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Ask the Taliban (MEMRI)

Iran plotted to bomb Israeli ship in Suez Canal - Yoel Goldman (Times of Israel) Egypt foiled an Iranian plot to attack an Israeli ship in the Suez Canal.

Four current PA TV songs misrepresent Jaffa, Haifa and 20 other Israeli cities  and regions as parts of "Palestine"- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti: "Destroy All the Churches" - Clifford D. May (National Review)
Saudi Arabia's Top Sheikh: "Necessary to Destroy All Churches" - Nasim Rehmatullah and Harris Zafar (Washington Post)
Saudi Arabia Removes Some Antisemitic Content from New Edition of School Textbooks (MEMRI)

Secret Files Reveal 9,000 Nazi War Criminals Fled to South America after WWII - Allan Hall (Daily Mail-UK) 

Women Under Siege: Documenting sexualized violence in Syria (Women's Media Center) 
Syria's Circassians "Seek Return" to Russia -Marc Bennetts (RIA Novosti-Russia)

U.S. Leaking Information to Media to Thwart Israeli Strike on Iran - Ron Ben-Yishai (Ynet News)
Making a Federal Case Out of Jerusalem - Rick Richman (Commentary)

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Please check out this event in New York and on the web: Ahmed Rashid – Pakistan on the Brink (Asia Society) Tune in to AsiaSociety.org/Live March 26 , 2012 6:30pm - 8:30pm E.T. for a free live video webcast. Viewers are encouraged to submit questions.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan and the Long War - George Friedman (Stratfor)

Egypt

Egyptian Presidential Candidate and Former CAIR Official Bassem Khafagy: "I Never Loved the US, the Infidel Country" (Al-Hekma TV - MEMRI)

Former Egyptian Diplomat Gamal Bayoumi, Secretary-General of Arab Investors Union, Defends Peace with Israel: It Allowed Us 40 Years of Building up Egypt's Economic Power (Al-Tahrir TV - MEMRI)

Europe

EU Foreign Minister Denies Linking Toulouse Attack to Gaza - Barak Ravid and Jonathan Lis (Ha'aretz) 

Police Warned Two Years Ago about Radical Islamist in Toulouse - Raphael Ahren (Times of Israel) 

Israel

Blood Libel 2.0 - Joy Hymans (Times of Israel)

Japan

Japan: contributing $12 million to support Palestinian presence in Jordan Valley because it is strategic - Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)

Libya

Journalist held in Libya as Welsh mistaken for Hebrew (BBC)

Saudi Wahhabism Expands into Libya- Jacques Neriah (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) 

PA/Hamas/Fatah/Islamic Jihad/Popular Resistance Committees 

Abbas honors terrorists - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Hamas No Longer the Major Player in Gaza - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)

-Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees, the two groups who were behind the rocket and mortar attacks on Israel, have proven that Hamas is no longer the major player in Gaza. Hamas will now have to live with the fact that these two groups pose a challenge to its control over Gaza.

-On a number of occasions in the past, Hamas security forces did not hesitate to detain members of Islamic Jihad and the PRC who violated previous truces with Israel. Now, for the first time, Hamas refrained from taking action against the armed groups.

Syria
Syrian Rebellion Is Growing (Der Spiegel-Germany) 

Report: Syrian Troops Threw Civilians from Rooftops - Roi Kais (Ynet News) 

United States of America

Iran, Hizbullah and the Threat to the Homeland (House Committee on Homeland Security)

NYPD: Iran Has Conducted Surveillance in NYC- Eileen Sullivan (AP)
Mogahed Questions Assad's Anti-Israel Bonafides  Dalia Mogahed, a Muslim adviser to President Obama, is under fire for tweets suggesting that Syrian President Bashar Assad is insufficiently hostile to Israel. (IPT News)

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Egypt

Egypt's Parliament Wants Israel's Ambassador Out - Hamza Hendawi (AP) 

Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Is the Presidency Next?  - Aidan Clay (Stonegate Institute)

IranNetanyahu: Gaza Equals Iran (Prime Minister's Office) 

Iran's War in Gaza - Jonathan Schanzer (Foreign Policy) 

Iran's Stealth Financial Partners in Latin America - Otto Reich and Ezequiel Vazquez Ger (Miami Herald) 

PA/Hamas/Fatah

Fake photos of escalation posted on Twitter - Ruth Eglash (Jerusalem Post)
Islamic Jihad's Incessant Rocket Fire - Avi Issacharoff  (Ha'aretz)

"Corrupt" Palestinian Leadership Slammed by Palestinian Activist- Alison Goldberg (South African Jewish Report) 

PA historical revision: Judean Shekel coin from 66 CE  is "ancient Palestinian coin" and part of the "Palestinian cultural tradition" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Israel Calls on UN to Condemn Rocket Attacks from Gaza - Herb Keinon and Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)

PA cartoon criticizes Palestinian leaders for deaths of Palestinians in Gaza fighting - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Gazans Cheer Rockets Fired at Israel - Patrick Martin (Globe and Mail-Canada)  

Saudia Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Succession Labyrinth (Stratfor)

Saudi Daily Calls to Hold Gulf-wide Dialogue with Al-Qaeda (MEMRI)

Syria

The Real WMD Nightmare Is Syria - Charles P. Blair (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) 

United Arab Emirates

The UAE Brotherhood: Loyal to whom?  - Adel Al Toraifi (Asharq al-Awsat)

United States of America

IPT Exclusive: Under Oath, Alamoudi Ties MAS To Brotherhood  (IPT News)

The Muslim American Society (MAS) was created as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in America, and continues to serve that function today.

Did you happen to see The Daily Show last night? You may find humor in the 

offensive rhetoric, but it was also mightily misleading. UNESCO was created for 

lofty purposes, but under the current Director-General of UNESCO, it has become a propaganda platform for the delegitimization of Israel. As a reminder of why the

US shouldn't support UNESCO, please recall that among other actions, UNESCO 

elected Syria to human rights committees, funded a Palestinian magazine 

glorifying Hitler, and violated US law by admitting the Palestinian Authority.

See also: The Daily Show's Unfunny Segment on Palestinians and UNESCO - Steven Stotsky (CAMERA)

I hope you don't mind that this week's update is a little early. Next week will resume on Friday. Please click the blue links to see the full story.

Iran
German Paper: North Korea Tested Nuclear Warhead for Iran - Omri Ceren (Commentary)

PA/Hamas/Fatah

PA TV song accuses Israel of fighting Palestinians in God's name - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PA Media Watch)

Syria

Saudi Arabia Is Arming the Syrian Opposition- Jonathan Schanzer (Foreign Policy/FDD)

Turkey
Turkey Foils Plot to Kidnap Free Syrian Army Commander (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

United States

Rep. Peter King, Muslim leaders back NYPD in spy controversy -  Rocco Parasandola (New York Daily News)

The Anti-Islamist Muslim Voice - Phyllis Chesler (PJMedia) 

Chicago Police Dept. Embraces Hamas Front  (IPT News)

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Afghanistan

From Bad to Worse in Afghanistan  (IPT News)

Cutting the Afghan Security Forces: economics trumps military necessity - CJ Radin  (The Long War Journal)

Canada

The Return of the Israel Apartheid Week Cult - Jonathan Kay (National Post-Canada)
In Syria, the Assad regime continues to rain artillery on rebel positions in the city of Homs, killing journalists and innocent civilians alike. Iran's mullahs are set to execute a Canadian citizen for the crime of operating a web site they don't like. The new Libyan regime is torturing Gaddafi loyalists. And Egypt's rulers are prosecuting NGO leaders on trumped-up charges. And so next week, Canadian activists will congregate in Toronto to express their hatred of ... Israel. The 8th annual Israel Apartheid Week will take place March 5-9.

Iran

Iran would ‘play victim’ if attacked, Obama warns before meeting Netanyahu (Al Arabiya with Agencies)

Pentagon prepares “aerial refueling” for Israeli planes striking Iran (DEBKAfile) 

Pakistan

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Inside a school for suicide bombers (Ted) - Video

PA/Hamas/Fatah

Palestinians Protest Israeli Medical Visit - Khaled Abu Toameh   (Jerusalem Post)  Workers at the medical compound accused the PA of engaging in "normalization" with Israel.
AFP Defense of Dubious Photo Raises Additional Discrepancies - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA)

Sbarro Terrorist Gets TV Show - Elior Levy (Ynet News) 

Qatar

UN Middle East Envoy Participates in "International Conference for the Defense of Jerusalem" - Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)

Syria
British photographer Paul Conroy evacuated from Homs in daring rescue that cost 13 lives - Ruth Sherlock, Beirut and David Blair (The Telegraph)

Free Syrian Army Commander: Iran, Hizbullah Aiding Assad in Syria - Amr Ahmed (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) 

United States

Why Muslim Student Group Concerned the NYPD  (IPT News)

More Silence of The Times - Andrea Levin (CAMERA)

Israeli Reform rabbis beg Obama to free Pollard - Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post) US counterparts feel the president is close to action.