News:
Israel [1] approves plans to build 200 new homes [2] in a settlement [3] in occupied East Jerusalem [4], drawing US criticism. (AP/AFP/JTA/Times of Israel)
Israeli occupation forces arrest 27 Palestinians [5] in East Jerusalem. (Ma’an)
Sec. Kerry [6] will meet with Pres. Abbas [7]on easing regional tensions. (AFP/Times of Israel)
State Department says Kerry [8] will also meet with PM Netanyahu and King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman. (Jerusalem Post)
Israel [9] says it will not cooperate with a UN [10] inquiry into its 50-day war in Gaza [11] this summer. (AFP/JTA/Times of Israel)
Israel reinstates its policy of demolishing the homes [12] of “terrorists.” (Ha’aretz)
Israeli police will install facial-recognition scanners [13] at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (Ha’aretz)
Islamic Jihad says Israel should expect a response to its “settler terrorism.” [14] (Ma’an)
Sweden signs an agreement with UNDP [15] to step up financial support for the reconstruction of Gaza. (Ma’an)
Israeli Chief Negotiator Livni and Opposition leader Herzog hold a meeting with leaders of the Arab community [16]. (Ynet)
Some Jewish American groups accuse Abbas of incitement [17]. (JTA)
Forbes says Hamas is the second richest “terror group” [18] in the world. (Times of Israel)
Palestinian filmmakers [19] are fighting for funding to tell their own personal stories. (The Media Line)
PM al-Abadi removes 36 military commanders [20]. (New York Times)
France is considering sending fighter jets [21] to Jordan to strike ISIS extremists in Iraq. (Reuters)
Reuters profiles members of a Shiite militia who are defending the Baiji refinery [22] from ISIS. (Reuters)
Syria’s moderate rebels [23] in the south are emerging as the West’s last hope, as other moderate rebels are crushed elsewhere. (Reuters)
Turkish Kurds are informally patrolling Turkey’s border with Syria [24]. (AP)
Militants kill five Egyptian troops [25] in Sinai. (AP)
A series of bombs [26] explode near the Egyptian [27] and UAE embassies in Tripoli [28]. (Reuters/AP/The National)
Pres. Sisi [29] issues a law that would allow the deportation of non-Egyptians [30] convicted of crimes to their home countries. (New York Times/The National)
Egyptian authorities are detaining journalists [31] for talking politics in Cairo cafes. (New York Times)
Lebanon’s politics [32] are paralyzed by the surrounding regional conflicts. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [33] says a new Palestinian poll suggests most want peace, not another uprising. (Now)
The Jordan Times [34] says Hamas and Fatah are back to their “old routine.” (Jordan Times)
The Daily Star [35] says Palestinians must reclaim their future. (Daily Star)
El Hassan bin Talal [36] says competing claims to Jerusalem as the capital for both Israel and Palestine reflect the need for a new architecture of waging comprehensive peace. (Jordan Times)
Yudith Oppenheimer [37] says Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods cannot be erased from the map or history. (Ha’aretz)
Ari Shavit [38] says Jewish settlers, Palestinian leadership and the international community must be blamed for the breakdown in Israeli-Palestinian relations. (Ha’aretz)
Ahmad Melhem [39] asks if Palestinian attacks on Israelis are “lone wolf” attacks. (Al-Monitor)
Jack Khoury [40] says Palestinians are in no hurry to end their security coordination with Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Chris Doyle [41] says its time for a credible inquiry into Israel’s war on Gaza. (Al Arabiya)
Raphael Ahren [42] says Israel’s fate at the UNSC may hinge on an increasingly critical Europe. (Times of Israel)
Akiva Eldar [43] says Netanyahu’s ultimate goal is to perpetuate the occupation and bring the Palestinians to heel. (Al-Monitor)
George Hishmeh [44] says Netanyahu must reshuffle his cabinet or quit. (Gulf News)
David Ignatius [45] says sectarianism and corruption are sabotaging Iraq. (Daily Star)
Alan Philps [46] says cooperation between the US and Iran in the fight against ISIS does not necessarily bode well for Iraq. (The National)
Joyce Karam [47] says Baghdadi’s “ruthless, invisible and decisive leadership” of ISIS earned him the title of most powerful Jihadist today. (Al Arabiya)
Eyad Abu Shakra [48] says the alliance of minorities in Syria is counterproductive. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Tariq Alhomayed [49] asks what will follow the Nov. 24 deadline to reach a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program. (Asharq al-Awsat)
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