Iranian Nuclear Revelations from Argentina - Ben Cohen (JNS.org)... the deal involved the transfer of nuclear expertise, technology and equipment to Iran from Argentina....  Bogado confirmed that Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez was the key influence on Kirchner in her decision to embrace Tehran. 

55 Egyptian Policemen Killed in Raid on Militant Base in Western Desert - Sudarsan Raghavan and Heba Farouk Mahfouz  (Washington Post) Egypt's security forces say the militants belonged to Hasm, the armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.

India Arrests Two ISIS-Inspired Men for Planning Attack on Synagogue (Indian Express)

Iranian Official Claims: "Iran Spoiled a Plot to Create Second Israel in Iraq" (Rudaw-Kurdistan) Kurdish officials have repeatedly said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards played a key role in the week-long military incursion into Kurdish-controlled territories in Kirkuk. Kurdish officials say about 600 civilians were killed during the Iraqi advances, while the peshmerga reported losing 30 soldiers in Kirkuk and Pirde.

The Iran-Hamas Plan to Destroy Israel - Khaled Abu Toameh. (Gatestone Institute)

Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Authority Hold Joint Disaster-Response Drills - Kaamil Ahmed (Anadolu-Turkey)

Israeli Defense Minister Praises New U.S. Iran Strategy - Barbara Opall-Rome (Defense News) … the White House unveiled a strategy to "neutralize and counter" all Iranian threats - and not just the nuclear threat

Judo Federation Chastises Abu Dhabi over Israeli Treatment - Ian Deitch (AP-Washington Post)

Fatah Admits Its True Goals — but the Media Won’t Retweet - Sean Durns (The Algemeiner) Palestinian Authority (PA) President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas — recently tweeted: “Our goal is the end of Israel. … We don’t want peace. We want war and victory.”

Palestinian activists build monument to Saddam Hussein - AP (ABC News) The Arab Liberation Front has built Saddam monuments in several other Palestinian towns.

See also: Palestinians in West Bank Erect Memorial to Saddam Hussein (MEMRI)  The monument bears the slogan "Arab Palestine from the River to the Sea," referring to the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Russia-Iran Axis: An Existential Threat To Israel - Yigal Carmen (MEMRI) Iran's inventory of 8.5 tons of enriched uranium, shipped out of Iran to Russia in December 2015 in accordance with the JCPOA, has gone missing in Russia. 

Russia, Qatar sign military cooperation agreement (Middle East Monitor) Historically, Qatar used to buy US weaponry 

Former Saudi, Israeli intelligence chiefs meet in NYC - Amir Bogen (Ynet News) 

People are outraged that Sophia the robot has more rights than most women in Saudi Arabia (Mashable)

In Syrian barrage, a confident message signed by Iran and Russia - Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel) The fire that hit Israel Saturday was likely no accident

130 Israeli Companies, 60 International Corporations on UN "Blacklist" - Itamar Eichner  (Ynet News)  No such lists pertaining to other regions of conflict - such as the Crimean Peninsula and Western Sahara - have been created.    

SIGAR: Alarming rate of Afghan trainees in the US are going AWOL - Phil Hegseth (FDD's Long War Journal) see actual report from Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) 

Trump Directs State, USAID to Bypass United Nations. Deliver US Aid More Directly to Christians, Yazidis in Iraq - Susan Crabtree (Washington Free Beacon)

U.S. Mideast Envoy Greenblatt: Hamas "Begging Iran" for Help (Facebook) Jason Greenblatt, the U.S. special representative for international negotiations, wrote on Facebook and Twitter on Monday: "Hamas, which has only brought ruin and misery to Palestinians, now begs Iran for help and again vows to destroy Israel. Palestinians deserve so much better than this. We must find a better path forward toward peace and prosperity." 

At the Hamptons Film Festival, we saw the documentary My Daughter Nora  “Ma Fille Nora” -  A mother tirelessly pursues her runaway teenage daughter, who left her home in Belgium to join the war against the infidels in Syria. Interestingly, she forms a support group and protests the government for allowing their children to travel and join the terrorists.

In London, lots of reporting on the dual threats of terrorism and RT, Russia, and Putin. "Western democracies are being targeted by the Putin regime and its agents of atavism, racism, and irrationalism," Oliver Kamm, The Times.

A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Britain: September 2017 - Soren Kern (Gatestone Institute)

Where’s the Coverage? Egyptian Army Destroys Sinai Homes  (CAMERA)

Germany: Iran Working to Build Nuclear-Armed Missiles - Benjamin Weinthal (Jerusalem Post)

Iran Behind Kurdish Withdrawal from Kirkuk - Dexter Filkins (New Yorker)  On Sunday, Qassem Suleimani, Iran's chief spymaster, met with the leaders of the PUK, one of the two main Kurdish political parties. Within hours, PUK fighters began abandoning their posts, making way for Iraqi military units that took over the former Kurdish positions and a stretch of oil fields near the city of Kirkuk.

Kirkuk's Kurdish Governor Is Forced to Flee - Eli Lake (Bloomberg) "Shiite militias raided Kurdish neighborhoods, and today thousands are leaving. They beat up people. This was all from the Shiite militias - the ones the U.S.-led coalition said were not there."   Iraqi Prime Minister "Abadi claims there were no casualties. We have seen trucks full of dead bodies."

Saving Sirte, Libyan City Returns To Life After Fall Of ISIS   Maryline Dumas (Le Figaro/WorldCrunch)

Hizbullah Playing Prominent Role in Eastern Syria - Mona Alami  (Al-Monitor)  The Hizbullah commander said the organization is using the recent de-escalation deal in southern Syria to do reconnaissance work there. According to a previous interview with a Hizbullah official, Hizbullah "has missiles with a range that could target Israel [from Syrian territory] without Hizbullah having to be physically present near the border area."   

"If ISIS Knew I Came to Israel They Would Behead Me": Syrian Parents Risk Everything to Get Israeli Treatment for their Children - Raf Sanchez  (Telegraph-UK)

Israel's Iron Dome a Quick Fix for Seoul's Vulnerability to North Korean Attack? - Loren Thompson (Forbes) 

Hamas Chief: We Won't Discuss Recognizing Israel, Only Wiping It Out - Dov Lieber  (Times of Israel)
Fatah Spokesman: Fatah Will Never Recognize Israel - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch)

Turkey-Israel Talks on Natural Gas Pipeline at "Advanced Stage" - Ebru Sengul and Muhsin Baris Tiryakioglu (Anadolu-Turkey)

Text: UN NGOs - Inciting Hatred, Anti-Semitism and Terror from the World Stage (Human Rights Voices)

US kills influential al Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban leader in Afghanistan - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal)

Pentagon Says Support for Iraqi Forces Could End If Attacks on Kurds Continue - Joe Gould (Defense News) 

Before US withdrawal from UNESCO this week,Arab States Backtrack on UNESCO Resolutions Criticizing Israel - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz) For first time since 2013, a group of Arab countries, headed by Jordan and the PA, have backtracked on presenting resolutions critical of Israel at the UNESCO executive board session in Paris this week. A senior official in the Israel Foreign Ministry said the decision to delay for six months a vote on the resolutions was made following quiet diplomatic talks last week between the UNESCO committee chairman, Michael Worbs, Israel's UN ambassador, Carmel Shama Hacohen, and the Jordanian ambassador to UNESCO, Makram Queisi. Jason Greenblatt, President Trump's adviser on Israel, was personally involved. 

Belgium Suspends PA Construction Projects after Palestinian School Renamed for Terrorist - Shiri Moshe (Algemeiner and PMW) The Belgian government is suspending any efforts to construct or furnish Palestinian schools, after one built with Brussels' aid was renamed in honor of Dalal Mughrabi, who led a massacre of 38 people - including 13 children - near Tel Aviv in 1978. Belgium "will not allow itself to be associated with the names of terrorists in any way."  

Iran to Block Waze Navigation App Due to Israeli Origin - Fatih Karimov (Trend-Azerbaijan) Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, secretary of the Iranian Committee for Determining Criminal Web Content, has demanded that Iranians' access to Waze, a GPS-based navigation application, be blocked due to its Israeli background.

Israeli-Palestinian women’s peace march exposes Palestinian divides - Gabe Carroll (Times of Israel) Two weeks of events drawing thousands throughout Israel, West Bank culminate in Jerusalem rally backed by PLO, slammed by Hamas and BDS movement. Hamas called on Palestinians to “confront” the march and “isolate those who set it up.”  The march was also condemned, by the Palestinian National Committee of the international BDS campaign. In an Arabic release, the committee denounced the “feminist normalization march” and called for a boycott and “peaceful sabotage” of the initiative. Abbas, meanwhile, sent the marchers a personal letter, in which he called for the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel. 
 

Jordan terms visits by Jews to the courtyard area of Temple Mount "storming of Al Aqsa Mosque " (Petra)

Century-Old Kurdish Statehood Dream Not Handiwork of Israel - Bashdar Ismaeel (Kurdistan24)
The Trump Administration Just Stabbed the Kurds in the Front - Michael J. Totten (World Affairs Journal)

Teens Detained by Hamas in Gaza Face Torture (IMEMC-PA) Defense for Children International-Palestine has documented six cases since January where children in conflict with the law under the current Hamas-led government in Gaza were at severe risk of abuse during detention. Three children were tortured during police interrogations, and one was physically abused by police station guards and adult prisoners, prompting the boy's suicide.

Turkey Poised to Roll Into Syria (Stratfor)  Great map!

U.S. Officials Warn of Potential Hizbullah Threat to U.S. Homeland - Jeff Seldin  (VOA News) "Make no mistake, Hizbullah has no political wing. It is a single organization, a terrorist organization, and it is rotten to its core."  
ACLU sues over Kansas law that targets Israel boycotts - John Hanna (Times of Israel)  Lawsuit filed on behalf of public school math teacher alleges state anti-BDS law violates free speech.  Twenty-one states have such policies.  “Boycotts of Israel are really a discriminatory effort by a few people who aren’t necessarily interested in a peaceful resolution in the Middle East,” said Jacob Millner, Midwest regional director for the Israel Project. But Dima Khalidi, executive director of Palestine Legal, a group supporting pro-Palestinian advocates, said the Israel government and pro-Israel groups unfairly attempt to paint boycott backers as radicals or terrorism supporters.

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley:  "The purpose of UNESCO is a good one. Unfortunately, its extreme politicization has become a chronic embarrassment....Just as we said in 1984 when President Reagan withdrew from UNESCO, U.S. taxpayers should no longer be on the hook to pay for policies that are hostile to our values and make a mockery of justice and common sense." 

US resumes strikes against Islamic State in Libya - Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio (Long War Journal)

Palestinian Reconciliation: Abbas Says No to "Hizbullah Model" in Gaza as Hamas Seeks to Retain Armed Wing - Jack Khoury  (Ha'aretz) The pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported over the weekend that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has stipulated three conditions for reconciliation. First, that Hamas dismantle its military wing; second, that there be no foreign involvement in the administration of Gaza; and third, that any money for restoration and development only be channeled through the Palestinian government. According to Palestinian officials, these conditions are intended to block any involvement by former Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan or countries like Qatar.

4,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Settlement Flattened by Hamas Bulldozers (AP-The National-Abu Dhabi) Palestinian and French archaeologists in Gaza unearthed a rare 4,500-year-old Bronze Age settlement 20 years ago. Now Hamas bulldozers are flattening the last remnants of the excavation - Tel Es-Sakan - the largest Canaanite city between Palestine and Egypt.  In 2013, Hamas seized the 3,000-year-old Anthedon Harbor to build a military training camp, parts of which were bulldozed. In 2016, the remains of a Byzantine church were discovered in Gaza, but authorities are believed to have destroyed them. 

Russia: Airstrikes Wipe Out 300 IS Militants in Syria in Two Days (TASS-Russia)

Drone Strike Kills 8 Hizbullah Fighters in Syria  (AFP-Al-Monitor) On Monday an unidentified "drone hit a Hizbullah position near the town of Sukhna (in central Homs province) killing eight fighters, and injuring more than 20," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The War in Syria Is Far from Over - Anshel Pfeffer  (Ha'aretz)  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported this week that September was the bloodiest month this year, with 3,055 people killed - at least a third of them civilians, among them 207 children.  There are still significant pockets of resistance, with most of the casualties caused by the fighting against ISIS in Raqqa and the Euphrates Valley. Idlib province in northwest Syria, where rebels remain largely in control, has seen ferocious Syrian and Russian airstrikes in recent weeks.

In Moscow, Saudi king slams Iran, signs billion dollar defense, energy deals (Times of Israel)  In first official visit by a Saudi monarch to Russia, King Salman tells Putin Iran must stop regional meddling, says wants to see Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital

Turkey Opens Large Military Base in Somalia - Abdi Latif Dahir (Defense One)

A terrorist defies the BBC’s narrative (BBC Watch) Anytime the BBC reports on a terror attack against Israelis, the corporation tends to tell its audience something like, "Israelis blame Palestinian incitement; Palestinians blame frustration over the occupation." But sometimes terrorists themselves unambiguously deny the BBC's narrative. Ziad Awad, who was recently sentenced for an April 2014 terror attack, confirmed his religious motivation to his son before the attack, saying that "according to Islam, whoever kills a Jew goes to heaven." The BBC only belatedly reported on the original attack and ignored the arrest, indictment, and the motive behind the murder.