News:
The State [1] of Palestine [2] becomes an ICC [3] observer [4]. (New York Times/Ma’an/JTA/Times of Israel)
A poll suggests 83% of Palestinians [5] support trying to file charges at the ICC against Israeli leaders or officials. (PNN)
Amnesty International [6] accuses Israel [7] of committing war crimes [8] during the Gaza war, but Israel calls the report “decontextualized [9].” (AFP/Jerusalem Post/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
PM Netanyahu accuses Pres. Abbas of promoting “impossible fantasies” [10] and taking “maximalist positions.” (Times of Israel)
Israel issues demolition orders [11] for residential homes and commercial stores in occupied East Jerusalem. (Ma’an)
Jewish extremist settlers stab a Palestinian teenager [12] in the occupied West Bank. (PNN)
An Egyptian official says the military has destroyed 60 tunnels [13] along the Gaza border since Oct. 28. (Ma’an)
Netanyahu promises Israelis he will lower the cost of living [14] if elected. (Reuters)
DM Ya’alon hints at further Israeli airstrikes in Syria [15] and warns strikes anyone who arms“our enemies.” [16] (Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
The [17]World Food Program [18] is [19]restarting food aid [20] for [21]1.7 million Syrian refugees. (AP/Reuters/New York Times)
UN Syria Envoy de Mistura denies a proposed Aleppo peace plan would benefit Pres. Assad [22]. (Reuters)
Al-Qaeda denounces ISIS’ practice of beheadings [23]. (New York Times)
PM al-Abadi asks the US for more airpower [24] and weaponry [25] against ISIS. (AP/Reuters)
An Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma is sentenced to three years in jail for insulting a court [26]. (Reuters)
Senior officials from the Gulf states [27] are arriving in Doha for a GCC summit [28]. (AP/The National)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia reshuffles his cabinet amid falling oil prices and the ISIS threat [29]. (The National)
Commentary:
Jonathan Schanzer and Grant Rumley [30] say one of Hamas’ most “dangerous operatives” seems to have found a “comfortable new home” in Turkey. (Foreign Policy)
Akiva Eldar [31] says the US must encourage Israeli voters to seek an end to the conflict with the Palestinians. (Al-Monitor)
Seth Lipsky [32] asks what former Sec. Clinton thinks about Netanyahu and America’s Israel policy. (Ha’aretz)
Uri Misgav [33] says Labor leader Herzog will replace Netanyahu. (Ha’aretz)
Ben Dror-Yemeni [34] says Israeli Justice Minister Livni and Herzog must meet in the political center. (Ynet)
Shmuel Rosner [35] says Netanyahu hasn't accomplished much, but that's not necessarily his fault. (New York Times)
Diana Moukalled [36] says Facebook is once again a mirror of Israel’s state of mind. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Carol Giacomo [37] says in the face of the brutal Syrian civil war, many powerful states have not resettled a single refugee. (New York Times)
The Daily Star [38] says Syrian officials fail to acknowledge that Syria lost control of its borders long ago. (Daily Star)
The Jordan Times [39] says there is a pressing need for a regional conference to re-educate Muslims on the “true values” of Islam. (Jordan Times)
The Washington Post [40] calls for the release of American-Iranian journalist Jason Rezaian. (Washington Post)
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