New IPT Series on Christianity in the Middle East: 

Persecution of Christians in Syria 

Persecution of Christians in Iran, Part One

Persecution of Christians in Iran, Part Two

Persecution of Christians in Lebanon

Do the Europeans know or care where their aid to the PA goes? (PMW)

Belgian aid worker, Iranian diplomat freed in prisoner exchange (France 24)

Iran’s Coming Succession Crisis (Foreign Affairs)

Hezbollah stages wargames for media, asserts readiness to confront Israel (AP)

Lebanese army says it arrests prominent al Qaeda leader in Deir Ammar town (VOX)

The Fighting Has Stopped, But Skewed Reporting on the Israel-Palestinian Islamic Jihad Conflict Continues (Jihad Watch)

Palestinian Terrorism and Holocaust Denialism Given Free Pass in Confused Op-Ed in Irish Times (Honest Reporting)

Yet Again, the NY Times Conceals Extremism by Palestinian Leader (CAMERA)

Murderers of 3 Israeli women are “heroic Jihad fighters” - according to PA/Fatah (PMW)  CNN's Amanpour finally gave a muted apology for calling their murders a shootout, as if the terrorists aren't fully to blame. CNN and Amanpour never divulged that the murderers are being lauded. 

Selective Reporting and Misrepresentation Cast Israel as the Villain in CNN Article (Algemeiner)

The Biden White House announced a national strategy to counter antisemitism, which is the most ambitious and comprehensive effort in U.S. history to fight this dangerous scourge of hate. While I agree the premise and much of the 60 page plan are laudable, I am puzzled as to how the  Council on American-Islamic Relations is among a broad array of partner groups named in the plan. CAIR has a track record of terrorizing Jewish students on campus and supporting BDS. In setting an idealistic goal of "building coalitions across communities to fight hate," they've made some poor choices for partners. The actions by the administration are desperately needed as exemplified by NY's dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents; in Florida, Nazis are feted; and in California students celebrated the birthday of Adolf Hitler at UC Santa Cruz and graffiti swastikas were seen on the walls of a bathroom at UC San Diego. For anyone thinking what does antisemitism have to do with news from the Middle East - just look to the recent Roger Waters' concert. He's long made false claims that he's not antisemitic, "just" anti-Israel.