With  the US govt. pivoting away from the Middle East, a fractured Congress, and more people supporting isolationism, is it any wonder Americans are less safe abroad. See: Americans Performing Hajj Pilgrimage Attacked in Saudi Arabia - Rahat Husain (Washington Times) and A Lesser Superpower Than We Used To Be - Shoshana Bryen (Gatestone Institute)

Egypt

Ismailia Explosion Raises Fears for Suez Canal Safety - Abdelsitar Hetieta (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)
An explosion at the headquarters of the Egyptian intelligence service in Ismailia on the Suez Canal on Saturday has raised fears for the safety of navigation in the international waterway, especially in light of previous attempts to attack ships in the canal.

Iran

Will Iran Silence its "Death to America" Chants? - Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat (Telegraph-UK)

Palestinians

PA-associated youth magazine glorifies death - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

The PA-associated educational youth magazine Zayzafuna has published for the third time a poem glorifying Martyrdom death for Allah.

Archbishop Gets Award for Arming Terrorists (CAMERA) Melkite Archbishop Hillarion Capucci is a convicted criminal, whose gun-running contributed to the death of a taxi driver in Jerusalem who was killed by the weapons he smuggled. Capucci was recently given an award for his criminal actions by the Palestinian Authority.

Abbas, Hamas, Flirting with Syria's Assad - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute) Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are hoping that Assad will forgive them for failing to support his regime against the rebels.

PA Security Forces Carried Out Most of the Attacks in Second Intifada (MEMRI)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, the UN and the OIC - Lawrence A. Franklin (Gatestone Institue) Saudi Arabia's rejection of a term on the UN Security Council likely reflects its view of itself as helping to establish an alternate international order based on Sharia law.

Syria

Report: Israel Destroys Weapons Shipment from Syria to Hizbullah - Yasser Okbi (Jerusalem Post) According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, Israeli planes on Tuesday destroyed a shipment of missiles that were to be delivered to Hizbullah near the Lebanese-Syrian frontier.

United States

Journalism Professor Says Al-Jazeera America Shows its Bias (CAMERA)

Report: U.S. Cancels Drone Deal with Turkey over Links to Iran (Ynet News)

Palestinian Bomber's Chicago Arrest Triggers Misguided Anger - (IPT News)The anger is not about Rasmieh Yousef Odeh's alleged lies and secret, murderous past. Rather, the activists are upset with federal law enforcement officials for daring to charge her.