Friday, June 9, 2017

 
ISIS's Mass Killings of Civilians in Mosul - Yasmeen Serhan (The Atlantic)  The UN called the slayings of at least 230 Iraqis trying to flee the city a “significant escalation.”
 
Jordan Repels Attack on Syria Border (Agence France Presse/Daily Star - Lebanon)
 
Distinction between Hizbullah and the "Lebanese State" now Meaningless - Tony Badran (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)  The goals of strengthening the Lebanese state and disarming Hizbullah are at odds with each other. Hizbullah has completed its takeover of the Lebanese state, including and especially its political institutions and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), along with other security agencies.
 
 
ISIS Attacked near Northeastern Israeli Border - Roi Kais (Ynet News) The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Tuesday, "unidentified" aircraft attacked ISIS forces at the Syrian-Jordanian-Israeli border. The attacks were directed against the ISIS branch in the Golan, the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, and at least 12 members of the organization were killed and many were injured. In addition, it was claimed that the focus of the attacks was the village of al-Jamala and areas close to it in the Yarmouk basin.     It is not clear whether these planes belong to the international coalition against ISIS.
Israel Steps Up Fight against ISIS, as Terror Group Wages 'War' for Control of Egyptian Border - Adam Kredo (Washington Free Beacon)

Top Palestinian Official: Western Wall Should Stay under Jewish Sovereignty  (Jerusalem Post) Senior Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub said on Saturday evening that Palestinians recognize that in any peace agreement the Western Wall should stay under Israeli sovereignty but the Temple Mount should not.  In an interview on Channel 2's Meet the Press, Rajoub said: "We understand that the Western Wall must be under Jewish sovereignty, but the Temple Mount is ours....I hope that you understand that we recognize your right to exist. It is your right to build your state and live in it in peace and security, but in line with the 1967 borders."    Hamas Slams Rajoub for Acknowledging Western Wall Is Jewish (Times of Israel)
 
 
 Kurdish-backed militia launches Raqqa operation as another declares war on Turkey - Aberin Zaman (Al-Monitor) Coming just days after the Pentagon began distributing weapons to the YPG, Turkey could easily construe threats of escalation by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons as proof that US support for the Syrian Kurds emboldens the Kurdistan Workers Party.
 
NY Times's Ode To Palestinian Violence - Ricki Hollander and Gilead Ini (CAMERA) The New York Times devoted the front page of its Sunday Review section to a 2000-word opinion piece by Nathan Thrall that appears to justify Palestinian violence and terrorism as an effective means to chase Israel out of the West Bank. In the process, the article twists the facts and makes incoherent, internally contradictory arguments.


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