News:
Sec. Kerry resumes US efforts [1] to push for Middle East peace. (AP)
FM al-Maliki says Palestinians are making amendments [2] to their proposed UN Security Council draft resolution. (Ma'an)
Sec. Kerry tells European diplomats action on the Palestinian draft resolution should wait [3] until after Israel's elections. (Foreign Policy)
India may [4] drop its traditional support [5] of Palestine at the UN. (Ha'aretz/Jerusalem Post)
Serbian-Israeli ties [6] are flourishing, despite tensions from the 1990s. (Ha'aretz)
A Palestinian man is arrested after a foiled attack [7] on an Israeli soldier. (AP)
Stone-throwing Palestinians injure [8] an Israeli boy. (AP)
Egypt allows [9] travelers from Gaza [10] into the country for the first time since October. (Reuters/Ma'an)
Experts say delays in Gaza [11] reconstruction could lead to more violence [12]. (AP/Xinhua)
A senior Hamas official in Turkey says the group has no interest [13] in another conflict with Israel. (Ha'aretz)
Bethlehem is lacking tourists [14] this Christmas season. (The Media Line)
PM Netanyahu is receiving hefty donations [15] from US patrons. (YNet)
Pres. el-Sisi replaces [16] Egypt's intelligence chief. (New York Times)
Egypt arrested almost 10,000 people [17] in 2014. (AP)
A delivery of helicopters shows US-Egypt ties [18] are mending. (Reuters)
Tensions continue [19] between Qatar and other GCC states. (New York Times)
Kurdish fighters [20] push deeper into [21] the town of Sinjar, but face stiff resistance from ISIS extremists. (AP/Reuters)
A Belgian father [22] is searching for his son, feared to join extremists, on the Syrian border. (Christian Science Monitor)
Lebanon says it needs French fighter jets [23] to combat Muslim extremists. (Reuters)
Lebanon's Christians take up arms [24] in the face of threats from ISIS extremists. (The National)
As Christmas approaches, Baghdad's Christians [25] lament empty pews. (Washington Post)l
Secular leader Beji Caid Essebsi is confirmed as winner [26] of Tunisia's first free presidential poll. (BBC)
Commentary:
Hussein Ibish [27] says a compromise agreement on the draft Palestinian UN text is in everyone's interests. (The National)
The New York Times [28] says the upcoming Israeli election will likely determine the future of a two-state outcome between Israel and the Palestinians. (New York Times)
Uri Savir [29] says the US and Europe are trying to preserve Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation. (Al Monitor)
Mariam Barghouti [30] describes Ramallah's "mean streets." (New York Times)
Oudeh Basharat [31] says the Israeli right is hoping to deploy a divide and conquer strategy against Arabs. (Ha'aretz)
Asmaa al-Ghoul [32] examines why Hamas won't label ISIS a "terrorist" organization. (Al Monitor)
Shlomi Eldar [33] describes how Hamas scored a diplomatic victory in Europe. (Al Monitor)
Zvi Bar'el [34] says warming ties between Egypt and Qatar may cost Hamas. (Ha'aretz)
Shimon Shiffer [35] says Israel will get the future of peace or war that it chooses. (YNet)
Jeff Barak [36] says economy Minister Bennett's vision for the future is truly terrifying. (Jerusalem Post)
The National [37] says it remains to be seen whether or not Tunisians have just reelected the "old guard." (The National)
Amr Moussa [38] says Egypt’s political parties are “weak” but not ineffective. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Salman Aldossary [39] looks at the winners and losers in the Egypt-Qatar rapprochement. (Asharq Al Awsat)
The Gulf News [40] says the Egypt-Qatar rapprochement will help fight terror. (Gulf News)
Mostafa Hashem [41] warns that some of Egypt's youth are starting to embrace radicalism. (Daily Star)
Manaf Al-Obaidi [42] says Mosul is a city living in fear under the rule of ISIS extremists. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Mshari Al-Zaydi [43] says no one wants to share a world with ISIS leader Baghdadi and other violent extremists. (Asharq Al Awsat)
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