Egypt

Egypt's War on Terrorism - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)

On Yom Kippur, 29 Migrants Cross from Egypt to Israel - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News) Over 140 people have crossed the border fence since the beginning of the year, all using ladders.

 

Europe

Israeli Aid Workers Rescue Drowning Refugees - Abigail Klein Leichman (Israel21c)

For Syrian Refugees in Italy, Israel Remains Enemy No. 1 - Rossella Tercatin (Times of Israel)

Not sure about this site:The New Observer, but it reports: Germany Arrests ISIS Recruiter Posing as Asylum Seeker and German Girls Must Cover Arms and Legs to Appease Syrian “Refugees”

 

Iran

Iran, Russia are Working Together to End Syria Crisis (Reuters/The Moscow Times)

Iran Openly Declares It Intends to Violate UNSCR 2231 - Yigal Carmon  (MEMRI)

Ex-IDF chief slams Iran deal 'hysteria' -Rebecca Shimoni Stoil (Times of Israel)

 

Iraq

Iraq tries to help shake stigma of orphans - Wassim Bessam (Almonitor) According to Iraqi social culture, the abandoned baby is a disgrace, the product of prohibited sexual relations. When these infants survive, they will be alienated and despised. When they become aware of their situation, they seek to hide the truth to keep from becoming social outcasts. Alia al-Moussawi, a social worker and sociology teacher, confirmed this. “The mother seeks to get rid of her child as quickly as possible and abandons her baby in a deserted place. If her family finds out about her child, they will definitely kill her, and this has happened many times."

ISIS blocking flow of Euphrates from Syria (Lebanon Now) Government-controlled areas of Iraq's Anbar province are threatened by water shortages.

 

Partners for Peace?

Abbas: "We Welcome Every Drop of Blood Spilled in Jerusalem" (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Children on Hamas TV: We Want to Wage Jihad and Blow Up the Jews (MEMRI)

Abbas: Israelis Have No Right to Desecrate Our Holy Sites with Their Filthy Feet - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)  He also praised Muslims who harass Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount.

Counting Rock and Firebomb Attacks in Jerusalem - Nadav Shragai (Israel Hayom)

Conference of Presidents Deplores UN Security Council's "Denial and Denigration" of Jewish Ties to Temple Mount in Jerusalem (Times of Israel)

 

Russia

Russia to Allow Israeli Strikes on Syrian Arms Transfers - Raphael Ahren (Times of Israel)

 

Saudi Arabia

Did you know this method of execution is used in Saudi Arabia: beheading after which the body is crucified in public and left to rot? See this link about Ali Mohammed al-Nimr from News.com.au

 

Syria

The Syrian Refugee Crisis, Explained in One Map – Zack Beauchamp (Vox World)

 

United Kingdom

BBC Educational Site Exploits Migrant Situation for Political Agenda (BBC Watch) In 2014, the BBC launched "iWonder," a project it bills as "the BBC's new factual and educational site." However, its information on Israel and Israel-related topics is consistently historically inaccurate and biased. In discussion of the current Syrian migrant crisis in Europe, the site presents a highly partisan and problematic Palestinian refugee story.

 

United States of America

Yet More Lies from Presbyterian Peacemakers (CAMERA) For the past few years, the Presbyterian Church USA has sold a dishonest booklet produced by the Israel Palestine Mission Network. Will the church's leaders act?

Obama Throws Christians to the Lions – Raymond Ibrahim (Gatestone Institute)

This weeks Update is early because of my travel schedule. I hope to resume the Friday schedule on the 18^th, but definitely by the 25^th of September.

Great Britain

Hex it like Ben Haim: Israeli flagged for ‘jinxing’ Welsh striker during kick (Times of Israel)

Iran

Iran's Staggering Execution Spree: Nearly 700 Put to Death in Six Months (Amnesty International)

Report: Iran Working with North Korea to Thwart UN Nuclear Inspections - Kellan Howell (Washington Times)

Text: Iranian Assistance to Groups in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and the Palestinian Territories (Congressional Research Service)

Nuclear Jihad – Denis MacEoin (Gatestone Institute) see also: Iran Deal: Barbarity Wins – Guy Milliere (Gatestone Institute)

Partners for Peace?

Courtesy of WJC:

September 5, 1972: Eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to a PLO faction called Black September enter the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany and murder 11 Israeli athletes. Incredibly, despite the massacre, the Olympic games went on as scheduled.

September 13, 1993: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat sign the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn. The document begins, in part: “... It is time to put an end to decades of confrontation and conflict, recognize mutual legitimate and political rights and strive to live in peaceful coexistence and mutual dignity and security and achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement and historic reconciliation through the agreed political process.”

Jerusalem Yawns at PA Threat to Tear Up Oslo Accords - Herb Keinon and Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)

Last week, I told you about the Palestinian who saved the American tourists. This week, his reward: Palestinian Man Gets Threats for Saving U.S. Jewish Students(Times of Israel)

PA daily: Prosecute all patrons of normalization with Israel - Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch)

New Poll Shows Why Palestinians Have No Interest in Peace - Evelyn Gordon (Commentary)

Syria

The UN Refugee Agency says some six million people have been displaced by the four-year-old Syrian civil war, with over a million finding refuge in Lebanon, 600,000 in Jordan, and 1.9 million in Turkey. Hundreds of thousands more have headed to Iraq, Egypt, and countries in North Africa.

According to Amnesty International figures from December 2014, the six Gulf states — Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain — have “offered zero resettlement places to Syrian refugees.”

'Truckers without Borders' Sustain Syria – Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Al Monitor) Syrian truck drivers are the only ones who maintain good relations with commanders of the regime, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Islamic State (IS) and Democratic Union Party (PYD) forces, all while constantly monitoring the clashes.

United States

Terror in U.S. at Highest Level Since 9/11 (Homeland Security Today)

Kerry, Netanyahu Reaffirm Need to Push Back on Iran's Destabilizing Activities (State Department)

Iran

Iranian General: We'll Bolster Our Military until It Overthrows Israel (Fars-Iran)

 

Iraq Teen Describes IS Slave Market – Michel Moutot (Times of Israel) The Islamic State group is running an international market in Iraq where Christian and Yazidi women are sold Kuwait Kuwait Charges 26 with Links to Iran and Hizbullah (Reuters) Lebanon Report: Hizbullah Official's Son Arrested for Selling Arms to ISIS (NOW-Lebanon) Libya Boko Haram Sends up to 200 Fighters to Join ISIS in Libya (Clarion Project) The Islamic State is strengthening cooperation between its affiliates and seeks to take Libya as a gateway to Rome and Europe. Pakistan Pakistani Christians Told to Convert to Receive Flood Aid – Samuel Smith (Christian Post) Partners for Peace?

Leading Israeli paper features UK Media Watch report on Nabi Saleh ‘Pallywood’ row - Adam Levick (UK Media Watch) “Pallywood” refers to the staging of scenes by Palestinian journalists in order to present the Palestinians as hapless victims of Israeli aggression.

PLO Intimidates Media Over Temple Mount Tours – Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)

Rockets Fired from Gaza at Israel Fall Short, Injure Palestinians (Times of Israel)

Russia

Islamic State’s Caucasus ‘Province’ Claims First Official Attack on Russian Forces – Thomas Joscelyn (Long War Journal)

Syria

Report: ISIS Beheads 39 of Its Own Members (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)