Caroline B. Glick, Israel Hayom: When you read the Trump plan closely, you realize it is a mirror image of Oslo. Rather than Israel being required to prove its good will, the Palestinians are required to prove their commitment to peace.
The Netherlands Criticizes UN Council's "One-Sided, Anti-Israel" Attitude - Janene Pieters (NL Times-Netherlands)
BDS Wins But Palestinians Lose (Ynet News) The UN Human Rights Council, which on Wednesday published a blacklist of companies operating in the West Bank, voted to accept 18 resolutions condemning Israel in 2019; in contrast, just seven resolutions were passed condemning the entire ills of the rest of the world.
The Continuum of Endless Wars 2001-2020 (Center for National Security) "What's fascinating to me is that where we are in Afghanistan is exactly the same place today as at the end of Obama’s presidency."
Israelis Under Attack, Media MIA - Daniel Pomerantz (Honest Reporting)
Islamic Jihad Keeps Firing Rockets at Israel from Gaza (Jerusalem Post)
Occupied Elsewhere: Selective Policies on Occupations and Territorial Disputes - Svante Cornell and Brenda Shaffer (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)
600,000 Syrians in Rebel-Held Areas Flee toward Turkish Border after Government Offensive - Liz Sly (Washington Post) Syrian troops are now within seven miles of the city of Idlib, home to about 900,000 people who could join the exodus. Relentless Syrian and Russian airstrikes target towns behind the front lines to clear out the civilian population ahead of troop advances. Syrian government forces have been joined in recent weeks by Iranian-backed fighters from Lebanon's Hizbullah and other non-Syrian militias, according to U.S. officials.
Guardian Suggests Palestinian 9/11 Celebrations is 'Far-Right' Fake News - Adam Levick (CAMERA's UK Media Watch) In what is meant to be an exposé about "fake news," the Guardian circulates some fake news of its own.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib still hasn’t apologized for pushing a blood libel against Jews - Aaron Kliegman (New York Post)
Trump is no friend of Israel, even if he says otherwise - Jackson Diehl (Washington Post)
I was cleared for release from Guantánamo three years ago. Why am I still here - Abdul Latif Nasser (Boston Globe) Can it be that I am still imprisoned here because of a tweet your president sent before he took office,” writes Abdul Latif Nasser in the Boston Globe. “Has the world forgotten me? Has Morocco? There are five of us among the last 40 prisoners here, cleared for release but not free to go. It costs the United States $13 million per year to keep each of us here. And for what? It is such a waste. The reality is that in Guantánamo we are only half alive. I struggle. I do my best. But I will remain among the living dead until I finally get home to those I love.”
Security Assistance in the Middle East: A Three-Dimensional Chessboard - Robert Springborg, F.C. "Pink" WIlliams, John Zavage (Carnegie Middle East Center)
