The U.S. Ignores Sub-Saharan Africa at Its Own Peril (Stratfor)
Iranian Daily Threatens War on Saudi Arabia, UAE(MEMRI) 
 

 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)