The Role of Hamas in the Formation of Global Jihadi Networks in Sinai - Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

PA TV music video honors killer of 13  - Itamar Marcus (PMW) Palestinian Authority TV dedicated a program to terrorist Nasser Awais, who is serving 14 life sentences for murder in multiple terror attacks. These include an attack on guests at a Bat-Mitzva celebration and the killing of a baby. Throughout the program, the PA TV moderator refers to Awais as "the heroic fighter" or the "heroic prisoner."

Will the West Bank Become the Next Islamic Emirate?  - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)

Al Qaeda in Spain Alive, Well and Making Trouble - Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute)

BBC Man Lands New York Times Top Job - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting) Outgoing BBC director general Mark Thompson has been named president and chief executive of the New York Times. This is the same Mark Thompson who was forced to concede to a UK parliamentary hearing that the BBC had got it wrong over coverage of the Itamar massacre. Indeed, this is the same director general that has overseen a wealth of anti-Israel bias at the BBC since he became director general in 2004.