Friday, February 26, 2016


Britain
Israel Leads in Cancer Research While British Doctors Campaign for BDS (CAMERA) An Israeli researcher has found a treatment for Leukemia that cured 94% of cases in a recent trial. This failed to impress seventy-one British physicians who have called for the expulsion of Israeli doctors from the World Medical Association.

Egypt

Palestinians
Young Palestinians Believe Israel Can Be Defeated with Knives - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)

Syria
Islamic State Propaganda Features Minors on Suicide Missions - Mia Bloom, John Horgan, and Charlie Winter (Combating Terrorism Center-West Point) The Islamic State is mobilizing children and youth at an increasing and unprecedented rate. From Jan. 1, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2016, 89 children and youth were eulogized in Islamic State propaganda. 51% died in Iraq, while 36% died in Syria. The remainder were killed in Yemen, Libya, and Nigeria. Of the 89 cases, 39% died upon detonating a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device against their target, while 33% were killed as foot soldiers.
Syrian Refugee Creates Website to Thank Israelis - Viva Sarah Press (Israel21c)

United States

Friday, February 19, 2016



Radioactive Material Stolen in Iraq – Ahmed Rasheed, Aref Mohammed, Stephen Kalin (Reuters) Fearing an Islamic State dirty bomb, officials are searching for Ir-192 that went missing from a US-owned facility in Basra

Palestinians Pretend Israel Is Stolen Arab Property - Jonathan S. Tobin (Commentary)
Do Palestinian Leaders Believe Their Own Rhetoric? - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)
As the current wave of stabbings, car-rammings and shooting attacks continues, PA President Mahmoud Abbas insists we are witnessing a "popular and
peaceful uprising."

Moscow on the Tigris: Russia Joins the Terror Nexus – Michael J Totten (World Affairs Journal)

How War Is Redrawing Syria's Demographic Map Forever - Etienne Dubuis (Le Temps-Switzerland-Worldcrunch)

World Hijab Day Debuts in American Schools – Meira Svirsky (Clarion Project) Muslim human rights activist Asra Nomani pleads, “Do not wear a headscarf in ‘solidarity’ with the ideology that most silences us."

Who Did It? CNN Won't Say (CAMERA) On reporting Palestinian violence in Israel, CNN repeatedly fails to fulfill one of the basic journalistic requirements: to report who carried out the attack.

Report: Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2015 (Southern Poverty Law Center)   

Sunday, February 14, 2016


Hizbullah's International Drug Network Preoccupies Europe - E.B. Picali and H. Varulkar (MEMRI)


Mother asks G-d to grant 'long life' to guard stabbed by her daughter (Times of Israel) Day after two 13-year-old Israeli Arab girls carry out attack in Ramle, mother apologizes to lightly injured guard and to all of Israel
Hamas, ISIS Increasing Cooperation (Middle East Newsline-IMRA)

The Shift in Saudi Foreign Policy - David Schenker (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) In the aftermath of the Syria chemical weapons red-line debacle, the U.S. move away from its 2015 commitment to remove Assad, and the nuclear deal with Iran, Riyadh has determined that Washington is no longer a reliable ally.

Treason” in Turkey: Asking for Peace – Uzay Bulut (Gatestone Institute)

Friday, February 5, 2016



Afghan Religious Scholars Issue Fatwa Against Peace Talks – Tahir Khan (The Express Tribune) It demanded that “the United States withdraw its forces, accept its defeat publicly, and pay compensation for killing Afghans and destroying their properties. Then an independent Afghanistan will maintain relations with the US.”


China’s Stance on East Jerusalem - Mohammed al-Sudairi (Middle East Research and Information Project)


IS Kidnaps 30 Students to Use Them as Child Soldiers - Sardar Sattar (BASNews) - Residents of Mosul have reported that the Islamic State (IS) militants are now kidnapping children to use them as child soldiers on the battlefields.



PA Police Praises Its Member for Shooting Attack - Maayan Groisman (Jerusalem Post)


CBS News Headline on Jerusalem Terror Attack: "Three Palestinians Killed" - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News) The headline on the CBS News website flips reality following a terror attack in Jerusalem in which Border Police officer Hadar Cohen was murdered. See also: The Fatah movement praised the three terrorists who murdered policewoman Hadar Cohen (PMW)

Hard truths about U.S. relationships in the Middle East- Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT, speech at the Council on Foreign Relations