Nov. 11 rallies to oust Hamas rule [8]. (Al Monitor/Azzaman)
Hamas asks to meet with Fatah [9] to discuss Israel's policies in occupied East Jerusalem. (Jerusalem Post)
There is an outcry in Gaza over reductions in food aid [10] due to an UNRWA budget shortfall. (New York Times)
Hamas supporters rally in Gaza [11] in defense of the death penalty. (AFP)
Israel says a soldier was lightly wounded [12] by shrapnel from ordinance fired from Syria. (New York Times)
Israeli forces destroy a Syrian canon [13] post in response. (Xinhua)
Israeli military leaders foresee the potential for multi-front conflicts [14]. (Xinhua)
Hamas says it has gotten jihadist groups in Gaza to agree to stop attacks against Israel [15]. (Xinhua)
In Turkey, Hamas leader Mishaal calls for [16] an end to negotiations with Israel and more armed struggle. (Ha'aretz)
The US announces a temporary suspension of some aid to Egypt [17]. (New York Times)
Egypt criticizes [18] the move. (Reuters)
Israel expresses dismay [19] at the aid cut back to Egypt, and frets about its impact on the peace treaty [20]. (New York Times)
A suicide bomb in Sinai [21] kills three Egyptian soldiers and one policeman. (AP)
Libya's PM Zeidan is kidnapped and then released [22] by a group of armed men. (France 24)
UNIFIL commends the prevailing calm [23] on the Lebanese-Israeli border. (Xinhua)
The Palestinian consumer price index rose slightly [24] in September. (PNN)
In an impoverished Arab town in Israel, women are learning literacy and leadership [25]. (Ha'aretz)
Commentary:
Yigal Kipnis [26] says newly released Israeli documents show the 1973 war was certainly avoidable. (Los Angeles Times)
Kifah Ziboun [27] looks at the Hamas-Salafist rapprochement in Gaza. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [28] says, despite all the rhetoric, the Egypt-Gaza border remains quiet for now. (Al Monitor)
Elias Harfoush [29] says Arabs are paying the price for "Pres. Obama's deals." (Al Hayat)
Aviad Kleinberg [30] says PM Netanyahu's deterministic approach to Mideast conflict breeds diplomatic blindness. (YNet)
Ilene Prusher interviews Aryeh King [31], a leading force behind Israel's push to colonize Palestinian areas in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ha'aretz)
Gershon Baskin [32] insists that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is not in any danger, and that [33] Palestinians have gone a long way towards independence. (Ma'an/Jerusalem Post)
Amos Harel [34] says Israeli lobbying in Washington on Iran is walking a fine line with the Obama administration. (Ha'aretz)
Ron Kampeas [35] says AIPAC's rhetoric about Iran echoes but does not mimic Netanyahu's. (JTA)
Linda Gradstein [36] says Israel is nervous Iran wants a fake nuclear agreement with the West. (The Media Line)
Or Kashti [37] says Israel can't really claim credit for Nobel prizes won by scientists who left the country 40 years ago. (Ha'aretz)
The Daily Star [38] is alarmed by the cutback of US aid to Egypt, seeing it as symptomatic of a deeper Middle East policy malaise. (The Daily Star)
The Jerusalem Post [39] says the future of Egypt's peace treaty with Israel is largely independent of US aid. (Jerusalem Post)
Asma Alsharif and Yasmine Saleh [40] say Egypt's MOI, not army, was the main force behind the ouster of former Pres. Morsi. (Reuters)
Itamar Rabinovich [41] says Israel benefits from the agreement on Syrian chemical weapons but worries about rising Russian influence in the region. (Al Monitor)
Hania Mourtada [42] says there is no place for minorities in the Syrian opposition anymore. (Foreign Policy)
Osama Al Sharif [43] says the Assad regime has managed to gain undeserved legitimacy of late. (Arab News)
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