Muslims are celebrating Ramadan, Jews Passover, and Christians Easter. Wishing you Chag Pesach Sameach, Happy Easter, Ramadan Mubarak!

Thousands of Christians celebrated Palm Sunday in Jerusalem without incident. Much of the press about the attacks by Palestinians from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem this week fail to mention that every year violence from the Arab side increases during Ramadan. Palestinian Arabs use their mosque as a weapons arsenal. Note:  Israeli police had made "many and prolonged attempts" to get those who had stockpiled "fireworks, sticks and stones" to leave.   "Following the removal of the violent rioters, Israel Police forces left the Temple Mount, and the mosque was cleaned after the rioters vandalized, defiled, and desecrated it. Early the next morning, the Fajr prayer was held at the Temple Mount as planned and the police worked to enable the arrival of significant numbers of Muslim worshipers." 

Meanwhile, terrorists in Gaza fired unguided rockets at Israel that have no military purpose and are only launched to terrorize Israeli civilians. Palestinian terrorists fired dozens of rockets from Lebanon into Northern Israel, striking communities, incl. playgrounds, and sending thousands of Israelis celebrating Passover into shelters. The current assessment is that Hamas is responsible for carrying out the attacks, with the permission of Hezbollah in Lebanon and at the direction of Iran. This is the most severe provocation on Israel's northern border since the Second Lebanon War in 2006. The main reason this has not been a mass casualty event is because of U.S. support for the Iron Dome, a defensive weapon. 

Israel on the Brink: Rockets Fired From Gaza and Lebanon, Riots on Temple Mount & Israeli Sisters Murdered in Terror Attack (Honest Reporting)

The NYT surprised me with this headline - accurate and not misleading (unlike AP and CNN this week) Israel Strikes Back at Lebanon After Rocket Barrage

From The River To The Sea: A Violent Palestinian Chant Misrepresented By Anti-Israel Groups (Honest Reporting Canada)

Netanyahu’s Statement on the Overnight Temple Mount Riot (Jewish Press)

In North, 50,000 Residents Without Rocket Shelters Brace for Escalation With Lebanon (Times of Israel)

NO Partners for Peace with Palestinians 

In Propaganda Video Fatah celebrates its terror and murderer of Israeli brothers (PMW)

Hamas Sentences Two Gazans to Death for "Collaboration" with Israel (AFP)

US troops are quietly helping fight ISIS, al-Qaida in West Africa (Task and Purpose) see also Armed groups, juntas create dangers for journalists in Sahel (France24)

Bet you saw this headline: Syrian state media reports Israeli airstrike in Damascus, several missiles intercepted, but maybe you missed this one:  

U.S. strike kills senior ISIS leader in Syria (CENTCOM on Twitter)