UNbelievable:
UNRWA representative poses with map that presents all of Israel as "Palestine" at event in Lebanon - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Iran to Chair UN Conference on Disarmament, U.S. Won't Attend (AP-Washington Post)
Afghanistan
Hizb-i-Islami suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans - Lisa Lundquist (The Long War Journal) The Taliban's spring offensive promised a renewed focus on suicide attacks targeting ISAF forces. Today's suicide bombing in a residential area also injured 39 Afghan civilians
Bangledesh
Blasphemy Laws Coming to Bangladesh? - Mohshin Habib (Gatestone Institute) There are currently about 125 terrorist groups operating throughout Bangladesh, most under the control of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party, the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Egypt
7 Egyptian Security Officers Kidnapped in Sinai (Reuters-Al Arabiya)
Egyptian TV presenter, Jihan Mansour, fined for insulting Muslim Brotherhood official, El Arian (Ahram Online)
France
How A Mix Of Qatari Cash And French Resentment Sparked A Paris Soccer Riot - Renaud Dely (NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR/Worldcrunch)
Iran
Report: Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander to Lead Fight Against Israel from Syria - Nimdor Sabal (Ynet News)
Israel
Israel Plans 1,140 Palestinian Homes near Jericho - Tovah Lazaroff (Jerusalem Post)
Conference boycotted by Hawking has hosted Palestinian speakers every year - Aaron Kalmon (Times of Israel)
Palestinians
Fatah Threatens Palestinian Teens Who Played Soccer with Israelis - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)
Sheikh Qaradawi's Visit to Gaza - Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) In the West, Qaradawi (the world's leading Islamic scholar of the Muslim Brotherhood) has been portrayed as representing moderate, political Islam. Yet his approach is similar to that of al-Qaeda, differing only in terms of the phases of implementation.
International Red Cross plants trees to honor Palestinian terrorists - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
KFC delivery takes up to 4 hours, but Gaza customers don’t mind (Al Arabiya) Delivery, via underground tunnels from neighboring Egypt, takes around four hours. There are no branches of KFC in the Palestinian territory (so meals are smuggled in from Egypt). The article mentions "Israel's blockade of Gaza, imposed in 2006," but what does that have to do with goods coming from Egypt?
Russia
Russia Wary of Attacks by Rebels Returning from Syria - Olga Dzyubenko (Reuters)
Syria
The Imminent Hizbullah-Nusra War - Hanin Ghaddar (Now-Lebanon)
The Syrian Salafist group Jabhat Al-Nusra declared in Jordan that it has taken a decision to fight Hizbullah militants, who have become "our Jihadists' main target" across Syria. This came after Hizbullah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah declared that Hizbullah will stand by Syria. For the Syrian rebels, al-Nusra and others, this is a declaration of war against them. If the Syrian rebels want to prevail, they need to target Hizbullah.
The Syrian Salafist group Jabhat Al-Nusra declared in Jordan that it has taken a decision to fight Hizbullah militants, who have become "our Jihadists' main target" across Syria. This came after Hizbullah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah declared that Hizbullah will stand by Syria. For the Syrian rebels, al-Nusra and others, this is a declaration of war against them. If the Syrian rebels want to prevail, they need to target Hizbullah.
United States
Palestinian Smuggling Ring in U.S. May Have Supported Hamas and Hizbullah (Long Island Exchange)
CAIR Testimony Reinforces Fringe Ideology (IPT News)
Keeping Our Heads in the Sand After Boston (IPT News) The Obama administration's policy banning references to "Islamic extremism" and "jihad" in discussions about terrorism drew criticism
