NEWS:

Pres. Obama says he's delaying any possible US military strike on Syrian targets. (New York Times)

Russia, Syria's biggest arms supplier, may be supplying even more new weapons to the Syrian government. (Daily Beast/Times of Israel)

Al Qaeda extremist rebels kill 12 Alawites in a captured village in Syria. (Reuters)

Egypt's military continues its broad offensive in Sinai, as suicide attacks kill nine soldiers. (AP)

Egypt destroys six more smuggling tunnels along the Gaza border, and again closes the crossing. (Ma'an/All Africa)

Egypt accuses Islamic Jihad of arms smuggling in Sinai. (Al Monitor)

Gaza shortages on almost all supplies are increasing as Egypt intensifies its crackdown on smuggling. (Los Angeles Times)

Israel closes the investigation into the 2009 killing of Palestinian activist Bassem Abu Rahmeh. (Xinhua/The Guardian)

The PA accuses settler extremists of torching olive fields near Nablus. (Ma'an)

Israel's right-wing housing minister Ariel visits the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday under Israeli police protection. (Ma'an)

Israeli forces demolish four Palestinian homes in a village near occupied East Jerusalem and prepare to demolish more. (PNN)

Israel will compensate the family of an Australian-Israel who died in jail after allegedly working as spy. (AP/Ha'aretz)

Israel's High Court indicates it wants to suspend the application in occupied East Jerusalem of a law allowing the confiscation of Palestinian property. (Ha'aretz)

Israel and the EU agree to keep discussing the new European occupation guidelines. (Jerusalem Post)

CNN proposes 10 things to bear in mind while visiting Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. (CNN)


COMMENTARY:

Thomas Friedman says US public reluctance on Syria shows US relationship with the Middle East has changed. (New York Times)

David Ignatius says Obama gave a war speech without actually announcing the use of force. (Washington Post)

Doyle McManus says Obama made the case for war, but would clearly rather avoid it. (Los Angeles Times)

Former Pres. Carter warns against a military strike in Syria. (Washington Post)

Rami Khouri says the US now has a possible alternative approach toward Syria. (The Daily Star)

Shmuel Rosner recalls the 1973 war as the "victory to end all victories" for Israel. (New York Times)

Zvi Bar'el looks at Israel's "cold peace" with Egypt. (Ha'aretz)

AFP says 20 years later, the Oslo agreements look like a "false dawn" for Middle East peace. (AFP)

Matthew Levitt looks at "Hezbollah's global footprint." (Jerusalem Post)

Linah Alsaafin says some other Palestinian activists have denounced the anti-Hamas "Tamarod" youth movement in Gaza. (Al Monitor)

Yuval Eylon says Israel should disarm its own nuclear arsenal. (YNet)

Ana Palacio says Europe has a historic opportunity to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (The Daily Star)

Dan Goldenblatt says freedom of movement is the key to any Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. (Ha'aretz)

Shlomi Eldar says a recent Israeli High Court ruling breathes new life into the revival of the Israeli left. (Al Monitor)

Nadav Eyal says Israel has created its own form of "linkage": between peace and Iran's nuclear program. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)

On Yom Kippur, Samer Badawi remembers his Palestinian mother. (Daily Beast/Open Zion)

Noted Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef eulogizes his own late mother. (Tahrir Squared)