No strikes in Afghanistan since U.S. withdrawal, Pentagon leaders confirm (Defense News)

Arabs Express Disappointment and Frustration with U.S. Middle East Policy - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute) See also, Absolute Power in The Atlantic

House Democrats Sound Alarm on Potential Iran Nuclear Deal - Jordan Williams  (The Hill)

IDF: At Least 10 Terror Attacks Foiled in Past Two Weeks - Emanuel Fabian (Times of Israel)

Israel Donates Water Filtration Systems to Typhoon-Stricken Philippines (Manila Times-Philippines)

Hezbollah’s Turning Point Came in 1992 (National Interest) 

The New U.S. Plan to Stabilize Conflicts: The Case of Libya (USIP)

Statement from Simon Wiesenthal Center after another senseless terror attack in Tel Aviv on Thursday. 

“More innocents have been killed by an Arab terrorist in Tel Aviv. Israel must do whatever and wherever it takes to root out these terrorists, and the US must back its ally,” stated SWC Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action Agenda, Rabbi Abraham Cooper. “During Ramadan, we await a response from Muslim faith leaders condemning this butchery of Jews.”

Fatah Celebrates Terror Attack In Central Tel Aviv (MEMRI)

20 years on, PA still glorifies the perpetrators of the Passover Seder Massacre (JNS)

Opinion Shapers In Qatar Praise Israel Terror Attacks And Their Perpetrators (MEMRI)

Attack in east Syria injures 2 US-led coalition members (AP)