Saturday, February 28, 2026

The Jewish holiday of Purim is March 2. If you celebrate, Happy Purim and be careful. Please do not attend any celebrations without security. 
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The US and Israel have launched an attack on Iran, targeting all of Iran's political and military leadership. The goal appears to be to create conditions for the overthrow of the Iranian regime.

Iran responded by firing missiles at Israel, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, and possibly Saudi Arabia, simultaneously. Shanaka Anslem Perera suggests Iran gave every country in the Middle East a reason to retaliate against Iran. https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2027696194642968626?s=20

In the U.S., criticism of the war is mostly coming from the fact that the President launched a war without authorization from Congress.

Norway, China, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, and Chile are the most vocal international critics of US strikes, saying the strikes on Iran are “not in line” with international law. Where was international law when the Iranian regime slaughtered tens of thousands of protesters? Where was it when Iran rained ballistic missiles on Tel Aviv? Where was it when the innocent Ukrainians died because Iran chose to side with Russia, sell them drones and missiles, and teach them how to make Shaheds?

As US positions military for war with Iran, concerns about U.S. readiness are rising. In a high intensity war with China over Taiwan, the US would run out of key resources, high tech weapons systems, in weeks. If we expend a lot of weapons and effort in Iran, some say we're over-committed, we leave many allies unprotected - Baltic states, S. Korea, Taiwan. (JUDJA Webinar with Max Boot and Larry Diamond) https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/military-power-buildup-us-iran-intl-vis and https://www.csis.org/analysis/empty-bins-wartime-environment-challenge-us-defense-industrial-base
Zineb Riboua of the Hudson Institute suggests eliminating the threat of Iran will allow Washington to concentrate on China: Beijing depends on Iran for discounted energy, Belt and Road transit corridors, and strategic depth against American influence in the Gulf. Neutralizing Iranian capacity to destabilize the region degrades the infrastructure of Chinese power projection well beyond it.
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I am of the belief that journalism should inform, not execuse behavior or paint a softer picture — not selectively edit reality
Media 
>"Iran says," and the media repeats. Without verification. - The Telegraph, NBC News, and Wall Street Journal all distribute Iranian regime propaganda (40 school children killed) as facts. The Telegraph and NBC attribute missiles to Israel; the WSJ doesn't specifically attribute the strike to either Israel or the US. 
>Media’s Belated Truth-Telling on Gaza 
>Doctors Without Borders Finally Admits Presence Of Palestinian Terrorists Inside Gaza Hospital; Media Dutifully Ignores
>Who Edits the Truth? Wikipedia, Reddit, and the Battle for Reality Key Takeaways - Wikipedia is just not a site you visit. It is an infrastructure layer that reaches you through Google and AI, which turns coordinated editing into a fight over what reality looks like online….
>Media Fall Silent on Palestinian Draft Constitution
>Three Pro-Palestinian Films Nominated for Academy Awards  (Times of Israel) Three well-produced, deeply biased "historical dramas" ("All That's Left of You,"  "Palestine 36,"  "The Voice of Hind Rajab") nominated for Academy Awards ignore the origins, context and complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and cast Palestinians as noble victims at the hands of violent, inhumane Jews, rather than as aggressors.  See also The Shape-Shifting >Story of Hind Rajab (Substack-16Oct2025)
>The Public Library of Science - a respected, peer-reviewed journal published an article by a Hamas (terrorist organization) official. This appears to be "part of a well-organized campaign to normalize hostility to the Jewish state across mainstream culture." https://www.jns.org/after-jns-query-scholarly-journal-probing-if-article-by-hamas-health-official-violated-policies/
>CNN Rewrites Israel's Past, Ignores Contemperaneous Sources
>Hamas propaganda via medical research study goes unchecked by ABC News

AFGHANISTAN
CANADA
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
ICJ Shenaningans. First the Chief Prosecutor is being investigated for sexual abuse, and now Khaled Al-Shouli, a French-Palestinian lawyer who led a 2024 ICC complaint accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza, is facing preliminary charges in France for allegedly financing Hamas through humanitarian aid channels -  allegedly laundering €1.5M for Hamas.
IRAN
>Iran transferred $1.7b. to terror proxies through cryptocurrency service Binance last year
ISRAEL
>Israel reportedly warned Lebanon that the country would be hit hard if Hezbollah joins any Iranian military action targeting the Jewish state.
Oxfam sued for “toxic antisemitic culture” The scrutiny of MSF comes amid broader criticism of international aid organizations’ conduct regarding the Gaza conflict…the former CEO of Oxfam GB announced she is suing the charity, alleging a “toxic antisemitic culture” and claiming she faced pressure to prematurely use the term genocide to describe Israel’s military campaign... “And I say that as a Muslim woman…” https://www.timesofisrael.com/doctors-without-borders-suspends-activities-at-gaza-hospital-due-to-presence-of-gunmen/ and https://www.channel4.com/news/former-oxfam-ceo-takes-charity-to-court-over-accusations-of-racism-and-antisemitism
PAKISTAN
Some Pakistanis are demanding the closure of Qatar’s Al Jazeera offices in Pakistan, accusing the outlet of supporting terrorist propaganda. Al Jazeera called a terrorist (suicide bomber), who rammed an explosive-laden motorcycle into a Pakistani security forces' convoy, "a fighter". The Doha-headquartered channel has not been banned or suspended in the country.
PALESTINIANS/FATAH/HAMAS
>PA official praises terrorist from lynch and murder of two Israelis in Ramallah
>Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has released a sizable list of high-ranking commanders killed during the war, particularly second-in-commands of many key units. Notable IDs, including journalists, doctors, and Fadi Jihad Mohammed al-Wadiyya (ID# 802854323, age 33) , a physiotherapist working for Doctors Without Borders and the deputy head of their military.
TURKEY
>Erdogan's Sunni Noose: Turkey's Bid to Encircle Israel - Turkey, Egypt an Saudi Arabia create news alliance with which to screw over Israel. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22292/erdogan-sunni-noose-encircle-israel
USA
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Attends Friday Prayers At Al Khoei Islamic Center In Queens – Linked To Alavi Foundation Cited By The DOJ As An Iranian Front https://www.memri.org/tv/nyc-mamdani-al-khoei-iran-alavi-mahdi-prayer
UN
Twelve Palestinian aid workers were slaughtered by Hamas, which piled their corpses in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres  knew about it and refused to condemn Hamas. https://www.jns.org/three-months-after-it-shuttered-what-was-the-gaza-humanitarian-foundation/

ON CAMPUS
>First, UCLA has NOT cancelled Bari Weiss. It was Bari's/CBS security team who asked for postponement due to insufficient safety measures. Second, UCLA is still considering inviting Bari to deliver the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture, in person, at a later date. Third, Professor Margaret Peters serving as the Associate Director of the Burkle Center for International Relations has said she plans to resign if Weiss speaks. The faculty of the political science department at UCLA are currently examining the behavior of their member, Professor Margaret Peters, and are considering withdrawing their support for her serving as the Associate Director of the Burkle Center for International Relations. I hope you find it is abhorrent as I that Weiss's team has to worry about security on campus. Is this part of a steady march toward the slow possibly inexorable removal of Jews from campus life?
Meanwhile, UCLA continues to employ "distinguished"  Professors Khaled Abu El Fadi and Robin Kelly. El Fadi notoriusly blamed Israel and Jews for Hamas' atrocities on 10/7 and Kelly is part of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Both are likely in part responsible for the security threats to Weiss.
>Justice Department Files Suit Against University of California for Antisemitic Hostile Work Environment https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-suit-against-university-california-antisemitic-hostile-work
>Princeton University, which at one time had notoriously imposed disciplinary sanctions on conservatives and Zionists that are generally reserved for alleged sexual predators, has not stopped Finkelstein from coming to campus. Princeton University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter has canceled this year’s annual lecture by Norman Finkelstein, a stridently anti-Israel activist.
>Dallas-Fort Worth Teacher’s Union's invited Palestinian Youth Movement, Code Pink, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the Revolutionary Front to their May Day Coalition Panel. https://app.activistmailer.com/EJHPE_Dallas_Alliance_AFT_Hosted_Extremist_antiZionist_Coalition

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Thursday, February 19, 2026

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal came to Israel’s defense during a parliamentary session

EmojiIs the US preparing for a long war? Reports of massive movement of military resources to the Middle East. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-preparing-potentially-weeks-long-iran-operations-2026-02-13/
EmojiIranian diplomats ferrying millions in cash to Hezbollah https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602113103

Ireland and Israel are scheduled to play a soccer game. There have been numerous calls for violence against the Israelis, even by an elected Dublin County Councillor, Cllr. John Burtchaell. The match is likely going to be held abroad because Ireland cannot guarantee the physical safety of players and fans of a national soccer team.

EmojiIsraeli hostage describes being sexually assaulted 'almost every single day' during 482 days in Gaza

Lebanese and Israeli participants in the Munich Security Conference came together for the first time to discuss strategies for fully dismantling Hezbollah.
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Weapons Depots And Launch Sites In Southern Lebanon - The IDF carried out strikes on weapons storage facilities and launch sites belonging to Hezbollah in several areas of southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, Hezbollah has continued efforts to rebuild terror infrastructure in the region with the aim of harming Israel. The presence of the targeted weapons was described as a violation of understandings between Israel and Lebanon and a risk to local residents. The IDF said it will continue operating to remove any  threat to the State of Israel.

EmojiEmojiFatah glorifies Munich Olympics massacre ahead of 2026 Winter Olympics https://pal.watch/41908
EmojiThe Palestinians' Other Big Lie -That Muslims are able to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem every week shows that Hamas's claim that the Jews are desecrating the mosque and plotting to control it is another big lie produced by the terror group and its supporters.https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22267/palestinians-al-aqsa-lie
EmojiEverything You Need to Know About Gaza’s Fatality Numbers 
EmojiPA draft constitution omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, formalizes pay for slay -Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has published a draft constitution for a future Palestinian state. The document designates Islam as the official religion, names Sharia principles as the primary source of legislation. It also enshrines the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinian people and commits the state to supporting families of “martyrs” and prisoners — effectively embedding the controversial terror stipend policy into constitutional law, raising serious concerns over the vision being advanced.
EmojiTurkey: Funding a mosque in Gaza named after Abdullah Azzam - the man who mentored Osama bin Laden and co-founded Al-Qaeda https://www.jpost.com/international/article-886716

Review of the Qatari National Curriculum 2025-2026 (IMPACT-se)

EmojiSyria: 30 days under siege. No medical supplies. No aid. Local NGOs are issuing dire warnings: the people of Kobane urgently need medical assistance. 600,000 displaced from hundreds of surrounding villages, trapped in a deepening humanitarian catastrophe. https://hawarnews.com/en/kobani-thirty-days-under-siege
EmojiThe U.S. is withdrawing its remaining ~ 1,000 troops from Syria. And the United States disclosed that it carried out more than 30 strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria over the past two weeks, hitting weapons depots, infrastructure, and communications sites. The operations are part of Operation Hawkeye Strike. According to US Central Command, over  50 ISIS terrorists have been killed or captured and more than 100 terror-linked targets destroyed in two months of precision strikes.

Wonderful, Wonderful Feminists in Sheffield, UK https://phyllischesler.substack.com/p/wonderful-wonderful-feminists-in

UN
EmojiThe Islamic regime in Iran has just been elected Vice-Chair of the U.N. Commission for Social Development, whose priority theme will be promoting democracy, gender equality, and ensuring tolerance and non-violence.https://bsky.app/profile/kristinmreid.bsky.social/post/3mem5hupv7k2r
EmojiU.N. chief António Guterres (finally) distances himself from Francesca Albanese. This follows her rejection now by foreign ministers of France, Germany, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy. Albanese has already been under U.S. sanctions since last year.  Sign petition to expel Albanese https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/expel-francesca-albanese?source=bluesky&
EmojiSee the film UNraveling UNRWA 

US
EmojiMamdani refuses to condemn ‘Hot Girls for Zohran’ head’s pro-Hamas, antisemitic conspiracy posts. Lander can't explain how hired the same person. https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/mamdani-refuses-condemn-gilani-antisemitic-posts/?

MEDIA - Journalism should inform — not selectively edit reality.
CNN rolls out red carpet for Tehran’s top propagandist - VIDEO 
The New York Times rebrands anti-Zionism as ‘sharp criticism’

ON CAMPUS
EmojiAmerican University and DePaul University have suspended SJP through 2027.
EmojiCAMERA report exposes antisemitic radicalization in School District of Philadelphia 
EmojiThere's a movement targeting children's summer camps in Canada! - They say it's because "Israel,"  but the goal is to make Jewish life impossible under the guise of social justice. https://ontariocampsassociation.ca/about/special-statements/
EmojiCUNY event praising Hamas tunnels is being led by a Columbia postdoc, Hadeel Assali. Her dissertation on the tunnels was advised by Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, Zohran Mamdani's father. Support for terrorism is everywhere at Columbia, and it's being exported citywide https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-public-law-school-to-host-event-on-hamas-tunnels-as-resistance-to-colonization/
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Sunday, February 8, 2026

TURKEY supports the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas and has one of the world's largest armies. The Syrian city of Kobani, still controlled by Kurds, is currently encircled on three sides by al-Sharaa's army and affiliated militias, while the border with Turkey remains closed. President Trump has assembled Israel’s most bitter, lethal enemies in the Board of Peace. Their first meeting will be in our nation’s Capital, Thursday, February 19. As of now, Israel will not be attending. A top priority for the BoP is the “Gaza Peace Plan” for which the US is pressuring Israel to allow Turkish troops on its southern border. Turkey is already present in Syria, Israel’s northern border. Read more here, here, and here.
> *A New Axis Takes Shape*– The New York Times released satellite imagery of an Egyptian airbase reportedly being used to allow Turkey to launch strikes on targets in Sudan. Analysts warn that deepening military coordination between Ankara and Cairo could extend beyond Africa—potentially toward Israel. After years of confronting a ShiÊ¿ite-led axis, Israel now faces the prospect of a far broader – and potentially more dangerous – Sunni alignment. 
>Turkey and Egypt Finalize $350 Million Weapons Deal - The deal includes Egypt's purchase of Turkey's Tolga air defense system, designed to intercept drones and UAVs, and  the establishment of a factory in Egypt for producing 155mm artillery shells.https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-turkey-enter-new-era-of-military-cooperation-with-joint-production-of-hamza-drones
>Lawmakers, witnesses push back on Syria sanctions effort, urge Turkish-Israeli rapprochement -Some US lawmakers (both Democrats and Republicans) justify support  for Al-Julani and Turkey's spreading tentacles as a counter to Russian influence. Meanwhile,  ErdoÄŸan has  accused Israel of being the "primary obstacle" to a stable Syria.
>Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to invest $2 billion to build solar and wind projects in Turkey.
>With Saudi Arabia shifting and Turkey consolidating its power in Syria, the regional map is being redrawn leaving Israel to face complex new adversaries.  Ask Haviv Anything  

EGYPT
Article In Egyptian State Daily: Israel Is Controlled By A Group Of Jewish Terrorists No Better Than Al-Qaeda Or ISIS; The International Coalition Against Terrorism Must Fight It -Note Egypt's growing antiIsrael alignment with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. https://www.memri.org/reports/article-egyptian-state-daily-israel-controlled-group-jewish-terrorists-no-better-al-qaeda-or

MEDIA
Google partners with Al Jazeera to develop AI
White House taps Hamas-sympathetic Drop Site News in press corps rotation
https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/drop-site-news-white-house-press-corps-new-media-seat/?utm_source=jis
New York Times Doesn’t Bother Telling You This Key Detail About Its Favorite Gaza Doctor -
A response to War on The Rocks -  the IDF has used every civilian harm mitigation procedure created in the last 20 years of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency campaigns and then invented many never used in the history of war https://x.com/SpencerGuard/status/2019124749293465750?s=20
How a Small-Town U.S. Magazine Published October 7 Atrocity Denial https://honestreporting.com/how-a-small-town-u-s-magazine-published-october-7-atrocity-denial/
The shameful disinformation over the Gaza death toll
The Silent Genocide of Syria's Minorities – Part 3: Diplomatic Treachery and Media Malpractice
US media casts Israel as villain while burying UNRWA terror ties
The Washington Post eliminated its entire Middle East team in cuts that included 30% of its staff.
Actress Sarah Maria Sander Loses Lead Role Because of Pro-Israel Video -Schauspielerin Sarah Maria Sander verliert Hauptrolle wegen Pro-Israel-Video,”   https://journalistenwatch.com/2026/01/29/schauspielerin-sarah-maria-sander-verliert-hauptrolle-wegen-pro-israel-video/#google_vignette

ON CAMPUS
WESPAC’s filing definitively demonstrates that the post-Oct 7th anti-Israel protest movement was not a spontaneous, volunteer grassroots phenomenon, as often claimed. https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/wespacs-irs-filing-funding-protests-antisemitic-ngos/

PALESTINIANS/GAZA/PA
US Treasury Exposes and Disrupts Hamas’s Covert Support Network
Beneath Gaza, Israel's war with Hamas has only begun
Researcher on Palestinian Authority television: "We all know" Palestinians risked their own kids' lives to collect Pay-for-Slay
PA's rewarding of terrorist prisoners and the families of injured and so-called Martyrs with high monthly salaries incentivizes terror. But even PMW could not imagine that Palestinian parents would intentionally bring their children to areas of conflict so that they would be injured, and expose them to possibly a worse fate, only to get that monthly PA salary. https://palwatch.org/page/41884
 
QATAR
Qatar's Global War on Israel

SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia is ramping up efforts to build out its renewable energy and green hydrogen industries to diversify away from fossil fuels, following a similar approach to the UAE.  Two years ago Saudi Arabia had no grid-scale batteries installed and now it ranks fifth globally for annual installed capacity https://www.ft.com/content/c8317604-f31e-4e10-b52e-9b3b248af403
Saudi Arabia Signed $3B Investment Deals With Syria
The USA and Saudi armed forces announced the completion of a joint drill as tensions grow against the Iranian axis. https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/why-the-us-is-staging-major-air-drills-near-iran-amid-a-military-buildup-as-tensions-soar-1.500423289

SYRIA
The Jihad Against Syria's Minorities: A Documentary Call to Act
Chevron has signed a preliminary agreement with Syria’s state-owned oil company 

UN
UN free speech envoy Irene Khan never visited regimes that persecute dissenters like China, Russia, Iran or Cuba. Instead, she just went to inspect...Germany. Her primary concern? They “restrict Palestinian advocacy.”  https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/02/germany-un-expert-warns-space-freedom-expression-shrinking-amidst-growing

CONFERENCES
This is how Qatar and others spread propaganda. Conferences, forums, media summits, academic events, galas — almost every one features some anti-Israel framing.

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