Friday, October 23, 2020

France teacher attack: Four pupils held over beheading (BBC)  This brings to a total of 15 the number of people taken into custody in the aftermath of the murder. 51 French Muslim associations would be closed down including the Cheikh Yassine Collective, which is named after Hamas’ founder.

Iran to Import North Korean Long-Range Missiles - Simon Watkins (OilPrice.com)

Is a Libyan Warlord Beyond Law’s Reach? - William Ford (Lawfare) Khalifa Hifter, the commander of the Libyan National Army, —a dual U.S.-Libyan citizen who owns property in Virginia

Play Glamorizing ISIS Member Epitomizes "Jihadi Cool" = Abigail R. Esman (IPT News) theater in The Netherlands!

NGO Monitor Third Quarter Report - Just yesterday NGO Monitor was cited in Politico, with the US State Department using our research on NGOs, antisemitism, and BDS. Read it here


On Sudan making peace with Israel: Same country that was allied with Iran & Hamas, and which in 1967 hosted the Arab League summit that declared the Khartoum three No's: “No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.” We can all be skeptical about the rationale, but I hope everyone can agree that peace is good!


Friday, October 16, 2020

This week, I learned that organizations will often try to "hide" their anti-Israel activities behind otherwise noble causes. As you may come across this too, I thought you'd find this Newsweek story of interest.   When Peace Threatens the Peace NGO Industry - Yona Schiffmiller (Newsweek) “For many NGOs, the new Abraham Accords are not an opportunity to celebrate peace, mutual recognition and dialogue, but a catastrophe threatening their core business. More importantly, the deals represent a repudiation of the NGOs' core ideology and worldview—one that privileges Palestinian myths and victimization above all other considerations.”

Webinar presented by Honest Reporting
How Israel‘s new peace deals are reshaping the Middle East 
Sunday , October 25th, 11:00 AM EST



PA: “We are prepared to sacrifice… We will sacrifice our children” - Itamar Marcus (PMW)  Unity with terror organizations and return-to-terror is the PA’s response to the ‎peace treaties Israel has signed with Bahrain and the UAE, and the peace plan that ‎the US has put on the table.

Flights from Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to Use Israeli Airspace - Itay Blumenthal (Ynet NewsAs a direct result of the Israel/UAE deal


Guardian Blasts Israeli Actress for Playing Someone from the Middle East - Adam Levick (CAMERA)  The author acknowledges that Gadot “ticks the box for Middle Eastern and north African (MENA) representation”

Hizbullah Networks in Venezuela - Joseph M. Humire (Atlantic Council)

Thursday, October 8, 2020

The Middle East's New Map - Robert D. Kaplan (National Interest)

Whose Islam? The New Battle for Afghanistan - Borhan Osman (The New York Times)



On 20th Anniversary, Media Minimizes Intifada's Impact on Israelis - Giliad Ini (CAMERA) If you don’t understand Israel’s experience during the Second Intifada, a multi-year wave of Palestinian terror attacks that began 20 years ago this month, you can’t understand the state of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict today.

Nobody is ignoring the Palestinians - Stephen Flatow (JNS)

Coercion, Violence Threaten Middle East, Asian, and African Christians - Abigail R. Esman (IPT)

Taliban Want 'Islamic System' of Government as Focal Point of Afghan Talks - Ayaz Gul (Voice of America) Meanwhile, battlefield hostilities between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents continued to inflict heavy casualties on both sides and deepen a mutual trust deficit at the negotiating table.

Europe On Iran: Why The Appeasement? Elahe Boghrat (Kayhan/WorldCrunch)


Israel's Vulnerable New Friends - Martin Kramer (martinkramer.org) The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are vulnerable and dangerously close to Iran. 
Israeli Rapid Covid-19 Test to Be Used in European Airports - Marcy Oster (JTA) Why doesn't the US have this? United in Hawaii seems to be starting something similar!




Saudi nuclear ambitions - Andrea Stricker (The World/PRI)

The South Syria Deal: Two Years Later - Ibrahim Hamidi (Center for Global Policy)  Two years later, Jordan is still unable to relocate refugees in large numbers, and Iran's continued presence is prompting Israeli airstrikes. The U.S.-Russian agreement failed to completely keep Iranian forces away from the Jordanian or Israeli borders. Iran may have withdrawn its non-Syrian militias, but it is consolidating its presence by enlisting Syrian militias to keep the pressure on Israel.     


U.N. rebukes only Israel for violating women's rights - (UN Watch) The Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Belarus were among members of the UN’s 54-nation Economic and Social Council, a principal organ of the world body, who voted on September 14th to single out Israel as the only country in the world to be rebuked by the council this year for allegedly violating women’s rights.