As per AFP/Yahoo News: Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew of stringent punishments laid out for the first time in a revised penal code.

 

Danish Jihadists Still Receive Disability Benefits - David Frankenhuis (Gatestone Europe)

 

Strike on ISIS Drone Unit Highlights Novel Intelligence Methods - Oriana Pawlyk (Military.com) see also: Jihadi Drones - Steven Stalinsky and J. Sosnow (MEMRI)

ISIS in Sinai: The Libyan Connection - Zvi Mazel (Jerusalem Post)

Hamas-Islamic State Conflict Intensifies in Gaza - Yaakov Lappin (JNS.org)

PA Wipes Israel Off the Map- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Israeli Hospital Helps Deaf Palestinian Children Hear for First Time - Dr. Itay Gal (Ynet News)

Netanyahu Took Two-Hour Flight Detour to Avoid Indonesian Airspace - Elle Hunt (Guardian-UK)

Apple Buys Israel's Facial Recognition Firm RealFace - Shoshanna Solomon (Times of Israel)

 

Hizbullah May Have Game-Changing Anti-Ship Missiles - Alexander Fulbright (Times of Israel)

Hizbullah Losing Its Luster under Iranian General Soleimani - Hanin Ghaddar (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

 

Les médias turcs aujourd'hui : que reste-t-il ?The Turkish Media Today: What’s Left? - Aurélien Denizeau (French Institute of International Relations)

 

"U.S. is determined to stand up to the UN’s anti-Israel bias" - Nikki Haley (Youtube) 

"Moderate" Muslim Brotherhood Mourns Terrorist's Death - John Rossomando (IPT News)
Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers at AP- Ricki Hollander (CAMERA) All of Mr. Friedman's statements fact-checked by the AP were completely accurate.  Not so for the AP's fact-checker, Josh Lederman.

 

Citing Anti-Semitism, UK University Cancels Israel Apartheid Week Event - Rosa Doherty (Jewish Chronicle-UK)