News:
Arab states endorse [1], but the US rejects [2], a Palestinian draft UN resolution on statehood. (Reuters/AFP)
The US says [3] the draft resolution fails to account for Israel's security [4] requirements. (Ha'aretz/VOA)
The Times of Israel prints a reported version of the draft Palestinian text. [5] (Times of Israel)
PA statisticians say Jews will be a minority [6] in Israel and the occupied territories by 2060. (Times of Israel)
Israeli occupation forces kill a Palestinian teenager [7] in the West Bank. (New York Times)
Israeli occupation forces shoot and injure [8] two Palestinian teenagers driving in Beit Ummar. (Ma'an)
Israeli home demolitions [9] in occupied East Jerusalem leave two Palestinian families homeless. (Ma'an)
Palestinian cabinet ministers [10] hold their latest weekly session in Gaza. (Ma'an)
Hamas says the Palestinian government has "failed Gaza [11]." (AFP)
Israel will allow 150 Palestinian students to leave Gaza [12] via the Erez crossing. (Ma'an)
Muslims in Gaza are increasingly joining local Christians [13] in Christmas celebrations. (Al Monitor)
A new poll shows Israel's center-left coalition running even [14] with the right-wing Likud party. (Ha'aretz)
ISIS releases an interview [15] with the Jordanian pilot it has captured. (AP)
ISIS asks its Twitter followers to suggest gruesome ways of murdering [16] the pilot. (Ha'aretz)
A British journalist being held hostage "writes an article [17]" in the latest issue of Isis' Dabiq magazine. (The Independent)
ISIS "executes [18] up to 200 fighters" for trying to flee. (The Independent)
ISIS executes more doctors [19] in Mosul. (RUDAW)
Air raid shelters in Aleppo have become underground schools [20]. (Al Monitor)
The secular FSA is continuously gaining ground [21] in the southern front in Syria. (Foreign Policy)
Iraqi government forces retake the town [22] of Dhuluiya from ISIS. (BBC)
Journalists imprisoned [23] in Egypt face an uncertain future. (AP)
Qatar is reportedly changing its policies and tilting toward Egypt [24]. (The Media Line)
Libya's official government conducts airstrikes [25] against rivals. (Reuters)
A ground invasion [26] of the Libyan capital by forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar may be imminent. (Foreign Policy)
Commentary:
Munib al-Masri [27] asked if Israel is determined to turn a resolvable political conflict into an irresolvable religious one. (Ha'aretz)
J.J. Goldberg [28] thinks the Palestinian leadership may actually want to lose the UN vote. (The Forward)
The Washington Post [29] says Pres. Abbas is again insisting on failure. (Washington Post)
Sharif Nashashibi [30] says Gaza will almost certainly experience another conflict soon. (The National)
Mira Sucharov [31] asks why some Israelis are allergic to the word "Palestine." (Ha'aretz)
Raphael Magarik [32] says those who oppose BDS, especially Jews, need to propose an alternative to ending occupation or they will lose. (Ha'aretz)
Yoel Guzansky [33] says Israel and the Gulf states are engaging in secret cooperation, but it may not lead to reconciliation. (YNet)
The Wall Street Journal interviews anti-ISIS coalition leader retired Gen. John Allen [34]. (Wall Street Journal)
Zvi Bar'el [35] says Al Jazeera is surrendering to the dictates of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. (Ha'aretz)
Hassan Barari [36] says Jordanians need to be brave in light of the ISIS capture of one of their pilots. (Jordan Times)
Denise Natali [37] says Iraqi Arabs and Kurds are bickering over the liberation of Mosul. (Al Monitor)
Ali Hashem [38] says the Iraqi military is pushing back ISIS in many different areas, inch by inch. (Al Monitor)
The Daily Star [39] scoffs at the idea Russia can be a peacemaker in Syria. (Daily Star)
The Jordan Times [40] says Syria needs an impartial mediator, not Russia. (Jordan Times)
The Gulf News [41] says 2014 was a year to forget in the Arab world. (Gulf News)
Béji Caïd Essebsi [42] lays out his vision for Tunisia. (Washington Post)
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