Looking at top terms Googled in 2021, the Middle East and politics in general held little interest with the general public, other than how to pronounce Qatar and Kabul. So give yourselves a pat on the back for continuing to be interested in what's happening outside of your own backyard!

Wishing you a better 2022!

The Iranian and Houthi War Against Saudi Arabia (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Deadly Water Crisis Threatening Iran's Leadership - Golnar Motevalli (Bloomberg)

Israel Protests to UN over Lebanese Plans to Drill in Its Maritime Waters - Tovah Lazaroff (Jerusalem Post)

Israeli Air Raid on Syrian Port Followed Arrival of Iranian Container Ship - Thomas Newdick (The War Zone)

A Report from MEMRI on The Water-for-Energy Deal Between Jordan And Israel Amid Popular Opposition

Hizbullah Deploys Air Defense Systems in Syria and Lebanon - Anna Ahronheim (Jerusalem Post)

Following Explosion Of Hamas Arms Depot In South Lebanon Mosque, Lebanese Politicians, Journalists Call To Remove Palestinian Weapons From Country (MEMRI)

Palestinian COVID conspiracy theories do matter - Stephen M. Flatow (JNS)

The crux of Abbas’ Fatah remains: Terror and Martyrdom for “Palestine” as Fatah celebrates 57 years of terror  - Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Normalizing Assad? Associated Press, AFP Botch Israel’s Golan Heights Development Plan Story - Gidon Ben-Zvi (Honest Reporting)

How a Victorious Bashar al-Assad Is Changing Syria (Economist-UK) 
Russia Unlikely to Help Syria Break Away from Iranian Influence - Anna Borshchevskaya (19FortyFive)

The Top 10 Worst U.N. Actions of 2021 (UN Watch)

Global Anti-Semitism 2021 Top Ten (Simon Wiesenthal)  Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism Have Real-world Implications

Why CAIR Merits Attention from All of Us (IPT News)

CAIR, The Investigative Project, and The Dispatch's Double Standard - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA)

Former Iran hostage files lawsuit against Princeton University for 'abandoning him' - Benjamin Weinthal (Jerusalem Post) 

Nothing to do with the Middle East: NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week (Yahoo)

Wishing all those who celebrate, a very merry Christmas! 

Bethlehem To Nazareth To Jerusalem: A Christmas Tour Of COVID And Politics (WorldCrunch)

Toronto School Board Cancels Yazidi Nobel Peace Prize Winner Because Her Account As An ISIS Sex Slave Could Foster ‘Islamophobia - Anton Carillo (Christianity Daily)

Where Are Christians Persecuted in the Middle East? - Jake Wallis Simons (Spectator-UK)

Chile’s next president is Gabriel Boric, a left-wing politician who has spurned ties with Chilean Jews over Israel - Cnaan Liphshiz  (JTA)

Report: Russia and China Toughening Stance toward Iran - Jonathan Lis (Ha'aretz)

U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian Weapons in Arabian Sea (U.S. Navy)

A Short History of ‘F**k Him’ How Netanyahu Enraged U.S. Presidents, From Clinton to Trump - (Haaretz) 

Hizbullah Has 2,000 Drones - Part of Iran's UAV Army - Tal Beeri  (Alma Research & Education Center)

Hamas' Growing Armed Presence in Lebanon - Yaakov Lappin (JNS)  

Latest Palestinian Attacks Are Motivated by Incitement Combined with Hamas' Interest to Increase Terror - Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Parents of Palestinian Murderers "Proud of Their Sons" - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)

Get your friends to envy you - have a murderer of Israelis in the family - Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

UN passes 14 anti-Israel resolutions in 2021, only 4 against all other countries (UN Watch)

The UN’s Secret Data And Media Disinformation (CAMERA)

GOOD NEWS: Thanks to UN Watch Pressure, UNRWA Teachers Complain: “We can no longer praise Hamas attacks on social media” (UN Watch)

CAIR’s Zahra Billoo’s Chilling Incitement Against Jews - David Lange (Israelly Cool) A few years earlier, when Billoo was voted off the board of the Women’s March for antisemitic tweets, she likewise responded by labeling anyone who opposed her ‘Islamophobic.’

'Apartheid' and the Media's Complicity in a Modern-Day Libel - David Litman (CAMERA)

Egypt Is Rebuilding Gaza - Zvi Bar'el (Ha'aretz)

Iran's Missile Arsenal Growing in Size, Reach, and Accuracy - Farzin Nadimi (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

Iran Top Priority for U.S., Israel - C. Todd Lopez  (U.S. Defense Department)

The Real Winner of the 70th Miss Universe Contest Is Israel - Allison Kaplan Sommer (Ha'aretz)

Gaza Boy Is 6,000th Child Saved by Israel's Save a Child's Heart (Jewish News-UK)

Israeli Woman Stabbed in the Back by Palestinian Girl in Jerusalem - Judah Ari Gross (Times of Israel-Ha'aretz) Since mid-November, one Israeli has been killed and ten wounded in a series of attacks by Palestinians. 

Israel, Jordan sign huge UAE-brokered deal to swap solar energy and water (Times of Israel) and then, Thousands of Jordanians protested major energy deal with Israel

Kenya Police Uncover Iranian Terror Plans (The Star-Kenya)

Lebanese Man Sentenced to Prison for Marrying Palestinian with Israeli Passport (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed-UK)

Fatah brainwashes 4th grade girls that Israel's destruction is inevitable - Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Media Erase Iran Link In Coverage of Hamas Terror - Akiva Van Koningsveld (Honest Reporting)

UN General Assembly Erases Jewish Link to Temple Mount in Jerusalem (United Nations)

Israel Blasts UN "Palestine Day," Reminds that Jews Were Expelled from Muslim Countries (Times of Israel)

Trump says American Jews ‘either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel’ in new interview - Dan Mangan (CNBC)

Today’s GOP is Endangering the U.S.-Israel Relationship - Hon. Ron Klein and Steve Sheffey (Jewish Democratic Council of America)

Rep. Greg Meeks joins anti-Israel socialists to push NYC Council speaker pick - Julia Marsh and Carl Campanile (NY Post)

RANA – the Jaffa choir of Muslim, Jewish and Christian women singing about togetherness, community, peace, conflict, friendship.  https://ranachoir.com/en/home-page-english

Jewish and Arab Women’s Choir Shows How Music Builds Bridges

Rana Choir just released an original collaboration with Los Angeles-based indie pop band Distant Cousins… https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/music/342680/jewish-and-arab-womens-choir-shows-how-music-builds-bridges