Editor's Picks From The MEMRI TV Archives: Arab Media Reactions To Donald Trump (MEMRI)

 

UN Resolution Unleashes Wave of Anti-Israel Bias in New Zealand Media (Honest Reporting)  Public debate brings out of the woodwork self-appointed ‘experts’ with a tenuous grasp of the Mideast.

 

Abbas Poses with Photo of Palestinian Terrorist Who Massacred 38 Israelis, Including 13 Kids (The Tower)

 

Islamic State Steps Up Oil and Gas Sales to Assad Regime - Benoit Faucon and Ahmed Al Omran  (Wall Street Journal) Oil and gas sales to Assad's regime are now Islamic State's largest source of funds, the officials said. Islamic State's "revenue and energy generation is being supported by the Syrian regime," said Amos Hochstein, a U.S. State Department official.

Russia, Turkey Join in Airstrikes on ISIS in Northern Syria (AP-Military Times)

Iran Repopulates Syria with Shia Muslims to Help Tighten Regime's Control - Martin Chulov (Guardian-UK)  "Iran and the [Syrian] regime don't want any Sunnis between Damascus and Homs and the Lebanese border," said one senior Lebanese leader. "This represents a historic shift in populations."

 

Reuters and Israel: Do Ethics Matter? - Daniel Pomerantz  (Honest Reporting- Video)

 

Do you also think about Jonathon Pollard when you read or hear about President Obama commuting Chelsea Manning's sentence and pardoning retired general James E. Cartwright?

U.S. Refusing to Intervene as Ex-CIA Agent Faces Extradition, Prison, in Italy - John Rossomando (IPT News)

It's Monday morning and I just don't get these headlines. I'm sure you've heard something along the lines of New York magazine's Former Iranian President Rafsanjani Has Died, a Blow to Iran’s Reformists or  Iran Loses a Moderate Voice on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. Yet on page A15 in the WSJ there's another headline: Rafsanjani Was Iran's Mythical 'Moderate' by Sohrab Ahmari. As the WSJ is sometimes difficult to access without a password, try this instead: The Myth of Rafsanji in The Weekly Standard.

French Ambassadors Declare War on Israel - Yves Mamou (Gatestone Institute) These men are retired French ambassadors often writing or written about in Le Monde.

French Follies - Editorial (New York Jewish Week) With 500,000 Syrians killed in a civil war that rages on, the EU in turmoil after the Brexit vote, and terrorism markedly on the rise in Europe, diplomats from 70 countries are expected in Paris on Sunday to focus their attention on creating a Palestinian state - five days before a new administration takes over in Washington.

Iranian Activists, Academics Apologize For Iran's Syria Policy (MEMRI)

When you read about "besieged Gaza" or flotillas, think of this:

Booming Business at the Israel-Gaza Border - Danielle Berrin  (Los Angeles Jewish Journal) Since 2006, Israel has consistently and judiciously provided for Gaza's needs, facing the unique predicament of providing for an enemy that launches rockets into Israel. Israel provides Gaza's civilians with water, gas, electricity, medical supplies, building materials, even butter, with tons of goods passing through the Kerem Shalom border crossing.

Israel Foils Smuggling of Illicit Materials to Gaza - Anna Ahronheim (Jerusalem Post) The smuggled goods, including cameras, drones and communications cables, were hidden inside televisions, washing machines and refrigerators. 

PA-Hamas Dispute Leads to Electricity Shortage in Gaza - Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel)

Interesting Tweet:

Israel Protects the Palestinian Authority from the Islamist Wave - Reuel Marc Gerecht (Weekly Standard)

PA to Pay Monthly Stipend to Wife of "Martyr" Who Killed 4 Israelis on Sunday - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  (Palestinian Media Watch) According to its policy of supporting all Palestinian terror, the PA will reward the wife of this murderer with a lifetime monthly allowance of 2,900 shekels ($760), in addition to a one-time grant of 6,000 shekels ($1,580). PA President Mahmoud Abbas did not condemn the terror attack.

Qatar mediating prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas - Elior Levy (Ynet News)

US adds 2 senior Hezbollah members to terrorism list - David Daoud (Long War Journal)

14 U.S. Troops Wounded in Iraq and Syria since October - Andrew deGrandpre (Military Times) More than 5,500 U.S. troops are now deployed in both theaters. 

Venezuela's New Vice President Has Ties to Iran, Hizbullah - Linette Lopez  (Business Insider)  El Aissami participated in a clandestine program to provide Venezuelan passports to terrorists in Damascus.     Joseph Humire, coauthor of Iran's Strategic Penetration in Latin America, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs last year: "El Aissami developed a sophisticated, multi-layered financial network that functions as a criminal-terrorist pipeline bringing militant Islamists into Venezuela and surrounding countries, and sending illicit funds and drugs from Latin America to the Middle East." 

Al Qaeda linked to more than 250 West African attacks in 2016 - Caleb Weiss (FDD's Long War Journal)

Pakistan, China, Russia warn of increased IS threat in Afghanistan (Dawn)

Report: Disguised as Refugees, ISIS General Is in Europe with 400 Soldiers - Julian Robinson (Daily Mail-UK) The Italian intelligence services report that an ISIS general once pictured decapitating a prisoner is back in Europe with 400 of his soldiers after fleeing Syria, Italy'sL'Espresso reported.

Partners for Peace?

Since September 2015, Palestinian attackers have killed 40 Israelis and two visiting Americans. Yes, more Palestinians have died in the same period, but the majority were trying to murder Israelis.

Not allowed to call the Temple Mount "The Temple Mount"  Islamic guards try to boot guide for saying ‘Temple Mount’ on Temple Mount - Ilan Ben Zion (Times of Israel)

In Palestinian Eyes, All of Israel Is a "Settlement" - Alan Joseph Bauer (Jerusalem Post)

Seeking a Trade, Israel to Withhold Bodies of Hamas Militants (Reuters) Israel's security cabinet decided on Sunday to withhold the bodies of Palestinian Hamas militants killed in attacks against Israeli citizens as it seeks to pressure the Islamist movement in Gaza to return the remains of Israeli soldiers and hand back missing Israeli civilians. 

 

U.S., Russian Militaries Sharing More Information on Syria - Lolita C. Baldor and Bradley Klapper (AP-Military Times)

Iran in Syria: Russia Took Over – Heshmat Alevi (Gatestone Institute)

Iran's Pivotal Role in Aleppo Massacres(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

 

NPR Covers Up the Ethnic Cleansing of Jews - Daniel Pomerantz (Honest Reporting) “7 Things To Know About Israeli Settlements," began as follows: “When Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War, no Israeli citizens lived in the territory.” The misleading nature of this one sentence is striking. The reason that no Jews – Israeli or otherwise – lived in the West Bank when Israel captured it in its defensive war against Jordan is that in 1947-48, Jordan killed or expelled all the Jews living there at the time.