Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Have you heard about the controversies regarding limiting the volume of the call to prayer at mosques in Israel. If you have ever lived or stayed near a community with a mosque, I think you'd agree the volume should be limited.

Mosque Loudspeakers Disturb the Arab and Muslim Public Too  (MEMRI) 

Were the Arabs Indigenous to Mandatory Palestine? - Sheree Roth (Middle East Quarterly)

Egyptian Emigres in the Levant of the 19th and 20th Centuries - Gideon Kressel and Reuven Aharoni  (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) On March 23, 2012, the Hamas minister of the interior and of national security, Fathi Hammad, stated that "half of the Palestinians are Egyptian and the other half are Saudis." 

Iran and China Are Strengthening Their Military Ties - Farzin Nadimi (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
Report: 12 Members of Nuclear Negotiating Team Arrested by Iran for Espionage - Daniel J. Roth (Jerusalem Post)

Iran Deal Was Vulnerable All Along - Suzanne Maloney  (Brookings Institution)

An End of Trickery on Iran - Amir Taheri (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)  

Arson Suspected as Wildfires Rage across Israel - Raphael Ahren (Times of Israel)

 

Libya: UN Voices Extreme Concern at Worsening Humanitarian Conditions in Benghazi (All Africa)

 

Palestinian Cleric Urges Muslims to Nuke Israel (MEMRI TV)

 

With the news industry admitting it blew the biggest story of 2016, isn’t it just possible that journalists are just as capable of having botched other areas of coverage, be it Brexit, nuclear Iran, the Arab Spring, Russia’s rise, the war in Iraq, the economy, issues of race, gender, sexuality, or, of course, Israel and the Palestinians? -Pesach Benson (Honest Reporting)

Egypt to Open Border with Gaza for Four Days(Al-Ahram-Egypt) 

In Egypt, Muslim Attacks on Christians Are Rising - Sudarsan Raghavan (Washington Post)

 

International Business Times Pulls a UNESCO on Temple Mount (CAMERA)

Trump and International Security - Richard Kemp (Gatestone Institute)  ...it is the EU, not Donald Trump, that threatens to undermine NATO and the security of the West.

 

Iran, China Ink Deal on Defense Cooperation (Tasnim-Iran) Iranian Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Hossein Dehqan and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Chang Wanquan signed an agreement in Tehran on Monday to enhance military and defense cooperation between the two countries. 

 

Moroccans Burn Israeli Flag at UN Climate Talks (Albawaba-Jordan)  Hundreds of people in Morocco have held a protest rally outside parliament in Rabat to vent their anger at the Israeli flag being flown at UN climate talks in Marrakesh that opened on Monday. The protesters on Wednesday shouted anti-Israel and anti-American slogans and set an Israeli flag on fire.

 

Qatar's Shopping Spree to Buy and Displace the West?  Giulio Meotti (Gatestone Institute) Qatar is the puppeteer behind UNESCO's anti-Semitic resolution on Jerusalem, and a world center of Islamic extremism. Qatar does not make a secret of trying to submit Western culture to the Muslim crescent.

 

Israel okays Palestinian Village Master Plan in Area C - Sue Surkes (Times of Israel)

 

Russia, Iran plan $10bn arms supply to Tehran (RT)

Hezbollah flaunts American equipment in Syria parade - Alex Rowell (NOW) Hezbollah may potentially have procured them from the LAF, which continues to receive American military aid.

 

Turkey's NATO officials seek asylum in Germany amid Erdogan crackdown - Deger Akal (DW)

Turkey, Israel Hold First Meeting on Gas Pipeline - Nati Yefet (Globes)

Turkey Announces New Ambassador to Israel  (Hurriyet-Turkey)

 

Text of Letter on Iran Sponsoring Middle East Terror (United Nations) 11 Arab countries accuse Iran of sponsoring Middle East terror.

President Trump Could Unilaterally Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel - Julian Ku. (Opinio Juris)

The Day After the Election - Alan M. Dershowitz (Gatestone Institute)

Islamic State Tunnels Below Mosul Are a Hidden and Deadly Danger - William Booth and Aaso Ameen Shwan (Washington Post)

IAEA: Iran Once Again Exceeds a Nuclear Deal Limit - Francois Murphy (Reuters)  Tehran has surpassed the 130 metric ton threshold for heavy water for the second time, exceeding the limit set under the nuclear deal, the UN atomic watchdog said on Wednesday.

Iran Sends Its Revolutionary Guards into Battle for Aleppo - Caroline Akoum (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

Three U.S. Trainers Shot Dead at Jordan Base - Suleiman Al-Khalidi (Reuters)

PA Security Forces Helped Thwart Attack on Israeli Army Post in Hebron (Ma'an News-PA)

New PA libel: Israel plans to assassinate Abbas like it did Arafat - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Hamas Operating from Turkey as Usual Despite Ankara's Promises - Yossi Melman (Jerusalem Post)
Turkey-Syria Border Wall to Be Completed in 2017 (Hurriyet-Turkey)

CAIR Whips Pre-Election Hysteria and Fear Against FBI (IPT News)

Thyme Zipporah Siegel Rest in Peace (Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers/Phyllis Chesler)

UN passes 10 resolutions bashing Israel in one day  (UN Watch) “While there will be a total of 20  resolutions against Israel this session, not a single U.N. General Assembly resolution is planned today for gross human rights abusers such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, China, or Cuba.” “At a time when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his state-controlled media incite to the continued stabbing and shooting of Israeli Jews, the UN’s response is to reflexively condemn Israel in ten separate resolutions, each of them one-sided, each of them utterly silent on Palestinian abuses.”

Ghani “Shocked” Over Civilian Death Toll in Kunduz Operation (Tolo News)

Egypt: Army kills six armed extremists in Sinai raids - Al-Masry Al-Youm (Egypt Independent) Security troops have been engaged in a battle with insurgents in North and
Central Sinai for the past three years. Among the main insurgent groups is
Sinai Province, an organization linked to the Islamic State terrorist group.

Reykjavk, Iceland, Votes to Boycott Israeli Products (Iceland Magazine)

Iran Arrests Woman for Unpublished Manuscript - Meira Svirsky (Clarion Project)

Ayatollah Khamenei Reiterates Futility, Harmfulness of Talks with U.S. (Tasnim-Iran)

Lebanon's New President Vows to "Liberate the Remainder of Our Lands" from Israel (Times of Israel) In his inaugural address, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said his government would "not spare any efforts to protect Lebanon from Israel and liberate the remainder of our lands," referring to the Shebaa Farms region.

Hamas looks to join PLO – Dov Lieber (Times of Israel)

PA official defends naming school after mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
In the West Bank, a Political Struggle Turns to Violence - Luke Baker (Reuters) ... between Palestinian security forces and local gunmen.
After Two Decades of PA Rule, Why Does UNRWA Still Operate in West Bank? - Evelyn Gordon (Commentary)

Post-Caliphate: The Future of the Salafi-Jihadi Movement - Bruce Hoffman and Matthew Levitt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)  Most importantly, as long as Syria remains an open sore, IS can continue to exist there and use the conflict as a recruiting beacon. More broadly, Islamist radicalization is in hyper drive, and many of the factors that are stimulating it will not be diminished with the fall of IS.

UN Hires Assad's Friends and Relatives for Syria Relief Operation - Emma Beals and Nick Hopkins (Guardian-UK)

Mosul, CNN, ISIS and Israel - video (Honest Reporting)