News:
Palestinians say Pres. Abbas is prepared to meet with PM Netanyahu [1]. (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli Finance Minister Lapid calls for an "endgame" [2] between Israel and the Palestinians. (Al Monitor)
Israeli police say [3] an Israeli settler [4] was killed by Palestinians [5] in the occupied West Bank. (AP/Reuters/Xinhua)
Five suspects [6] are arrested [7] regarding the murder [8]. (Ha'aretz/Times of Israel/BBC)
Extremist settlers are accused of defacing a mosque [9] in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters)
A tiny Palestinian village is about to be destroyed for the fourth time [10] by Israeli forces. (Ha'aretz)
Some Palestinians want to resettle refugees in the occupied West Bank outside of refugee camps [11]. (The Economist)
Another Palestinian is killed [12] in the conflict in Syria. (Ma’an)
An Israeli court says Palestinian parents can attend the interrogation of young children [13] detainees. (Ma’an)
A new study shows Jewish Americans have strong ties to Israel but increasingly divergent views [14]. (Washington Post)
A poll shows most Israelis think the US is projecting weakness [15] regarding Syria and Iran. (Jerusalem Post)
Gaza's ancient archaeology is being lost [16] to neglect, looting and war. (Al Monitor)
Human Rights Watch [17] says it can, for the first time, document a massacre of Alawite civilians [18] in Syriaby Al Qaeda-style rebels [19]. (New York Times/Human Rights Watch/Washington Post)
A fifth suspect is indicted [20] by the tribunal investigating the murder of former Lebanese PM Hariri. (New York Times)
Iran cancels an anti-Israel conference [21] as part of its outreach to the West. (AP)
Civilians in Sinai are caught in the battle [22] between the Egyptian military and extremists. (BBC)
Abbas receives a phone call from Pres. Obama [23] wishing all a happy Eid al-Adha. (PNN)
Commentary:
Alan Phillips [24] says the destiny of "Area C" in the occupied West Bank holds the key to peace. (The National)
Ari Shavit [25] says Israelis should remember 1974 as the year they "failed to repair the country." (Ha'aretz)
Uri Savir [26] says without normalizing relations with each other, Israeli-Palestinian relationships will be abnormal by definition. (Jerusalem Post)
Leigh Cuen [27] thinks "women's brains" may hold the key to Middle East peace. (Your Middle East)
Arad Nir [28] says Israeli ties with Greece are no substitute for its strained alliance with Turkey. (Al Monitor)
Israeli extremist Dani Dayan [29] explains his annexationist perspective. (Los Angeles Times)
Letty Cottin Pogrebin [30] looks at the plight of Israel's Bedouins. (Moment)
Mazal Mualem interviews Israeli sociologist and one-state advocate Yehouda Shenhav [31]. (Al Monitor)
Michael Young [32] says the international community's reaction to killing in Syria and Lebanon reveals "humanitarian indifference." (The Daily Star)
Daniel DePetris [33] says Syria cannot be trusted to deal honestly with its CW commitments. (Christian Science Monitor)
Rami Khouri [34] says US-Iranian negotiations should be based on "respect and reciprocity." (Jordan Times)
George Hishmeh [35] says Israel's nuclear weapons should also be an issue on the table. (Jordan Times)
H. A. Hellyer [36] says the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has to ask itself how it got into its crisis and what to do about it. (The National)
Osama Al Sharif [37] says Tunisia may provide a better model than Egypt of how to incorporate Islamists into a democratic process. (Gulf News)
Nervana Mahmoud [38] lists four reasons why the US shouldn't reduce aid to Egypt. (Al Monitor)
The New York Times [39] says the US should help build a viable army and government in Libya. (New York Times)