News:
Palestine cast its first vote [1] in the UN General Assembly [2]. (AFP/Times of Israel)
Pres. Hollande calls [3] on Israel to fully and completely halt settlement [4] construction. (Xinhua/AFP)
Hollande also says Jerusalem [5] should be the capital of both Israel and a Palestinian state. (VOA)
Israel's High Court orders the state to demolish settlement outpost homes [6] built on private Palestinian property. (Jerusalem Post)
PM Netanyahu urges Pres. Abbas [7] to address the Knesset [8] in Jerusalem. (AFP/Times of Israel)
Heavy rainfall means Gaza's streets are now flooded [9] with water and sewage. (Al Monitor)
A militant and four others are killed in an "accidental explosion" [10] in Gaza. (Ma'an)
Israeli guards wound nine [11] Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon prison. (Ma'an)
Settlers torch [12] two Palestinian cars and attack homes near Nablus. (Ma'an)
Palestinians set animal traps [13] on their lands to deter settler attacks. (Ma'an)
Students at a Jerusalem yeshiva are suspected [14] in a string of violent attacks against Palestinians and other Israelis. (Ha'aretz)
Palestinians and Israelis open a commercial dispute arbitration center [15] in Jerusalem. (The Media Line)
Palestinian journalists [16] say freedom of speech is under increasing pressure from the PA. (The Media Line)
David Makovsky [17] of WINEP joins the State Department Israeli-Palestinian peace team. (JTA)
Divisions over Iran [18] continue to strain US-Israel relations. (New York Times)
Sec. Kerry says Israel "has every right" [19] to its own opinions about Iran and any agreement with it. (AP)
Kerry says nothing the United States is contemplating [20] regarding Iran puts Israel at any risk. (Ha'aretz)
Netanyahu claims Iran already has enough low-grade enriched uranium for five nuclear bombs [21]. (Jerusalem Post)
Two simultaneous bomb attacks [22] at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut kill at least 23 [23]. (New York Times/AP)
Officials say footage shows a suicide bomber and a car bomb [24] were involved in the explosions. (Reuters)
The Iranian cultural attaché [25] to Lebanon is reported to be among the casualties [26]. (Reuters/Xinhua)
Iran blames Israel [27] for the attack on its Beirut embassy. (Times of Israel)
Syrian government forces claim to recapture a key strategic town [28] near the Lebanese border. (AP)
Four people are killed [29] in a mortar attack on Aleppo's municipal building. (Xinhua)
Iranian parliamentarians move to block concessions [30] to the P5+1 on nuclear issues. (AP)
Libya's military seeks to regain control of the capital [31], Tripoli, from militias. (AP)
Commentary:
Yara Dowani [32] describes the ordeal for Palestinians passing through the notorious Kalandia checkpoint. (Jerusalem Post)
J.J. Goldberg [33] says Israel can learn from a year of relative calm with Gaza. (The Forward)
Jane Eisner [34] looks at Ari Shavit's new book on Israel's past and future. (The Forward)
Aaron Magid [35] says Likud is becoming a party committed to apartheid. (The Daily Star)
Barak Ravid [36] says Israel may well come French support but it should remember it's not the US. (Ha'aretz)
Shimon Shiffer [37] looks at the dramatic historical ebb and flow of French-Israeli relations. (YNet)
Avigdor Haselkorn [38] says Netanyahu has panicked and miscalculated regarding Iran. (Jerusalem Post)
The Washington Post [39] says the US and Israel need to agree on the terms of an Iran deal. (Washington Post)
Daniel Drezner [40] says Israel's stance on Iranian nuclear negotiations is incomprehensible. (Foreign Policy)
Robert Satloff [41] says the US and Israel are experiencing their deepest rift in living memory. (Politico)
Emily Landau [42] says the P5+1 shouldn't underestimate its leverage over Iran during negotiations. (Ha'aretz)
Roger Cohen [43] says the unfolding US withdrawal from global leadership is leaving a dangerous vacuum. (New York Times)
Hassan Barari [44] says Israel may be the big loser if the US role in the Middle East decreases. (Jordan Times)
The Daily Star [45] says the battle for Qalamoun, which is now engaged, may prove decisive for both Syria and Lebanon. (The Daily Star)
Faisal Al Yafai [46] says a "deal with the devil" may be necessary to save Syria from an inferno. (The National)
Amberin Zaman [47] says Turkey is backing away from its support of Islamist rebels in Syria. (Al Monitor)
Sherzad Shekhani [48] looks at what the future may hold for Syria's Kurds. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Jeremy Bowen [49] says Libyans are yearning for law and order. (BBC)
Harith Hasan [50] says Iraq's 2014 election will be a referendum on PM al-Maliki. (Al Monitor)
Marian Houk [51] looks at the ongoing controversy over the death of the late Pres. Arafat. (+972)
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