NEWS:
Israeli warplanes [1] bomb an area south of Beirut [2], in retaliation for rockets fired into Israel [3]. (The Daily Star/New York Times)
Two explosions [4] rock the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. (AP)
Israel may be preparing to approve 1,500 new settlement units [5] in occupied East Jerusalem. (PNN)
The PA calls on the Middle East Quartet [6] to stop Israel's settlement expansions. (Ma'an)
Israel calls anti-Japanese statements [7] by one of its officials "unacceptable." (AP)
Pres. Abbas says the prisoner release issue [8] is separate from peace talks. (Ma'an)
Abbas says there has been no progress [9] in peace talks. (PNN)
Abbas affirms [10] a peace agreement would end all claims [11] against Israel. (Ha'aretz/Times of Israel)
Abbas will host Rosh Hashanah [12] with Israeli MKs. (Jerusalem Post)
Israel expels a freed Palestinian [13] prisoner from the West Bank to Gaza. (Xinhua)
Israel's chief negotiator Livni calls on the Labor Party [14] to join the coalition and support peace talks with the Palestinians. (Xinhua)
Masked men stab [15] a PA intelligence officer near Nablus. (Ma'an)
Hamas claims the youth movement calling for its ouster in Gaza was "trained by Egyptian intelligence." [16] (Jerusalem Post)
The leader of a Salafist group in Gaza calls for a "Jihad" [17] against the new Egyptian government. (Al Monitor)
Bedouins deny harboring militants [18] as the conflict in Sinai intensifies. (Al Monitor)
Ultra-Orthodox tourism [19] is thriving in Israel. (The Media Line)
Settlers and other Israelis complain Palestinians are "crossing freely" [20] into Israel from certain parts of the West Bank. (Jerusalem Post)
COMMENTARY:
Ha'aretz [21] says Israel should scrap proposed laws defining its "Jewish character" and move to integrate its Arab minority. (Ha'aretz)
Yair Ettinger [22] says Israelis need to understand they can no longer rely on automatic support from Jewish Americans. (Ha'aretz)
Uri Savir [23] says few Israeli politicians are honest with the public about the need for a peace agreement with the Palestinians. (Jerusalem Post)
Avi Issacharoff [24] says Hamas is defiantly pushing back against Egypt, Israel and its recent losses. (Times of Israel)
Sarah Seltzer [25] says, in a battle of competing boycotts, both Alice Walker and the University of Michigan Center for Education for Women are wrong. (The Forward)
Nathan Guttman [26] says Israeli-Turkish relations are once again collapsing, despite US efforts at reconciliation. (The Forward)
Barın Kayaoğlu [27] says PM Erdogan's latest remarks critical of Israel reflect a broader anti-Semitism. (Al Monitor)
Meir Javedanfar [28] looks at the strained relationship between Hamas and Hezbollah. (Al Monitor)
Mazal Mualem interviews MK Issawi Frej [29], who explains why he joined a left-wing Israeli party. (Al Monitor)
Nabila Ramdani [30] says, for peace to succeed, it's necessary for Sec. Kerry to understand what daily life under occupation is like. (New Statesman)
Sherine Bahaa [31] questions the usefulness of the new peace talks. (Ahram Weekly)
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