Israel Under Fire: Media Holds Off Until Palestinians Die - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)

As this is happening right now; I felt I couldn't hold off until Friday to fill you in.

Belgium
"Belgium Will Become an Islamic State" - Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute)
Two Muslim politicians, who just won municipal elections in Belgium's capital, Brussels, on October 14, have vowed to implement Islamic Sharia law in Belgium.

Egypt
Egyptian cops kidnapped near Gaza held for ransom by Palestinians - (Al-Masry Al-Youm-Egypt Independent)

Libya
Benghazi and the Missing Obama 9/11 Timeline - Claudia Rosett (Defense of Democracies)

Miscellaneous
Following Obama's Reelection, Arab World Between Skepticism And Hope For Change In Policy (MEMRI)
Women In Islam, From The Prophet's Wife To Gunned-Down Pakistani Teen - Asma Afsaruddin (Le Soir/Worldcrunch) A well-known saying of the Prophet Muhammad asserts that knowledge is equally obligatory for males and females – which has allowed for considerable Muslim receptivity towards providing education for girls and women alongside their male counterparts through the centuries. As a result, women scholars dot the Islamic intellectual landscape.

Palestinians

Abbas to Israelis: Safed is an Israeli city  Abbas' TV to Palestinians:  Safed is a Palestinian city and so are Ashkelon, Haifa, Acre, Tiberias, Beit Shean, Jaffa, Nazareth, Ramle, and Lod - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Saudi Arabia

The Saudis Are Bulldozing Islam's Heritage. Why the Silence from the Muslim World? - Damian Thompson (Telegraph-UK)
The long-cherished ambition of Saudi Arabia's ruling Wahhabi sect to smash up the ancient buildings of Mecca and Medina is nearing fruition. In Mecca, the house of one of Mohammed's wives has been demolished to make space for public lavatories. As for Medina, a recent article by Jerome Taylor in the Independent revealed a megalomaniac plan to pull down three 7th-century mosques. Taylor added: "Ten years ago, a mosque which belonged to the Prophet's grandson was dynamited."   But what sticks in the craw is the hypocrisy of Muslims who throw a fit if Israeli archaeologists carry out non-intrusive work near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, "Islam's third holiest place," as we're constantly reminded. Such anger would be more convincing if the first and second holy sites weren't being ploughed up by a police state.   See also Medina: Saudis Take a Bulldozer to Islam's History - Jerome Taylor (Independent-UK)

Syria

The Plight of Syria's Christians - Kim Sengupta  (Independent-UK)
Seven More Syrian Generals Defect to Turkey (Zaman-Turkey)

Turkey

Turkey Should Be Placed on Trial, Not Israel - Nitsana Darshan-Leitner (Times of Israel) 

United Kingdom

BBC’s Kevin Connolly rewrites history - (BBC Watch)

United States

95 Terrorist Arrests and Plots Stopped in the U.S.: 2009-2012 (Sen. Dianne Feinstein)  List compiled by the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Here's wishing you all well. Sandy has been brutal to much of the tri-state area. For those of you in New York, it's hard to believe that there is any news outside of Sandy. For those of you outside of New York, I'm sure you've seen more news than me. All the channels here are 24/7 Sandy. 

China
China: Chinese Muslims Battling Syrian Government Forces - Christopher Bodeen (AP)

Egypt

Egypt Court: Only President Can Annul Peace Treaty with Israel  (Al-Ahram-Egypt)
Muslim Brotherhood: Sharia Must Be Base of New Egyptian Constitution - Maggie Michael (AP)
Minorities Fear End of Secularism in Egypt - Daniel Steinvorth and Volkhard Windfuhr (Der Spiegel-Germany)

France
French President Warns Iran after Meeting Israeli PM - Delphine Matthieussent (AFP)

Iran
Why Iran Wants to Attack the United States - Matthew Levitt (Foreign Policy)

Iraq
U.S.: No to Kurdish Independence - Shirzad Shikhani (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

Libya
Strange, when Geraldo Rivera is the voice of reason.
TV Channel Exposes Security Breach at US Benghazi Consulate in Documents Gathered following Attack (Alaan TV (UAE)/MEMRI)Bozell Statement: Liberal Media Are Accessories to Benghazi Cover-up (News Busters)
 

Palestinians

Why Is Qatar Mucking Around in Gaza? - David B. Roberts (Foreign Policy)

Mother places suicide belt on her child: "I will put it on you  and you will go to your death," on Fatah-Lebanon Facebook page - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
The Straight Facts About the Palestinian Authority and Fighting Terrorism (CAMERA)
 
United States
More Radicalism From Another White House Guest - (IPT News)

Bahrain

MP denied entry to Bahrain over Israel passport stamp - Peter Stanners (The Copenhagen Post)

Egypt
Poll: Egyptians Turning toward Iran, Want Nuclear Weapons - Josh Rogin (Foreign Policy) A poll of Egyptians conducted last month shows that they have increasingly positive views of Iran and believe that both Iran and Egypt should obtain nuclear weapons.
Columnist In Egyptian Daily Al-Ahram Says MEMRI TV Clip Embarrassed President Mursi (MEMRI)

Iraq

Iran Supplying Assad through Ground Convoys across Iraq - Josh Rogin (Foreign Policy)

Israel

My Country Is Under Attack. Do You Care? - Arsen Ostrovsky (Huffington Post-Canada) 

 

Jordan
Jordan's Next Leader? With Help from the U.S. Department of State - Mudar Zahran (Gatestone Institute)

Lebanon
Hizbullah's Naked Aggression Strips Away Resistance Facade - Hussain Abdul Hussain (National-Abu Dhabi)

Sudan

Report: Bombed Arms Factory Belongs to Iran's Revolutionary Guard - Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff (Ha'aretz)

United States

Army Bows to Islamists, Sacks Lt. Colonel  - Meira Svirsky (RadicalIslam.org)

A Red Carpet for Radicals at the White House  by Steve Emerson and John Rossomando  (IPT)
Laura Logan: The Terrorists Are Winning and We Are Being Lied To (Youtube Video); short version

The Islamic Society of North America:  Active, Influential and Rooted in the Muslim Brotherhood - Erin Dwyer and Eric Rozenman (CAMERA) The Islamic Society of North America describes itself as the “largest mainstream Muslim community-based organization” in the United States. But a Special Report by CAMERA highlights the ISNA’s origin as a satellite of the anti-Western Muslim Brotherhood and the society’s continuing radical connections.

U.S. May Soon Become World's Top Oil Producer - Jonathan Fahey (AP)

Egypt
The First Hundred Days of Brother Morsi - Zvi Mazel (Jerusalem Post)
Muslim Brotherhood's Lies Reach Ridiculous New Depth  (IPT News) 
Egypt: Sinai Jihadists Planning Attack on Israel - Yousri Mohamed (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)
Arab Lawyers Union Honors Palestinian Suicide Bomber - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)

Germany
Defending Islam, With Violence: Trial Of Salafist Man Rivets Germany - Annette Ramelsberger (SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG/Worldcrunch)

Israel
Telling Israel Like It Is - in Arabic - Philippe Assouline (Times of Israel)

Jordan
Former Jordanian Crown Prince: The West Bank Is Part of Jordan (MEMRI)

Misc
How the Arab Spring's Prisoner Releases Have Helped the Jihadi Cause - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Aaron Zelin (Atlantic) It's right to be enthusiastic about the democratic changes that the protests have brought about, but then, not all the political actors empowered by those changes are equally benign. The continued potential for danger is real.
Jordanian teachers in UN schools for Palestinian refugees say they’ll refuse to teach the Holocaust - Elhanan Miller (Times of Israel) “Teaching UNRWA students about the so-called ‘Holocaust’ as part of human rights harms the Palestinian cause… and changes the students’ views regarding their main enemy, namely the Israeli occupation.”

Pakistan
Al Qaeda weighs in on the Malala shooting - Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal)
The Rape and Murder of Pakistan's Christian Children - Raymond Ibrahim (IPT News)

Palestinians
Abbas on Facebook: Israel Is Our Occupied Land - Eli Bardenstein (Maariv-Hebrew)

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Textbooks Incite Hate, Say Leaders in American Publishing - Robert L. Bernstein, Harold Evens, Larry Kirshbaum, Adam Bellow, Larry Hughes, Andre Shiffrin, and Jonathan Karp (Daily Beast)

Sweden
Israel Asks UN to Block Ship Headed for Gaza (AFP)

United States
At Metro-North Railway, New Map, More Distortions (CAMERA)

Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood chief urges Jihad for Jerusalem - (Al Arabiya with AFP)

Haiti
Islam's inroads in land of Voodoo and Christianity - Trenton Daniel (Yahoo News)

Israel
The Arab Spring and the Israeli Enemy - Abdulateef Al-Mulhim (Arab News-Saudi Arabia)

Lebanon
Hezbollah Official Flees to Israel with Embezzled Millions - Yori Yanover (The Jewish Press)
Did Hezbollah’s Chief Financial Officer Defect to Israel? - Pesach Benson (Honest Reporting)
 
Palestinians: Hamas, Fatah, Palestinian Authority (PA), etc. 
Settlers "interested in making peace" - positive report in official PA daily; Palestinian artist acknowledges Jewish historical period in Jerusalem on PA TV - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) PA media publishes rare positive statements and report on Israelis and Jews!
Palestinians in Gaza Fire Dozens of Rockets and Mortars at Israeli Communities - Ilana Curiel (Ynet News) 
Former PA Minister Asfour Boasts: Many Israelis Killed Since PA Established (MEMRI/Youtube) This minister uses the deaths of Israelis as an example of how the PA is better at governance than Hamas

Russia
Putin Confidant: Russian weapons deliveries to Syria legitimate - (Spiegel/IMRA)

Saudi Arabia
Flying home this week, I met an immunologist who stated that his greatest concern is betacoronavirus 2C (a new version of SARS) that has begun in Saudi Arabia. Note: the hajj occurs this year from October 17 to November 12.
The return of a killer? - Hazel Parry (China Daily)
WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj - Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters)
Virus related to SARS kills Saudi Arabian man - Maria Cheng (The Vancouver Sun)

Tunisia
Tunisian Children Recite Al-Qaeda Song Extolling 9/11: 'Our Terror Is Blessed' (MEMRI)

United States
With election day fast approaching, you should know that Jerrold Nadler (NY Member of Congress- Democrat) recently published an article in Haaretz: Recognize Jews as refugees from Arab Countries; and that the World Jewish Congress recently quoted Israeli Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak, as stating: I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing, in regard to our security, more than anything that I can remember in the past." in response to President Obama signing the Enhanced Security Cooperation Act. Also, Israel on Trial in New York in the Wall Street Journal mentions that Cynthia McKinney (GA Member of Congress) is a member of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (along with Roger Waters and Alice Walker) which is not just against Israeli policies but also against the existence of the Jewish state. 
Al-Marayati's Dangerous "Diplomatic" Ideas - (IPT News)
Jewish Groups Criticize Christian Leaders' Call to Reevaluate Military Aid to Israel (JTA)
LA Times Misleads About Hamas in Bank Hacking Story (CAMERA)

Afghanistan

Multiple shooters involved in latest green-on-blue attack - Lisa Lundquist (The Long War Journal)

Egypt
Egyptian Writer 'Alaa Al-Aswany: Mursi's Rule Is No Different From Mubarak's; Keep Muslim Brotherhood From Taking Over Egypt (MEMRI)

I think we have another name for what Al Arabiya is referring to as social gaffes: Brotherhood Bloopers: Gaffes of Egypt's new political elite go global (Al Arabiya)

Germany

German Investigators Uncover Illegal Exports of Nuclear Technology for Iran - Cathrin Gilbert, Holger Stark and Andreas Ulrich (Der Spiegel-Germany)

Iran

Report: Iran Transfers $10 Billion to Syria (Ynet News)

Jordan

Jordanian Tribe Condemns Appointment of its Member as Ambassador to Israel - Roi Kais (Ynet News)

Palestinians: PA, Hamas, etc.
In a recent interview on Charlie Rose, Sergey Lavrov, foreign minister of Russia, indicated that resolution of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict might have a positive affect on conflicts in the region, despite agreeing that the current Arab Spring/Autumn has nothing to do with it. Claims that peace is possible are hard for me to figure. Just look at the palwatch.org website for details. Senior Palestinian Authority-Fatah leaders, including Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (who is often described as a "moderate"), consistently promote the destruction of Israel and present the aspiration to die for "Palestine" as a goal for children.
The PA's Jerusalem libel continues: Organizations and officials claim Israel plans to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque All deny Jerusalem's history, referring to "alleged Temple" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Palestinians Cancel Bethlehem Walk Over Participation of Israelis - Khaled Abu Toameh  (Jerusalem Post)

Hamas Boycotts Barcelona over Ticket to Former Israeli Prisoner (AP) 

US

U.S. Students Give Ahmadinejad a Standing Ovation - Josh Lipowsky (JTA)
MTA to Only Run Ads that Muslims Will Not Vandalize - Daniel Greenfield (Frontpagemag.com) If Muslims declare that they will react violently to something, that thing can now be treated as inciting and provoking violence. Muslim violence, once again, becomes the determinant of what can and cannot be said in this country.