News:
FM al-Maliki [1] says the PA may submit a French initiative [2] to the UN on ending Israel's occupation. (Ma’an/Times of Israel)
The PA reportedly [3] does not have the majority needed [4] to approve a UN Security Council resolution. (JTA/Ha’aretz)
Sec. Kerry [5] meets with Palestinian Chief Negotiator [6] Erekat in London [7]. (AFP/Ha’aretz/Jerusalem Post)
PM Netanyahu [8] and former Pres. Peres [9] ask Pres. Hollande and FM Fabius to delay any UN resolution on Mideast peace. (Ha’aretz)
Netanyahu says European support for Palestinians “endangers Israel [10].” (Ynet)
Israeli occupation forces [11] kill a Palestinian man [12] during an arrest raid [13] in a refugee camp [14] in the occupied West Bank [15]. (Reuters/AP/Ma’an/JTA/Times of Israel)
Palestine’s UN Amb. Mansour [16]makes his first address to the ICC. (AFP)
Kerry says no one should interfere [17] in Israeli elections. (AP)
Hamas leader Meshaal [18] says Palestinian reconciliation progress is not “satisfying.” (Ma’an)
A poll indicates [19] most Israelis see a crisis in US-Israel relations. (JTA)
An Israeli official says [20] an exercise meant to test an advanced missile defense system [21]developed with the US has failed. (AP/Ha’aretz)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [22] says around 100 Syrian soldiers and 80 Islamist fighters were killed during a two-day battle. (Reuters/New York Times)
FM Lavrov says Russia is “optimistic” [23]on Syria peace talks early next year. (Reuters)
Iraq’s government withholds salaries [24] to “ghost soldiers.” (The National)
Spain arrests seven men accused of recruiting women for ISIS [25]. (Reuters)
France arrests 10 people [26]in a series of raids aimed at dismantling a recruitment and transportation network for would-be jihadists wanting to reach Syria. (New York Times)
Iran says bilateral nuclear talks with the US [27]were proceeding in a “good atmosphere.” (Reuters)
Commentary:
Aaron David Miller [28] asks if Pres. Obama and Kerry should try to shape the next Israeli elections. (Foreign Policy)
Akiva Eldar [29] says Europeans are changing the rules of the game on Israeli-Palestinian peace. (Al-Monitor)
Raphael Ahren [30] says the European UN proposal will probably include a reference to Israel as a “Jewish state.” (Times of Israel)
Salman Masalha [31] calls on Palestinian citizens of Israel to boycott the elections. (Ha’aretz)
The Jewish Daily Forward [32] looks at who earns what at America’s biggest Jewish non-profits. (Jewish Daily Forward)
The New York Times [33] says Egypt could receive $1.3 billion in American military aid regardless of whether its government continues with its authoritarian ways. (New York Times)
Ranj Alaaldin [34] says Iraq’s peshmerga must be unified. (New York Times)
Hussein Shobokshi [35] says dealing with Syrian refugees is not a political issue but a moral, humanitarian, and social one. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Khaled Almaeena [36] says Saudi Arabia’s new Cabinet ministers must lead
from the front. (Al Arabiya)
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