News:
Israel [1] is advancing plans [2] to build [3]1000 new [4]housing units [5]in occupied East Jerusalem [6]. (AP/New York Times/AFP/PNN/JTA/Ha’aretz)
Palestinian [7] officials condemn [8] Israel’s new settlement [9] plans. (Ma’an/PNN/Times of Israel)
Jordanian Amb. to Israel Obeidat [10]says Israel’s continued settlement expansion [11]could endanger the peace [12]treaty between the two countries. (Times of Israel/Reuters/Jordan Times)
Pres. Abbas [13] urges the US to intervene [14]before violence in Jerusalem [15]spirals out of control. (Ha’aretz/Times of Israel/Ynet)
Clashes [16]erupt between Palestinians and the Israeli military at the funeral [17]of a teenage boy killed by Israeli troops. (AP/Ha’aretz)
Thousands of Palestinians attend the funeral [18]of a 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy [19]who was shot dead by Israeli forces. (Ma’an/Times of Israel)
A Palestinian [20]official says indirect ceasefire [21]talks with Israel have been postponed [22]until the second half of November. (Ma’an/Times of Israel/The National)
Israel [23]bans Palestinians [24]from riding the same buses [25]as Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank [26]. (AFP/JTA/Jerusalem Post/The National)
Finance Minister Lapid [27]says there is a crisis in the US-Israel relationship [28] that must be fixed. (AP/Ynet)
Pres. Rivlin [29] visits the site of a 1956 [30] massacre as part of his outreach campaign to the country’s Arab minority. (AP/AFP/Ynet)
Spain’s Socialist party will propose a motion in Parliament to recognize [31]the State of Palestine. (JTA)
Gen. Allen [32] urges coalition partners to combat ISIS ideology. (AP)
Extremists from ISIS launch a new attack [33] on the Syrian border town of Kobani. (AP)
The Nusra Front [34] attack Syrian government forces in Idlib. (Reuters)
An American official says the US believes the Syrian rebels [35] it is training will be part of a “political solution” to the conflict with the regime. (Reuters)
Iraqi [36]troops retake control of Jurf al-Sakhar [37] a Sunni town seized by ISIS. (AP/The National)
A suicide [38]car bomber kills 11 people south of Baghdad. (AP)
ISIS’ beheading victims endured torture [39]and other horrors during captivity. (New York Times)
Iraqi Christians [40] seek refuge in Jordan. (New York Times)
Pres. Sisi [41] orders the military to join the police forces [42] in guarding state facilities against terror attacks. (AP/Washington Post)
Sunni [43]militants clash with the Lebanese [44]army in Tripoli. (Washington Post/The National)
Initial results suggest a major victory for the leading Tunisian [45]secular party, Nidaa Tounes, over Ennahda in new parliamentary elections. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [46] says Israel’s policies aren’t doing anything to forestall prospects for another intifada. (The National)
Shlomi Eldar [47] says neglect and provocation are feeding unrest in occupied East Jerusalem. (Al-Monitor)
Rula Jebreal [48] says Palestinian citizens of Israel face a daily battle against official discrimination and casual hatred. (New York Times)
The National [49] asks why the PA was the silent about Israel’s decision to segregate buses in the occupied West Bank. (The National)
Ha’aretz [50] says DM Ya’alon is kowtowing to the settlers at the expense of Israel’s international image. (Ha’aretz)
Chemi Shalev [51] says the US is frustrated with Israel. (Ha’aretz)
J.J. Goldberg [52] says Israel’s announcement of new settlements in occupied East Jerusalem is straining its relationship with the US. (Jewish Daily Forward)
Jonathan Cook [53] says Israel is turning Gaza into a “super-max prison.” (The National)
Gideon Levy [54] says Palestinians have a right and duty to resist Israeli occupation. (Ha’aretz)
Hilik Bar [55] says Israel should recognize the State of Palestine. (Ha’aretz)
Ynet [56] interviews Justice Minister and Israel’s Negotiator Livni. (Ynet)
Eitan Haber [57] says, 20 years on, Israel-Jordan peace is still holding on. (Ynet)
Elhanan Miller [58] says two decades after making peace with Israel, Jordan finds little to celebrate. (Times of Israel)
Mohammed Othman [59] says artists in Gaza are expressing pain and suffering. (Al-Monitor)
Abdul Rahman Al Rashed [60] looks at the idea of Arab military intervention in conflicts. (Asharq al-Awsat)
David Ignatius [61] explains why Iraqi Sunnis are still surrendering to ISIS. (Daily Star)
Kate Brannen [62] says ISIS is raising an army of child soldiers and the West could be fighting them for generations to come. (Foreign Policy)
Amir al-Islam [63] says education represents the best way to defeat the evils of ISIS. (The National)
Raghida Dergham [64] looks at Russia’s and China’s policies towards the Middle East. (Al Arabiya)
The Daily Star [65] says the Lebanese army must find a new approach to Tripoli. (Daily Star)