I first saw this headline at Ynet News, but the source is actually Reuters. Or as Honest Reporting noted at Reuters, "If it Bleeds, it Leads."  This was a clear-cut case of self-defense. The story is that a Palestinian tried to kill an Israeli - would you know that from this headline?

• Israeli Kills Knife-Wielding Palestinian Assailant - Elisha Ben-Kimon  (Ynet News) A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli at his home in front of his children at the Mor Farm outpost near Teneh Omarim in the southern Mount Hebron area of the West Bank on Wednesday. The Israeli then shot and killed the terrorist.

Another northern Afghan district falls to the Taliban- Bill Roggio (Long War Journal) The Taliban has increased its footprint in Afghanistan. FDD’s Long War Journal has identified 44 Afghan districts under the Afghan jihadist group’s control, and another 56 that are heavily contested. The number of Taliban controlled and influenced/contested districts has risen from 70 in Oct. 2015 to 100 this month.

Ex-Mossad chief: On thwarting Iran, Netanyahu should be speaking to Putin, not Trump - Judah Ari Gross (Times of Israel)

Palestinian Ambassador to Iran: I Pray that Iran Will Produce 1,000 Nuclear Bombs (MEMRI TV)

Iran Requests 950 Tons of Uranium from Kazakhstan (AFP)

Islamic State Targets China - Michael Martina (Reuters) Vowing to plant their flag in China and that blood will "flow in rivers," a new video released this week by Islamic State shows ethnic Uighur fighters training in Iraq

Sieges, Demographic Shifts and Returns to ‘Liberated’ Cities - Preethi Nallu (Syria Deeply)  This article indicates that the changing demographics of Syria and Iraq and the complexities of displaced people returning to “liberated” cities in both countries have reinforced the sectarian and social divides.

 

 

90 Percent of the Land in the West Bank Is Empty - Nadav Shragai (Israel Hayom) About 7% of the built-up areas are populated by Palestinians and another 3% by Jews.

Israeli Company Unveils Solution to Growing Drone Threat- Roi Reshef (Globes)

Israel is stuck in the tunnels of yesteryear, but Hamas is digging right now - Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel) Hamas is still tunneling, 24/7, in shifts. Hamas’s tunnel unit has become one of the most prestigious in the Gaza terror-government’s military wing, and the men who enlist in it are accorded superhero status in the Strip, receiving particularly fat salaries.

Pollard pleads against strict parole conditions - Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post)

Human Rights Watch (NGO Monitor) HRW is a "blatantly hostile anti-Israeli organization ..."