Bride for Sale: Dreams of an Afghan Rapper – Emily Wilson (Women's Media Center)

Belgian lawmakers nominate jailed Palestinian Barghouti for Nobel – Dov Lieber (Times of Israel) Barghouti is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail for his role in murderous terror attacks.

Iran Orders Hizbullah to Target Saudi Arabia - David Hearst (Middle East Eye)

Israel Thanks Norway for Saying Aid Won't Go to Imprisoned Terrorists (Times of Israel)

Fatah Honors Terrorist from 1972 Attack - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Southern Gaza in Blackout after Egypt Disconnects Power Line (Ma'an News-PA)

Palestinian girl's hate speech at Red Crescent event -Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Hamas Frogmen Plotting Underwater Strikes against Israel- Tom Porter (International Business Times-UK)

Israel Has No Partner for Peace - Gadi Taub (Ha'aretz)

Russia's UN Envoy: Mideast Quartet "Only Mechanism" to Mediate Palestine Conflict (Sputnik-Russia)

America's Quiet War in Iraq - Nolan Peterson (National Interest) According to open source data, 50,000 U.S. military personnel are deployed throughout the Middle East, including Navy personnel at sea.

Methodists Vote to Cut Ties with Anti-Israel Group - Emily McFarlan Miller and Lauren Markoe (Religion News Service-National Catholic Reporter)

NPR Misleads Public on Palestinian Incitement to Violence (CAMERA)

Peace with Israel in Egyptian Textbooks: What Changed between the Mubarak and el-Sisi Eras? - Ofir Winter (Strategic Assessment-Institute for National Security Studies) One chapter of a new textbook published by the Egyptian Education Ministry for the 2015-2016 school year is devoted to the peace treaty with Israel. A comparison of the new book with previous textbooks reveals that the book is more firmly supportive of peace with Israel.... These are significant changes that can have a positive effect on the idea of peace with Israel among Egypt's young generation.

Europe Deploys Its Armies at Home - Giulio Meotti (Gatestone Institute)

Iran Recruits Child Soldiers – Again – Michael J. Totten (World Affairs Journal)

Norway to send 60 soldiers to train Syrians fighting ISIS – (Norway News) Norway is already involved in the anti-ISIS coalition, in particular by training Kurdish peshmerga fighters in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Real People Real Stories: Part 1. Terror on a Bus. (video - Honest Reporting)

Two Elderly Women Stabbed in Jerusalem Terror Attack - Roi Yanovsky (Ynet News) Two women in their 80s were stabbed in the back by two Palestinians in a terror attack in Jerusalem.

Second Hamas Tunnel Digger Discloses Their Locations and Routes- Yoav Zitun (Ynet News)

Sketchy Chronology Haunts Washington Post and BBC on Gaza War (CAMERA)

Both the Syrian govt. and the opposition blame the US:

U.S. And Its Regional Proxies Responsible For Aleppo Crisis(MEMRI)

Syrian Opposition, Arab Writers: The U.S. Has A Hand In Aleppo Situation (MEMRI)

UK Navy Officer Joins ISIS - Omar Wahid and Mark Nicol (Mail on Sunday-UK)

Clinton and Trump: Where Do They Stand on Islamism? - Ryan Mauro (Clarion Project)

Clinton pens emphatic condemnation of BDS (Times of Israel)

Why We Sued the American Studies Association – Simon Bronner and Michael A. Rockland (The Hill)

Why Middle Eastern Leaders Are Talking to Putin - Dennis Ross (Politico) America has 35,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft in the Middle East today, the Russians roughly 2,000 troops and perhaps 50 aircraft, yet Middle Eastern leaders are making pilgrimages to Moscow these days, not rushing to Washington. Why? Because perceptions matter more than mere power. Objectively, Russia is declining economically and low oil prices spell increasing financial troubles. But the Russians are seen as willing to use power to affect the balance of power in the region, and the U.S. is not.

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Austria

Migrant Rape Epidemic Reaches Austria – Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute) Nearly one out of three asylum seekers in Vienna was accused of committing crimes in 2015. North African gangs fighting for control over drug trafficking were responsible for roughly half of the 15,828 violent crimes — rapes, robberies, stabbings and assaults — reported in the city during 2015. The migrant crime wave comes as the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has surged in opinion polls. It is also unlikely that the criminal migrants will be deported: according to European law, sending them back to Afghanistan (or Iraq or Syria) would be a violation of their human rights. Instead, observers say, the immigrant criminals will qualify for Austrian social welfare benefits — €830 ($950) per month plus free healthcare — and probably for the rest of their lives become wards of Austrian state.

Brazil

Hizbullah: Iran's Henchmen in Brazil- Emanuele Ottolenghi (National Interest)

Caribbean

ISIS Recruiting in the Caribbean- Craig Saunders (Daily Star-UK)

Egypt

Egyptian Salafist under Fire for Meeting with Israelis- Roi Kais (Ynet News) "(the party) is against any form of normalization with this [Zionist] entity, and is against meeting with any person who represents or is connected to it." A-Shimi said, "I agreed to meet with them once I understood that they live in the U.S. and that they have no connection to Israel. The goal of the meeting was to show the tolerance of the Islamic religion."

Iran

Iran Touts Israel Invasion to Recruit Teenage Boys to Fight in Syria- Rowan Scarborough (Washington Times)

Iran Oil Exports to South Korea Quadruple after Sanctions Lifted(Reuters)

Kenya

Report: Islamic State Anthrax Plot Foiled in Kenya- Ty McCormick (Foreign Policy)

Kuwait

Kuwait Airways Halts All Inter-European Flights over Selling Tickets to Israelis(JNS.org)

Turkey

Erdogan Expands His Assault on Journalists Beyond Turkish Borders (IPT News)

NATO Approved Israel Office after Turkey Lifted Veto - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz)

Partners for Peace?

Why are there still Palestinian Refugees (Video - PragerU)

Israel Shares Anti-Tunnel Tech with U.S.(Middle East Newsline-IMRA)

Palestinian Mortar Fire Continues on Gaza Border Noam Amir (Maariv Hashavua-Jerusalem Post)

 - Steve Postal (American Thinker)

Palestinian Civic Activist Gunned Down for Cooperating with Israel- Daniel K. Eisenbud (Jerusalem Post) Baha Nabata, 31, a well-regarded Palestinian civic leader from Shuafat in eastern Jerusalem, was shot dead on Monday... Nabata worked to pave the community's roads, set up emergency medical services, and train firefighters with help from the Jerusalem Fire Department. Margalit said his murder sends a clear warning to all Palestinians working with Israelis to "stop doing it, or you will end up like Nabata."

Syria

Junkie Jihadis - Lukasz Kamienski (Aeon-UK) Drugs and warfare have always gone hand in hand. ISIS' substance of choice is Captagon, a powerful stimulant that numbs fear, induces bravado, enhances strength, promotes alertness and alleviates pain. Jihadists are reported to consume it pervasively, while also pumping themselves full of cocaine, heroin and hashish. A Muslim Brotherhood militant in Syria recalls: "Some people take so much, if you shoot them, they won't drop."A Plan for the Day After ISIS Is Defeated- Noam Tibon (Times of Israel)

French Journalist Infiltrates Jihadist Cell for Six Months - Michel Moutot (AFP)