Egypt   
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Celebrates Conquest of Jerusalem - Michael Petrou (Macleans-Canada)

 Egypt Seizes Arms Shipment from Libya to Gaza - Mel Frykberg (McClatchy)

 Egypt Court Sentences Eight to Death over Prophet Film - Sarah El Deeb (AP)

Europe
Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism - George Friedman (Stratfor)
 

Israel
Israel, Gaza, and Double Standards - Col. Richard Kemp (Jewish Chronicle-UK)

Iran

Iranian Blogger Who Told Supreme Leader Khamenei "Your Judicial System...Is Nothing But a Slaughterhouse" Tortured to Death in Prison (MEMRI)

Iran Escalates Executions and Amputations - Hugh Tomlinson (Times-UK)

Jewish Woman Brutally Murdered in Iran - Ilan Ben Zion (Times of Israel)
 

Mexico

Congressional Report Ties Middle East Terrorists to Mexican Drug Cartels - Matthew Boyle (Daily Caller)

Palestinians
Hamas' Smuggling Tunnels and What National Geographic Does Not Want You to Know (CAMERA)
Hamas: Killing Jews is worship of Allah - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Gazans Say "Thank You Iran" - Nidal al-Mughrabi (Reuters)

Turkey

Turkey Accuses Israel of "Ethnic Cleansing" in Gaza (AFP)
Baby-Killers vs. Innocent Baby-Killers - Burak Bekdil (Hurriyet-Turkey)

United States

The Obama Administration's PR Campaign for Morsi and the MB (IPT News)

As many of you know, I was on vacation last week. While catching up on my reading, I managed to finish my October issue of The Atlantic where I found Sarah A. Topol's Tea and Kidnapping:  In the desert with the world’s friendliest hostage-takers. It seems kidnapping or hostage-taking is epidemic in the Sinai. "Between February and early July, Bedouin tribesmen took three pairs of Americans, three South Koreans, a pair of Brazilians, and a Singaporean on “safaris” lasting between a few hours and several days." Ms. Topol spent several pages writing about the pleasures of being kidnapped by Bedouins deep within Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. No where was there any mention of the far different experience of the 10,000 Eritreans kidnapped over the past four years. Then this Sunday, I found this story buried in the back of The Sunday Times: Egypt Kidnap Gangs Burn Eritrean Captives Alive by Lucy Fisher. Click here to read the full story.

Where's the outrage? Why such a gap in coverage, when clearly there are journalists crawling all over the area?

Compare this week's headlines at the New York Times with USA Today's and an editorial in the Wall Street Journal. 

Gaza strikes intensify, frightening Israelis By Michele Chabin, Special for USA TODAY 

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Ferocious Israeli Assault on Gaza Kills a Leader of Hamas By Isabel Kershner and Feres Akram, New York Times

vs

Israel Finally Retaliates Against Hamas Missile Attacks - Editorial, Wall Street Journal. 

For more details see: Timeline of Gaza-Israel Cross-Border Violence (CAMERA)

Canada

Canada Condemns Hamas, Stands with Israel (AP-CBC News)

Canadian Muslim barber sued for refusing to cut woman’s hair (Al Arabiya News)

Egypt

Rockets Fired from Egypt into Israel (Al-Masry Al-Youm-Egypt)     Egyptian military sources confirmed on Wednesday that rockets were launched from the Egyptian border town of Rafah toward Israel. The two countries are forming a joint military committee at Israel's request to determine the circumstances surrounding the rocket launch. 

Great Britain
Britain: Hamas to Blame for Gaza Crisis with Israel (BBC News)

Iran

Experts: "Robust" EU Sanctions No Match for Tehran's Tricks- Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)

Saudis' Proxy War Against Iran - Joseph Braude (Tablet)

Iraq

Is The US Scheming To Kill Giant Iraqi-Russian Weapons Deal? -Ivan Safronov, Yelena Chernenko (KOMMERSANT/Worldcrunch)

Israel
Israel Seeks to Minimize Casualties by Warning Gaza's Civilians  (Israel Defense Forces)
Three Killed in Israel by Gaza Rocket Fire (Ynet News) See also 70 Israelis Injured in Palestinian Rocket Attacks (Jerusalem Post)
Israelis in Sderot Have Faced Ten Years of Rocket Fire - Ben Hartman (Jerusalem Post)
Video: 15 Seconds to Save Your Mama - When rockets are fired from Gaza, the residents of southern Israel have 15 seconds to get to shelter. 15 seconds is all they have to save themselves and the ones they love. (YouTube)

Palestinians - Hamas/Fatah/etc.

Hamas Rockets Target Israeli Cities- Jack Khoury (Ha'aretz)

Palestinians in Gaza Fire Over 140 Rockets at Israel - Yanir Yagna, Gili Cohen and Avi Issacharoff (Ha'aretz)

Hamas Police Attack Women's Gathering with Sticks - Nasouh Nazzal (Gulf News-Dubai)

PA leaders condemn killing of Al-Ja'abari  Official PA daily:  "His self-sacrificing actions (i.e., terror attacks) will be told for generations to come  and will be eternalized in memory"  - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) Palestinian Authority leaders have condemned Israel's killing of Ahmed Al-Ja'abari, head of Hamas' military wing, which came as a response to Hamas' and other terrorist organizations' continuous rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Pakistan

Pakistan to restore NATO's Afghan oil supply line after 12-month hiatus - Lisa Lundquist (The Long War Journal) "The bottom line is that Pakistan has manipulated the supply route issue -- which even the Taliban have called a "drama" orchestrated by the Pakistani government -- to continue to siphon billions of US dollars while at the same time maintaining Pakistan's jihadist proxies in Afghanistan and elsewhere."

Syria

Israel says Syrian rebels using borders to limit government’s ability to respond - Sheera Frenkel (McClatchy) Reports indicate the presence of 3 groups of mostly foreign fighters, the “Eagles of the Golan,” a radical Salafist group and two other radical Islamist groups the Eagles: Descendant of the Prophet, and al-Furqan, representing a combined 1,000 jihadis on Israel’s doorstep. 

Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide attacks, joint operations with jihadist groups in Syria - Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal)

United States

U.S. Condemns Hamas Rocket Fire (U.S. State Department) 

State Department Sides with Israel in New Hamas War - Josh Rogin (Foreign Policy)

Rockets? What Hamas Rockets?  (IPT News) Islamist groups in America protest "Israeli aggression."

ESTHER POLLARD: An open letter to President Obama (Jerusalem Post)

Israel Under Fire: Media Holds Off Until Palestinians Die - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)

As this is happening right now; I felt I couldn't hold off until Friday to fill you in.

Belgium
"Belgium Will Become an Islamic State" - Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute)
Two Muslim politicians, who just won municipal elections in Belgium's capital, Brussels, on October 14, have vowed to implement Islamic Sharia law in Belgium.

Egypt
Egyptian cops kidnapped near Gaza held for ransom by Palestinians - (Al-Masry Al-Youm-Egypt Independent)

Libya
Benghazi and the Missing Obama 9/11 Timeline - Claudia Rosett (Defense of Democracies)

Miscellaneous
Following Obama's Reelection, Arab World Between Skepticism And Hope For Change In Policy (MEMRI)
Women In Islam, From The Prophet's Wife To Gunned-Down Pakistani Teen - Asma Afsaruddin (Le Soir/Worldcrunch) A well-known saying of the Prophet Muhammad asserts that knowledge is equally obligatory for males and females – which has allowed for considerable Muslim receptivity towards providing education for girls and women alongside their male counterparts through the centuries. As a result, women scholars dot the Islamic intellectual landscape.

Palestinians

Abbas to Israelis: Safed is an Israeli city  Abbas' TV to Palestinians:  Safed is a Palestinian city and so are Ashkelon, Haifa, Acre, Tiberias, Beit Shean, Jaffa, Nazareth, Ramle, and Lod - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Saudi Arabia

The Saudis Are Bulldozing Islam's Heritage. Why the Silence from the Muslim World? - Damian Thompson (Telegraph-UK)
The long-cherished ambition of Saudi Arabia's ruling Wahhabi sect to smash up the ancient buildings of Mecca and Medina is nearing fruition. In Mecca, the house of one of Mohammed's wives has been demolished to make space for public lavatories. As for Medina, a recent article by Jerome Taylor in the Independent revealed a megalomaniac plan to pull down three 7th-century mosques. Taylor added: "Ten years ago, a mosque which belonged to the Prophet's grandson was dynamited."   But what sticks in the craw is the hypocrisy of Muslims who throw a fit if Israeli archaeologists carry out non-intrusive work near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, "Islam's third holiest place," as we're constantly reminded. Such anger would be more convincing if the first and second holy sites weren't being ploughed up by a police state.   See also Medina: Saudis Take a Bulldozer to Islam's History - Jerome Taylor (Independent-UK)

Syria

The Plight of Syria's Christians - Kim Sengupta  (Independent-UK)
Seven More Syrian Generals Defect to Turkey (Zaman-Turkey)

Turkey

Turkey Should Be Placed on Trial, Not Israel - Nitsana Darshan-Leitner (Times of Israel) 

United Kingdom

BBC’s Kevin Connolly rewrites history - (BBC Watch)

United States

95 Terrorist Arrests and Plots Stopped in the U.S.: 2009-2012 (Sen. Dianne Feinstein)  List compiled by the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Here's wishing you all well. Sandy has been brutal to much of the tri-state area. For those of you in New York, it's hard to believe that there is any news outside of Sandy. For those of you outside of New York, I'm sure you've seen more news than me. All the channels here are 24/7 Sandy. 

China
China: Chinese Muslims Battling Syrian Government Forces - Christopher Bodeen (AP)

Egypt

Egypt Court: Only President Can Annul Peace Treaty with Israel  (Al-Ahram-Egypt)
Muslim Brotherhood: Sharia Must Be Base of New Egyptian Constitution - Maggie Michael (AP)
Minorities Fear End of Secularism in Egypt - Daniel Steinvorth and Volkhard Windfuhr (Der Spiegel-Germany)

France
French President Warns Iran after Meeting Israeli PM - Delphine Matthieussent (AFP)

Iran
Why Iran Wants to Attack the United States - Matthew Levitt (Foreign Policy)

Iraq
U.S.: No to Kurdish Independence - Shirzad Shikhani (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

Libya
Strange, when Geraldo Rivera is the voice of reason.
TV Channel Exposes Security Breach at US Benghazi Consulate in Documents Gathered following Attack (Alaan TV (UAE)/MEMRI)Bozell Statement: Liberal Media Are Accessories to Benghazi Cover-up (News Busters)
 

Palestinians

Why Is Qatar Mucking Around in Gaza? - David B. Roberts (Foreign Policy)

Mother places suicide belt on her child: "I will put it on you  and you will go to your death," on Fatah-Lebanon Facebook page - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
The Straight Facts About the Palestinian Authority and Fighting Terrorism (CAMERA)
 
United States
More Radicalism From Another White House Guest - (IPT News)