NATO chief rejects early military pullout from Afghanistan (France 24)

After Waltzing With Trump, Egypt Must Get In Step With Biden - Ehsan Salah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous (MadaMasr/WorldCrunch)

No-win: Israeli free training, loans, and grants to Palestinians are an "attack” on young Palestinians, leading to “Israelization” - Nan Jacques Zilberdik and Itamar Marcus (PMW)

Israel Bashers' Straw Man Argument Targets Facebook's Rumored Anti-Zionist Policy Change - Ariel Behar (IPT News) 

At the mercy of foreign powers -  Greg Miller, Missy Ryan, Sudarsan Raghavan and Souad Mekhennet (Washington Post)

Daily Mail Describes Hamas as ‘Resistance Movement’ - Emanuel Miller (Honest Reporting) How would you describe an organization with a 30-year track record of war crimes, horrific massacres, and domestic human rights abuses?

US carries out airstrike on Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria (NBC News) 

Iranian Militias Seek New Recruits in Syria - Khaled al-Khateb  (Al-Monitor)
PA and Hamas Silent on Plight of Palestinians in Syria  (Gatestone Institute)

Yemeni Women's Rights Activist Nada Al-Ahdal's Participation In Qatari Conference On Marriage Sparks Uproar (MEMRI) 

Review of UNRWA-Produced Study Materials in the Palestinian Territories - Itam Shalev (IMPACT-se) 

20 Years Later, SWC Witnesses UN’S Commemorative Whitewash of 2001 Durban Anti-Semitic Hatefest (Simon Wiesenthal Center) 

Michael Che's Vaccinations 'Joke' Reflects NBCUniversal's Coverage - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA)

BDS Is Anti-Semitic - Julia Leb (Daily Trojan-University of Southern California)

Exclusive: US counterterrorism operations touched 85 countries in the last 3 years alone - George Petras, Karina Zaiets and Veronica Bravo (USA Today) See also: Costs of War report from Brown University

University of Toronto Grad Student Wins Fight Against Anti-Israel Committee - Sue-Ann Levy (Toronto Sun-Canada) 
Canada Does Not Recognize a Palestinian State or Its Accession to the International Criminal Court (Government of Canada)

Denmark, Germany hold 8 on terror charges, unclear if linked (AP)

Pro-Iran Militias Surged after Nuclear Deal Lifted Sanctions  (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) The premise that Iran would moderate its commitment to creating and sponsoring militias after the 2015 nuclear deal and sanctions relief for Tehran was false. The number of militias created by the IRGC surged after this period, and the Guard's Quds Force expanded its operations in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Senior Taliban Delegation Visits Iran - Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael Segall  (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Coordinated Behavior in Libya’s Regional Disinformation Conflict - Alexei Abrahams, Joey Shea (Lawfare)

Abdul Hamid Dbeibah: Who is Libya’s new prime minister? (AlJazeera)

Fatwa Signed By Over 200 Mauritanian Muslim Clerics: Normalization With Israel Is 'A Betrayal Of Allah, His Messenger And The Muslims'; Jihad Against Israel Is A Religious Duty, (MEMRI)

PA condemns Arab member of Israeli Parliament for calling terrorists ‎‎“terrorists”‎ - Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

ICC Gives Itself Authority to Adjudicate Israeli “War Crimes:” What It Means (with Radio Interview) - Daniel Pomerantz (Honest Reporting) 

Biden's Mixed Signals Over Iran Stoke Middle East Wariness - Hany Ghoraba (IPT)

MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan Fails to Challenge Rep. Ro Khanna's Libel on Burning of Palestinian Villages - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA)