Friday, November 17, 2017

With the media mostly covering Presidential tweets and First Lady fashions, it's hard to see the real craziness in the U.S. congress. For my part, this just covers one subject. Scroll down for U.S. 

BBC Erases Jews from Ancient Israel - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)

Europe's Collusion in Palestinian Illegal Land Grab - Ruth Blum (Gatestone Institute) 

The Iranian Threat on Israel's Northern Border - Ron Ben-Yishai (Ynet News)
Al-Qaeda Has Rebuilt Itself - with Iran's Help - Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark (Atlantic) 
Report: Britain Preparing to Transfer 400 Million Pounds to Iran (Reuters-New York Times) Britain is preparing to transfer over 400 million pounds ($527 million) to Iran as it seeks the release of a jailed Iranian-British aid worker, the Telegraph reported Wednesday.  
Hizbullah, Crown Jewel of Iran's Spreading Influence - Tony Gamal-Gabriel (AFP-France 24)
Observations: Southern Syria Deal Fails to Constrain Iran, Al-Qaeda (Institute for the Study of War)


The BDS NGOs Behind Legislation in US Congress (NGO Monitor)   Yesterday (November 14) Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) introduced the "Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act." This initiative is part of a broader non-governmental organization (NGO) propaganda campaign, built on false accusations against the IDF, and exploiting Palestinian children for political gain. 
As ISIS Caliphate Crumbles, U.S. Builds Outposts in Western Iraq - Susannah George  (AP-Military Times)
The New York Times is at again. Did you see this past Sunday's "An Arab Bakery in Oakland Full of California Love” featuring mention of a Palestinian "activist". When did they start calling terrorists activists? This bakery is one of many bakeries in the area, but the only one featuring a mural dedicated to a terrorist responsible for murdering two students and who was deported from the U.S. 
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Friday, November 10, 2017


 Israel Sends Emergency Aid to Plague-Hit Madagascar - Mel Frykberg (African Independent-South Africa)


Honest Reporting: With Israeli athletes getting snubbed in various ways by United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Malaysia, Algeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Egypt, why the heck do world sports bodies allow these Arab countries to continue hosting or participating in sporting events that Israelis also compete in?Morocco authorities fail to provide Israeli judo team with visas ahead of world championship (Ynet News)NY Times Covers Up Emirati Intolerance at Judo Tournament - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA) 

Druze try to break into Syria from Israel, IDF brings them back - Judah Ari Gross (Times of Israel) After Syrian Druze village of Hader hit by suicide bombing, Netanyahu vows to protect it from jihadists 

The First Lady of Isis (The Atlantic -Video) In a new documentary from The Atlantic, based on original reporting from Graeme Wood, the former extremist details her experience returning to the United States and building a new life in Plano, Texas. 

I'm sure you've been reading about the Balfour Declaration in the news lately. As Honest Reporting noted: That Palestinians were displaced is not in dispute. However, as over 1.5 million Arab citizens living in Israel today demonstrates, significant numbers of Palestinians remained in Israel after its independence in 1948. Here's something you might not have noticed: *"There was nothing called a Palestinian people" in 1917, says Palestinian historian - Itamar Marcus and Maurice Hirsch (PMW) To mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Mahmoud Abbas, the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority published an op-ed in the British Guardian newspaper. After castigating Lord Balfour for promising "a land that was not his to promise" he went on to describe the Palestinian people as "a proud nation with a rich heritage of ancient civilisations, and the cradle of the Abrahamic faiths." [The Guardian, Nov. 1, 2017] Contradicting Abbas' historical revision, just a day before, PA official TV broadcast an interview with the historian Abd Al-Ghani Salameh, who explained that in 1917 there was no Palestinian people. *Turks, Arabs Welcomed the Balfour Declaration - Efraim Karsh (Middle East Quarterly)

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Not sure if you noticed some headline fails this week. I caught Metro (one of the free papers in NYC) with one  -- On October 31, on the page 2 summary where they highlight "5 Things You Need To Know", item 4: Six Killed as Israel Destroys Gaza Tunnel. This heading is not only misleading, but wrong. The tunnel was in Israel. The purpose of the tunnel was to facilitate the entry of Islamic Jihad terrorists into Israel, to kidnap Israelis. As a result of the destruction of this tunnel, Palestinians – Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorists – were killed and wounded. No innocent civilians were harmed. See this link for more information.  See related story: Netanyahu Hails "Breakthrough Technology" in Discovery of Palestinian Attack Tunnel - Marissa Newman (Times of Israel)

Why Bahrain Is Leading Gulf Arab Outreach to Israel - Hussein Ibish (Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington)

Germany: Violence Spirals in Refugee Shelters - Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute) In Germany as a whole, around 40,000 crimes — nearly 150 each day — were reported in refugee shelters during the first nine months of 2016. These crimes included 17,200 physical assaults, 6,500 thefts, 510 sexual assaults and 139 murders or attempted murders.
Also note: Reuters reported that Germany has lost track of 30,000 rejected asylum seekers,

Bin Laden Documents Reveal Iran's Secret Dealings with Al-Qaeda - Josie Ensor  (Telegraph-UK)

Israeli Attack Target: A Syrian-Iranian Industrial Area - Roi Kais (Ynet News)     The Hisya industrial area south of the Syrian city of Homs, which was attacked Wednesday in an airstrike attributed to Israel, has been used over the past decade for joint projects of Iranian government companies and Syrian government and private companies, intelligence blog Intellitimes reports.
Israeli Finance Minister Meets PA Prime Minister in Ramallah - Itamar Eichner and Elior Levy (Ynet News)

North Korea's Alliance with Syria Reveals a Wider Proliferation Threat - Jay Solomon (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)


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