This week WHO reported highest one-day increase in global coronavirus cases. Please stay safe and wear a mask!

The End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict - Michael J. Koplow (Israel Policy Forum) - too optimistic? What do you think? 

     Sudan, Oman Attend Peace Accord Signing in U.S. - Ahmed Younis (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

The man who risked everything to report from IS-controlled Mosul - Shaul Adar (Times of Israel)

While Israel Burns, The Media Fiddles - Sean Durns (CAMERA)

Qatar Funds Hizbullah Arsenal through Gold Markets in Uganda - Damien McElroy (The National-UAE)

U.N. Clash as Rights Chief Denounces Israel, Ignores Arab-Israeli Peace Agreements (UN Watch)

U.S. Withdrawing Thousands of Troops from Iraq and Afghanistan - Robert Burns and Zeke Miller (AP-Military Times)

What ISIS Can Tell Us About QAnon - Mike Pesca (Slate) A conversation with Clint Watts

Petition: Media Silent as Harvard Hires Palestinian BDS and Terror Supporter (Honest Reporting) Click the link to sign the petition.  One would hope that Fellows for the school’s Future of Diplomacy Project would actually support diplomacy.

Our Guest Speaker Today, Class, Is a Jew-Hating Terrorist - Jeff Jacoby

 (Boston Globe)  

I Was on a Plane Hijacked by Palestinian Terrorists. A Public University Invited One of Them to Speak - Moshe Raab

 (JTA)

 On this the 19th anniversary of 9/11, we're remembering those who died in the deadliest attack on US soil. Nineteen years later, Afghanistan peace talks begin! More on 9/11 and the 9/11 wars at The Long War

As I was writing this, Trump announced Bahrain Normalizes Ties With Israel Weeks After UAE Deal.

IAEA: Iran's Uranium Stockpile Is 10 Times over Limit Set by Nuclear Deal - David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker (Institute for Science and International Security) In as little as 5.5 months, Iran could produce enough weapon-grade uranium for two nuclear weapons. 

Musicians across the world sing tributes to Beirut - Bianca Hillier (The World)

Malawi to Open Embassy in Jerusalem - Marcy Oster (JTA)

One day of Hamas TV hate and terror messages -Nan Jacques Zilberdik  (PMW) 

Media Blackout: Hamas’ Israeli Hostages- Zina Rakhamilova (Honest Reporting) Kidnapping innocent civilians is an egregious human rights violation. Yet, even with all the recent media coverage about the weeks-long confrontation between the IDF and Hamas, there has been little, if any, attention paid to the captives’ plight.

Hamas, Hezbollah leaders meet to discuss Israeli ties with Arab world (Times of Israel) dubbed the "Terror Summit"

    See also: Media Silence as Arch-Terrorists Plot to Destroy Israel - Dov Lipman (Honest Reporting)

PLO: Most Arab States Have Stopped Paying Us (Middle East Monitor-UK)

Rogers Water is Antisemitic and Anti-Israel (IsraeliCool) This question was asked by Al Jazeera this week in an interview with Rogers Water. Israeli Cool kindly shares the background confirming the answer. (As if anyone had any doubts.)

Case Filed At UN Against Hamas Over Detained Palestinian (AFP) The coalition of 70 NGOs said they had lodged a complaint with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to demand the release of peace campaigner Rami Aman, detained by Hamas in Gaza on April 9.

San Francisco State's Ethnicities Department to Host Documented Palestinian Terrorist (CAMERA on Campus)

CAIR's "Exposed" Series Exposes CAIR's Terrorist Sympathies - Steven Emerson (IPT News)

Two ‘Boogaloo Bois’ Charged With Conspiring to Provide Support to Hamas - Pilar Melendaz (Daily Beast)

Jewish Caucus Inserts Anti-Bias "Guardrails" into California Ethnic Studies Law - Gabe Stutman (Jewish News of Northern California)

Hungary Defends Israel at EU Foreign Ministers' Summit - Denes Albert (Remix-Hungary)

Israel Launches Medical Laboratory into Space - Sarah Chemla (Jerusalem Post)

AP Whitewashes PLO and Hezbollah Violence in Lebanon Centennial Story - Emanuel Miller (Honest Reporting)

Suha Arafat says she’s being attacked by PA for defending UAE on its Israel deal (Times of Israel)

Independent Whitewashes Linda Sarsour's Antisemitism - Adam Levik (CAMERA)

Human Rights Watch chief mocks Jews, vilifies Israel-UAE peace accord (UN Watch/Facebook)