News:
Israel [1] issues tenders for 283 new homes [2] in a West Bank settlement. (AFP/Times of Israel)
The Obama administration is considering taking further action [3] regarding Israel’s expropriation of 1,000 acres of West Bank land. (Ha’aretz)
Sec. Kerry speaks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders about peace prospects [4] in the region. (JTA)
A Fatah official says a draft of ICC indictment [5] against Israel is ready for submission. (Ha’aretz)
The reconstruction of Gaza will cost an estimated $7.8 billion [6]. (Ma’an)
The PA is working to implement a three-stage plan [7] to solve the water crisis in Gaza. (Ma’an)
An Egyptian official says an Israeli delegation [8] will arrive in Cairo within a week to continue indirect talks with the Palestinians. (Ma’an)
Hamas leader Haniyeh [9] says the group will not be disarmed as a condition [10] for ending the blockade of Gaza. (AP/Ma’an)
Hamas leader Meshaal [11] reportedly agreed to accept a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders [12]during a recent meeting with Pres. Abbas. (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
The murder of the three Israeli teenagers [13] was reportedly set in motion by Hamas operatives [14] from a local Palestinian clan. (New York Times/Ma'an)
The EU paid €15.5 million toward to the early payment of PA salaries and pensions [15] in August. (PNN)
Palestinian citizens of Israel fear rising discrimination [16] after Gaza war. (JTA)
David Makovsky [17], a member of the State Department’s Middle East peace team, is returning to his think tank position. (JTA)
Kerry [18] and Def. Sec. Hagel [19] urge a broad international coalition against IS [20]. (AP/Reuters/New York Times)
IS [21] extremists kidnap 50 Iraqi men [22]. (AP/New York Times)
The UN [23] says discrepancies and questions still surround Syria's [24] chemical weapons declaration. (Reuters/New York Times)
The Al-Nusra Front [25] tells Lebanese Sunnis they must support its cause or pay the price. (Reuters)
Some Lebanese Christians [26]are beginning to arm as Middle East tensions [27] mount. (AP/Times of Israel)
Prominent Arab Spring [28] activists in Egypt and Bahrain turn to hunger strikes in prisons. (New York Times)
Commentary:
ATFP’s Tala Haikal [29] says Iraqi Kurds will need more than weapons to protect their relative prosperity and an independent future. (Daily Star)
Hussein Ibish, Bessma Momani, Eric Margolis and Janice Stein [30] discuss the rise of The Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. (Video: TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin)
Amir Taheri [31] says it is useless to debate who won the war in Gaza. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Ben Caspit [32] says ignoring the Arab Peace Initiative will be costly for PM Netanyahu. (Al-Monitor)
Hana Salah [33] says young Palestinians from Gaza are willing to risk the dangers of illegally immigrating to Europe. (Al-Monitor)
The Daily Star [34] says as long as Israel maintains its position toward the peace process, nothing is going to change. (Daily Star)
Yoel Marcus [35] compares Netanyahu to Pres. Putin. (Ha’aretz)
Aaron David Miller [36] says IS could kill the two-state solution. (Foreign Policy)
David Ignatius [37] looks at Pres. Obama’s IS strategy. (Washington Post)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [38] says eradicating ISIS cannot be accomplished simply with air strikes. (Al Arabiya)
Alan Philps [39] says Britain is trying to avert a wave of militants volunteering for jihad in Syria and Iraq. (The National)
H.A. Hellyer [40] says the west’s analysis of the Middle East is far too simplistic. (The National)
Ahmad Majdoubeh [41] says Arab states must meet people’s demands. (Jordan Times)