• Israeli embassies are mobilizing to fight hard to deter votes for Palestinian statehood in the U.N. General Assembly, according to secret cables. [Haaretz]
• In a victory for the United States, the International Atomic Energy Agency censured Syria and referred it to the U.N. Security Council for alleged nuclear violations. [WSJ]
• A Syrian refugee problem is starting to mount for Turkey [NYT]
• Yossi Alpher suggests more creative solutions to Gaza then simply continuing the blockade in light of Egypt’s recent opening of the Rafah crossing. [JPost]
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz, a Jewish Pennsylvanian, became the first Democrat to call for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign (Rep. Eric Cantor did several days ago). [JTA]
• Leonard B. Stern, who wrote for funny television shows and created Mad Libs, died at 88. [NYT]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.