Friday, May 2, 2014


Egypt
Poppies Replace Tourists in Egypt's Sinai Desert - Gert Van Langendonck (Christian Science Monitor)

Europe
New European Funding for Legal Warfare Against Israel (NGO Monitor) The "Secretariat," a joint NGO funding initiative of Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, has announced a four-year budget of $17.6 million to support political and legal warfare against Israel.
Why the Middle East Matters - Tony Blair (Spectator-UK)
In Italy, al-Aqsa Mosque imam urges destruction of Israel - Yifa Yaakov (The Times of Israel) Cleric calls on Arab armies, including those of Egypt and Jordan, to ‘liberate’ cities such as Jaffa and Haifa  

Iran
Go to www.Memritv.org to see: #4249 - Tehran Friday Sermon: The Iranian President Should Punch Obama in the Mouth when He Talks Nonsense

Libya
Libya: Jihadi Terror Leaders' Safest Haven - Anna Mahjar-Barducci (Gatestone Institute)

Morocco
Moroccan group slams king’s adviser as ‘Zionist collaborator’  - JTA (Times of Israel) Anti-Israel organization names and shames list of people who symbolize Israel’s ‘infiltration'

Partners for Peace?
With unity deal, a catch-22 for Abbas The Palestinian leader is damned if he embraces Hamas and damned if he fails to position himself as leader of all Palestinians via elections  - Elhanan Miller (The Times of Israel)  State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Israel could hardly be expected “to sit down and negotiate with a group that denies its right to exist.”

Syria
Syrian Rebel Leader Speaks of Peace With Israel - (CAMERA) Since the outbreak of the "Arab Spring", examples of influential regional figures offering a balanced and flexible perspective of the Israeli-Arab conflict have emerged. These more moderate voices in the region contrast with an opposing trend among Western academics, particularly in humanities disciplines, who rigidly adhere to a Marxist-derived ideological fantasy that is detached from both historical reality and the existing situation in the Middle East.

Ukraine
Ukraine Separatists holding American-Israeli Journalist(Mashable and Honest Reporting) Speaking to the Russian outlet Gazeta.ru, Vyacheslav Ponomarev said, "We won't release Ostrovsky any time soon. We need hostages — small change to trade with Kiev."

United Nations
Iran, Other Repressive Regimes, Sweep UN Human Rights Posts (UN Watch) Other human rights abusers elected to the influential panel include Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, slave-holding Mauritania, Russia, and Sudan, whose leader, President Omar al-Bashir, is wanted by the ICC for genocide.

Unitied States of America
U.S. Treasury Approves Sale of Aircraft Parts to Tehran (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)
Jews from Arab Countries Respond to "Zionism Unsettled" (JIMENA) Recently, the Israel-Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) published a congregational study guide titled "Zionism Unsettled".  On behalf of the 850,000 Middle Eastern & North African Jews exiled from their home countries, JIMENA would like to express to your our concern and media response to this issue.