News:
Two Palestinians [1] storm a synagogue [2] in West Jerusalem [3], killing [4] four [5] people [6]. (New York Times/AP/Washington Post/Ma’an/Ha’aretz/JTA)
Israeli [7] police says the victims [8] of the synagogue attack are American [9] and British [10] citizens. (JTA/Ha’aretz/Ynet/Jerusalem Post)
Pres. Abbas [11] condemns [12] the Jerusalem synagogue attack. (Ma’an/JTA)
Sec. Kerry [13] condemns the Jerusalem [14] synagogue attack [15]. (AP/Ha’aretz/Times of Israel)
PM Netanyahu [16] blames Abbas [17] for the attack and calls for an emergency meeting. (Times of Israel/Ynet)
Economy Minister Bennett says Abbas is one the “biggest [18]” Palestinian terrorists. (Ha’aretz)
Shin Bet Chief Cohen says Abbas is not encouraging terrorism [19]. (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas [20] praises [21] the attack. (Ma’an/PNN)
Israeli forces detain 12 relatives of two Palestinian men [22] who had earlier attacked a synagogue in Jerusalem. (Ma’an)
Reuters [23] looks at the chronology of major incidents in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the occupied West Bank since June. (Reuters)
The EU deplores Israeli plans [24] to build new settlements [25] on occupied Palestinian territory [26]. (AFP/Ha’aretz/Ynet)
Jewish extremist settlers attack a Palestinian school [27] in the occupied West Bank. (Ma’an)
Hamas leader Radwan calls to dismantle the Palestinian unity government [28]. (Times of Israel)
Sweden [29] says it is not considering opening an embassy in Ramallah. (AFP)
Egypt will expand its buffer zone [30] to a town bordering Gaza. (New York Times)
A Syrian military airstrike kills 13 people in Aleppo [31]. (AP)
FM Cavusoglu says Turkey could face an influx of 2-3 million additional Syrian refugees [32]. (Reuters)
Iraqi security forces reportedly enter the Baiji refinery [33] for the first time since ISIS captured it. (Reuters)
The Iraqi government says ISIS extremists have stolen more than one million tonnes of grain [34] and taken it to Syria. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia fears ISIS wants a sectarian war in the Kingdom [35]. (Reuters)
ISIS extremists delay deadline for executing seven Lebanese soldiers [36]. (The National)
Britain urges Iran to show more “flexibility [37]” in nuclear talks. (Reuters)
Commentary:
Avi Issacharoff [38] looks at the Hamas connection to the Jerusalem synagogue terror attack. (Times of Israel)
Anshel Pfeffer [39] says that what is happening in Jerusalem is not a third intifada. (Ha’aretz)
Elhanan Miller [40] says Hamas and Fatah are using the Legislative Council to settle political scores with Abbas. (Times of Israel)
Nahum Barnea [41] says Netanyahu is preparing for an election. (Ynet)
Salman Masalha [42] says Palestinian citizens of Israel have rights and responsibilities. (Ha’aretz)
Hassan Barari [43] says the Obama administration has finally understood that its Syria strategy is not working. (Jordan Times)
Faisal Al Yafai [44] says Iran has steadily expanded its influence across the Arab world - a deal on its nuclear programme will not change that. (The National)
Abdallah Schleifer [45] looks at the current situation in Libya. (Al Arabiya)
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