MEDIA
Inside the Digital Intifada - It’s no accident that Hamas-inspired viewpoints have captured a generation https://www.thefp.com/p/digital-intifada-social-media-hamas-terror See new documentary: The Campaign: Disinformation in a time of war"Influencers" in Doha, Qatar. Individuals like Myron Gaines and Dan Bilzarian have built massive audiences spreading racist, antisemitic, anti-Western, and white nationalist-adjacent content while attacking “globalists” and foreign influence. Now they are in Qatar alongside CAIR leadership and Qatar-linked networks. https://www.instagram.com/p/DYKRfu7jvhF/?igsh=MXNsZDBocGtnaG0zMw%3D%3D&img_index=2There’s no excuse for podcasters to promote baseless conspiracy theories pedaled by people with no credibility whatsoever. https://www.jns.org/opinion/karen-bekker/joe-rogan-and-the-death-of-expertise and https://x.com/MOSSADil/status/2050808329534906746?s=20Anthropic’s AI Chatbot Is Relying More on Russian and Iranian Propaganda Sources, NewsGuard Audit Finds https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/claudes-foreign-influence-problemCornell President Pushes Back on Anti-Israel Radicals ‘Harassment and Intimidation’ - this is the headline in Washington Free Beacon, NY Post, and JPost, but NBC and PIX11 bury that and instead lead with the disputed claim that the President backed his car into protestors.What I witnessed at a Dutch university revealed how propaganda, intimidation, and moral inversion have consumed parts of the Western pro-Palestinian movement.https://mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/rape-is-just-part-of-war-what-happenedPhotographer Wins Pulitzer for Fake Photo of Starving Gaza Child https://honestreporting.com/behind-the-lens-how-the-new-york-times-and-the-pulitzers-legitimize-a-visual-narrative/----------------------------------------------
CANADA
FIFA president's attempt at Palestinian-Israeli handshake goes awry - The head of the Palestinian soccer organization, Jibril Rajoub spent 17 years in Israeli jails for attempted murder. The Israeli representative is an Arab-Israeli named Basim Sheikh Suliman, who is a walking repudiation to claims that Israel is a “racist” and “fascist” country. https://honestreporting.ca/petitions/head-of-palestinian-football-association-jibril-rajoub-currently-in-canada-for-fifa-congress-is-a-convicted-terrorist-why-did-the-globe-mails-andrea-woo-fail-to-mention-that/IRAN
Iran is weaker today than before the conflict began. Its military has been shattered across multiple domains. Its economy is under severe strain. Its proxies are degraded. Its deterrence credibility has suffered. Its strategic ambitions have been rolled back. The United States and its partners still hold the upper hand because the foundations of Iranian power have been systematically reduced, and rebuilding them may take far longer than many observers are willing to admit. https://spencerguard.substack.com/p/who-has-the-upper-hand-in-iran Not mentioned by John Spencer is that the Iranian people have been without internet for over 120 days and that the regime is still executing and torturing dissidents.
ISRAEL
A majority of Israelis believe that ending the war with Iran under the current conditions would undermine the country’s security https://jewishinsider.com/2026/05/majority-israelis-iran-war-undermine-security-ceasefire-survey/
ITALY
Eyal Waldman hired Gazan engineers, donated hundreds of thousands to a Gaza hospital, and spent years trying to build bridges between Israelis and Palestinians. His reward? Pro-Palestinian protesters screamed "murderer" at him in Venice. His daughter was murdered at Nova on October 7.He did more than most people would've done to promote peace, and still, it wasn't enough for our neighbors.
LEBANON
International media have frequently referred to Israel’s strategy in Lebanon as the “Gaza model” without explaining the similarities in Hezbollah and Hamas’ strategy https://honestreporting.com/the-real-gaza-model-how-hamas-and-hezbollah-tactics-shape-the-battlefield/ see also https://honestreporting.com/the-bbc-tried-to-blame-israel-but-exposed-hezbollah-instead/The World Chooses to Ignore Hizbullah's Rocket Attacks on Israel - (Jewish Chronicle-UK) Hezbollah continued its attacks on Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon. In multiple attacks, the terror group fired rockets and drones against them, including one rocket from inside a civilian structure. Israel responded.https://www.camera.org/article/guardian-corrects-article-erasing-hezbollahs-attacks-on-israel/ see also
"Terror group officials belatedly concede accuracy of Israeli casualty reports" -https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hezbollah-pays-steep-price-battle-reverse-its-fortunes-2026-05-03/The absurd negotiations with LebanonPALESTINIANS
The European Parliament passed resolutions for the seventh consecutive year condemning the continued inclusion of antisemitism, incitement to violence, and the glorification of jihad in Palestinian Authority (PA) textbooks. They have never stopped funding the PA!
Hamas uses ceasefire to amass illicit cash -- Terrorists tax, steal aid to rebuild terror tunnels, military forces https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/28/editorial-hamas-uses-ceasefire-amass-illicit-cash/Hamas is Humiliating Trump's 'Board of Peace' https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22511/hamas-humiliating-board-of-peacePA proxy force terrorist eulogized as combatant in Lebanon https://palwatch.org/page/42130On May 14, at the upcoming Fatah Congress, Abbas is pushing to impose his son, Yasser Abbas, onto the Central Committee. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/abbas-under-fire-within-fatah-over-bid-to-promote-son-to-leadership-report/ - this source also categorizes Hamas activities as "resistance."Palestinian youth leadership center for "training and nurturing young leaders" named after Munich Olympics massacre planner https://palwatch.org/page/42138TURKEY
Turkey Unveils New Missile Touted as Able to Hit the US Mainland https://www.ft.com/content/d2136091-9fd2-4923-b168-50539e5b27abHamas Operatives Are Being Trained in Turkey to Attack Israel (Jerusalem Post) Hamas terrorists have reportedly been using Turkish territory for weapons and drone trainingUK
Convicted Terror Suspect, Shahid Butt, lost his bid to become a Birmingham City Councillor. Butt was allowed to run for office! https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50385/election_2026_-_results_by_ward/3249/sparkhill_ward_candidates_2026
UN
Hillel Neuer Confronts Francesca Albanese at UN —PLO Tries to Shut Him Down https://unwatch.org/hillel-neuer-challenges-francesca-albanese-at-un-plo-moves-to-shut-him-down/
USA
The US Conterterrorism Strategy 2026 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf See also https://www.memri.org/reports/any-examination-muslim-brotherhood-must-begin-sayyed-qutb-godfather-al-qaedas-and-isissSenator Rick Scott and Reps. Elise Stefanik and Josh Gottheimer introduced bipartisan bills to cut off federal R&D funding to universities for 5 years if they take research money from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Qatar, Turkey, Cuba, or Venezuela - Qatar has spent over 100 billion dollars influencing the United States. 62.5 billion dollars in our universities. They are the single largest foreign funder of our education system.California K-12 teaching a distorted and one-sided view of Middle Eastern history. - JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to Middle East and North Africa) filed a formal federal complaint to block Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Middle Eastern Jewish history and identity from being erased, rewritten and weaponized in California's K–12 classrooms. In the link, scroll down to "Selective History" https://www.jimena.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/JIMENA-and-EPP.pdf and https://www.jimena.org/94500-2/The real cost of the Iran War: $72 billion for the first 60 days https://popular.info/p/the-real-cost-of-the-iran-war-72The Brandeis Center is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate Georgetown University for violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act after the Free Beacon reported on a contract requiring Georgetown to consult with a Qatari government group when planning events on “Islamophobia.”Abe Foxman has died. He viewed the United States as a beacon of freedom that must combat bigotry to protect all minorities. 
