Friday, December 11, 2015



Denmark
Denmark Funding NGOs with Anti-Peace Agendas (NGO Monitor)


Egypt
Deepening Cooperation between Hamas and Islamic State in Egypt - Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel)


Iraq
ISIS Holds Ramadi with 300-400 Militants - Michael Weiss (Daily Beast) ISIS has a mere 300 to 400 militants holding the provincial capital of Ramadi. They are facing off against 10,000 pro-Iraqi government forces preparing to retake the city, on the back of U.S. air power and what may yet prove to be the quiet insertion of U.S. Special Forces.


Partners for Peace?

Fatah, with Mahmoud Abbas at the Helm, Confirms the Confrontation Strategy toward Israel - Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) The Fatah Central Committee gave its backing to a strategy that combines the terror intifada with diplomatic and legal moves in the international arena aimed at achieving recognition of the state of Palestine, as well as an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 borders, with no political quid pro quo from the Palestinians.
IDF Uses Power of Persuasion to Dissuade Next Lone Attacker - Ron Ben-Yishai (Ynet News) "Palestinian families...do not want their sons to commit suicide....
Facebook vs Golda Yarden Frankl (Honest Reporting) See what Facebook won't remove!
Israel, the Designated Villain, Never Gets an Even Break – Editorial (Washington Times) "You'd be hard pressed to find an example of terror in the world - outside of Israel - where mainstream media outlets prioritize the fate of the perpetrators over that of their victims," concludes UK Media Watch.
Across Israel, thousands rally against gas deal (Times of Israel) thousands demonstrate against a government plan to bypass anti-trust regulations in order to approve a natural gas deal with US energy giant Noble Energy
Hamas Oversees Border Attacks on Israel (Middle East Newsline-IMRA)


Syria
Why Assad Is Uninterested in Defeating Islamic State - Christoph Reuter (Spiegel Online)
Foreign Fighters: An Updated Assessment of the Flow of Foreign Fighters into Syria and Iraq (Soufan Group)


Thailand
Syrians Linked to Islamic State in Thailand "to Attack Russian Interests" - Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat (Reuters)


United Kingdom
Israel Boycott Motion Defeated at Lancaster University (Jewish News-UK)


United States of America
Obama's San Bernardino Speech -- The Missing Link – (Clarion Project) This link includes a map of Islamist terror attacks in the US in 2015. There seemed to be no linkage in his comments between the order for more bombing raids in the Middle East and the inspiration ISIS provides for terrorists on American soil – whether directly under ISIS’ aegis or acting alone.