News:
Extremist Jewish settlers torch a mosque in the occupied West Bank. (AP [1]/Ma’an [2]/PNN [3]/Ha’aretz [4]/Times of Israel [5]/The National [6])
Israeli police arrest [7] a paramilitary border policeman [8] over the fatal [9] shooting of a Palestinian [10]teenager in the occupied West Bank in May. (Reuters/New York Times/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
PM Netanyahu calls on Palestinian [11] citizens of Israel to shun [12] “propaganda and incitement” and “respect the law.” (JTA/Ha’aretz)
Pres. Abbas will meet with Sec. Kerry to discuss the upsurge in violence [13] in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. (Ynet)
Israeli officials are worried [14] that tensions in the occupied West Bank could threaten Israel-PA coordination on Gaza. (Ha’aretz)
French lawmakers [15] will vote on Nov. 28 [16] on a proposal to recognize the State of Palestine [17]. (AFP/Times of Israel/Jerusalem Post)
AP [18] looks at key recent events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP)
The New York Times [19] looks at the emergence of an “improvised intifada” in occupied East Jerusalem. (New York Times)
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society [20] says Fatah [21] leader Barghouthi [22] was moved to solitary confinement. (Ma’an/Ha’aretz/Ynet)
A Hamas [23] co-founder Muhammad Salih Taha [24] dies in Gaza. (Ma’an/Times of Israel)
The New York Times [25] profiles the Palestinian Qalandiya cultural festival. (New York Times)
The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Gala raises a record-breaking $33 million [26]. (Variety)
Kerry [27] will meet will King Abdullah [28] of Jordan in Amman. (AFP/Reuters)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [29] says the US-led anti-ISIS coalition has killed 860 people. (AP)
Support for Pres. Assad is reportedly weakening [30] in his Alawite base. (Washington Post)
Kurdish forces block [31] a road ISIS extremists were using to resupply their forces in a Syrian town on the Turkish border. (Reuters)
The UN says Iraq needs a wheat planting boost [32] to feed the displaced people and help farmers salvage next year's harvest. (Reuters)
A suicide bomb kills 23 [33] people in Baghdad. (Reuters)
The largest American business delegation [34] visits Egypts and meets with Pres. Sisi. (AP)
Commentary:
Rami Khouri [35] says Jerusalem today is more than a major symbol of identity and sovereignty for Israelis and Palestinians. (Daily Star)
Amira Hass [36] says Palestinians are not yet ready for another intifada. (Ha’aretz)
Yossi Mekelberg [37] says what happens in Jerusalem has far reaching implications beyond its borders. (Al Arabiya)
Shlomi Eldar [38] looks at how Hamas is using the escalation in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound to its advantage. (Al-Monitor)
Zvi Bar’el [39] says, according to Netanyahu, Israeli Arab citizenship is conditional on behavior. (Ha’aretz)
Raphael Ahren [40] says the UN has not yet answered how rockets got into its schools in Gaza. (Times of Israel)
Peter Beinart [41] says the new Jewish American struggle is between “hawks and ultra-hawks.” (Ha’aretz)
Ron Kampeas [42] says, despite showing a united front, tensions remain between Israel and the US. (JTA)
David Ignatius [43] makes a checklist for American success in Iraq. (Washington Post)
Thomas Friedman [44] says there are many conflicting dreams and nightmares playing out among America’s Middle East allies in the war on ISIS. (New York Times)
Emad Kiyaei [45] says the US can defeat ISIS only with the help of Iran. (Foreign Policy)
Rym Ghazal [46] says women warriors who are fighting against ISIS extremists deserve credit. (The National)
The Jordan Times [47] says there might be an opportunity for peace in Syria. (Jordan Times)
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