Herat police chief accuses Iran of ramping up attacks in western Afghanistan  - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal)

The 20 Oddest Things People Actually Claim to Believe about the Hamas/Israel Conflict -  Jeff Ballabon (Gatestone Institute)
Not sure why an Indian TV journalist broke this story, when there are 700+journalists from all over the world in the area: NDTV Exclusive: How Hamas Assembles and Fires Rockets - Sreenivasan Jain (NDTV)  As the station freely admits - aired on NDTV and published on ndtv.com after our team left the Gaza strip - Hamas places those civilians at risk by firing rockets deep from the heart of civilian zones. 
Official Fatah Facebook page boasts about leading Palestinians in terror– Itamar Marcus (PMW) Throughout the current Gaza war, Palestinian Media Watch has documented that the Fatah movement has used its Facebook page to promote violence and terror against Israelis, both in Gaza and in the West Bank.

Holy War Arrives in Germany – Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute) Supporters of the jihadist group "Islamic State" [IS] have clashed with Kurdish Yazidis in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany. The violence—which comes amid threats by a German jihadist to blow up an American nuclear weapons storage facility in Germany—has counter-terrorism officials concerned that radical Muslims are deliberately exploiting the ethnic and religious tensions in the Middle East to stir up trouble on the streets of Europe.

Does Islamic State ideology threaten Indonesia? - Sri Lestari (BBC Indonesia)

Jordan’s king slams Israel for Gaza assault, ignores Hamas (Times of Israel) In interview making no mention of rocket fire or other violence by Strip’s Islamist rulers, Abdullah blames Israel for unjustified aggression

Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria's east – Oliver Holmes and Suleiman Al-Khalidi (Reuters)

Joe Hyams at NY Rally: We Won’t Apologize For Not Bleeding More (Honest Reporting)

Hillary Clinton: "Israel Did What It Had to Do to Respond to the Rockets" - Jeffrey Goldberg interviews Hillary Clinton (Atlantic) Discussing the Gaza war, Hillary Clinton offered a vociferous defense of Israel. This is noteworthy because, as secretary of state, she spent a lot of time yelling at Netanyahu on the administration's behalf over Israel's West Bank settlement policy.