From Yarden Frankl at Honest Reporting: In the media, there is non-stop footage of bomb sites and casualties in Gaza. Perhaps that’s because pictures of Israeli children sitting protected in a bomb shelter don’t make good copy. So instead, the message the media broadcasts is that Israel should be condemned for using disproportionate force…Israeli actions are necessary and justified in light of the murderous intent of Hamas.
All the News Hamas Sees Fit to Print - Noah Pollak (Weekly Standard) The New York Times appears to be complying with a Hamas demand that the only pictures from Gaza are of civilians and never of fighters. The most influential news organization in the world is manufacturing an utterly false portrait of the battle - precisely the portrait that Hamas finds most helpful.
Hamas Guidelines to Social Media Activists (MEMRI)
UN agency handed rockets back to Hamas, Israel says - Raphael Ahren (Times of Israel)
UNRWA Strongly Condemns Placement of Rockets in School (UNRWA)
Abdullah Azzam Brigades (AAB) launches rocket attacks from Gaza - Oren Adaki (Long War Jounral) – Another branch of al Qaeda
Fatah hands out candy to celebrate "kidnapping" of Israeli soldier falsely claimed by Hamas- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Hamas and Fatah defend demands that Palestinians act as human shields – Itamar Marcus and Nan Ziberdik (PMW)
While Israel Held Its Fire, Hamas Did Not - William Booth (Washington Post)
Media Death Count Encourages Hamas to Use Human Shields - Alan Dershowitz (Jerusalem Post)
Rockets from Lebanon Hit Northern Israel for Fourth Time since Gaza Operation Began - Yoav Zitun (Ynet News)
Gaza Fatalities Mostly Combatant-Age Males (CAMERA)
The Bizarre Moral Criticism Against Israel - Eric H. Yoffie (TIME)
If you've seen Dr. Mads Gilbert talking on the news, please read this story: A Maoist in Gaza by Ben Cohen in Commentary.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria Identifies Burgas Bomber as Lebanese-French National (Reuters)
Egypt
Gunmen Kill 21 Egyptian Border Guards near Libya - (Ahram-Egypt)
Iran
Hamas Official: We Have Good Relations with Hizbullah and Iran, and Cooperate Against Israel - Roi Kias (Ynet News)
Iran:
The Regional Power behind the Hamas War Effort-
Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall.(Institute
for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
Desperately
Seeking Iran’s ‘Exclusively Peaceful Nuclear Program’ -
Claudia Rosett (Rosett Report) Iraq
Convert, Pay Tax, or Die, Islamic State Warns Christians (Reuters)
Islamic State overwhelms Iraqi forces at Tikrit in major defeat – Mitchell Prothero (McClatchy)
Iraqi military says it retakes control of key base in Tikrit – Bill Roggio (Long War Jounral)
Qatar
In an interview with Al Jazeera TV, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) stated that there are not two sides to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict when Hamas is bombarding civilians. “Every rocket that is not aimed at a military target but is instead aimed at a civilian target, or just a city, is a war crime. Of course, it is a war crime committed by Hamas, and of course, the owners of this TV network help fund Hamas.”
Sudan
Sudan editor severely beaten after call for Israeli ties – AFP (Al Arabiya)
Syria
More than 700 Killed in Syria in 48 Hours as ISIS Tightens Grip on East - Paula Astih (Asharq al-Awsat-UK)
U.S. Warns of Yemen-Syria Terror Collaboration (AFP)
Syria fights to free gas field from Islamic State – Mousab Alhamadee (McClatchy) Abu Bilal al Homsi, an official of the Islamic State, told McClatchy that after conquering the site Thursday, the al Qaida offshoot executed 200 government troops.
United States
Missile "Diplomacy" U.S. Not Connecting the Dots - Peter Huessy (Gatestone Institute)
