Egypt to Open Border with Gaza for Four Days(Al-Ahram-Egypt) 

In Egypt, Muslim Attacks on Christians Are Rising - Sudarsan Raghavan (Washington Post)

 

International Business Times Pulls a UNESCO on Temple Mount (CAMERA)

Trump and International Security - Richard Kemp (Gatestone Institute)  ...it is the EU, not Donald Trump, that threatens to undermine NATO and the security of the West.

 

Iran, China Ink Deal on Defense Cooperation (Tasnim-Iran) Iranian Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Hossein Dehqan and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Chang Wanquan signed an agreement in Tehran on Monday to enhance military and defense cooperation between the two countries. 

 

Moroccans Burn Israeli Flag at UN Climate Talks (Albawaba-Jordan)  Hundreds of people in Morocco have held a protest rally outside parliament in Rabat to vent their anger at the Israeli flag being flown at UN climate talks in Marrakesh that opened on Monday. The protesters on Wednesday shouted anti-Israel and anti-American slogans and set an Israeli flag on fire.

 

Qatar's Shopping Spree to Buy and Displace the West?  Giulio Meotti (Gatestone Institute) Qatar is the puppeteer behind UNESCO's anti-Semitic resolution on Jerusalem, and a world center of Islamic extremism. Qatar does not make a secret of trying to submit Western culture to the Muslim crescent.

 

Israel okays Palestinian Village Master Plan in Area C - Sue Surkes (Times of Israel)

 

Russia, Iran plan $10bn arms supply to Tehran (RT)

Hezbollah flaunts American equipment in Syria parade - Alex Rowell (NOW) Hezbollah may potentially have procured them from the LAF, which continues to receive American military aid.

 

Turkey's NATO officials seek asylum in Germany amid Erdogan crackdown - Deger Akal (DW)

Turkey, Israel Hold First Meeting on Gas Pipeline - Nati Yefet (Globes)

Turkey Announces New Ambassador to Israel  (Hurriyet-Turkey)

 

Text of Letter on Iran Sponsoring Middle East Terror (United Nations) 11 Arab countries accuse Iran of sponsoring Middle East terror.

President Trump Could Unilaterally Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel - Julian Ku. (Opinio Juris)

The Day After the Election - Alan M. Dershowitz (Gatestone Institute)

Islamic State Tunnels Below Mosul Are a Hidden and Deadly Danger - William Booth and Aaso Ameen Shwan (Washington Post)

IAEA: Iran Once Again Exceeds a Nuclear Deal Limit - Francois Murphy (Reuters)  Tehran has surpassed the 130 metric ton threshold for heavy water for the second time, exceeding the limit set under the nuclear deal, the UN atomic watchdog said on Wednesday.

Iran Sends Its Revolutionary Guards into Battle for Aleppo - Caroline Akoum (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

Three U.S. Trainers Shot Dead at Jordan Base - Suleiman Al-Khalidi (Reuters)

PA Security Forces Helped Thwart Attack on Israeli Army Post in Hebron (Ma'an News-PA)

New PA libel: Israel plans to assassinate Abbas like it did Arafat - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Hamas Operating from Turkey as Usual Despite Ankara's Promises - Yossi Melman (Jerusalem Post)
Turkey-Syria Border Wall to Be Completed in 2017 (Hurriyet-Turkey)

CAIR Whips Pre-Election Hysteria and Fear Against FBI (IPT News)

Thyme Zipporah Siegel Rest in Peace (Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers/Phyllis Chesler)

UN passes 10 resolutions bashing Israel in one day  (UN Watch) “While there will be a total of 20  resolutions against Israel this session, not a single U.N. General Assembly resolution is planned today for gross human rights abusers such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Venezuela, China, or Cuba.” “At a time when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his state-controlled media incite to the continued stabbing and shooting of Israeli Jews, the UN’s response is to reflexively condemn Israel in ten separate resolutions, each of them one-sided, each of them utterly silent on Palestinian abuses.”

Ghani “Shocked” Over Civilian Death Toll in Kunduz Operation (Tolo News)

Egypt: Army kills six armed extremists in Sinai raids - Al-Masry Al-Youm (Egypt Independent) Security troops have been engaged in a battle with insurgents in North and
Central Sinai for the past three years. Among the main insurgent groups is
Sinai Province, an organization linked to the Islamic State terrorist group.

Reykjavk, Iceland, Votes to Boycott Israeli Products (Iceland Magazine)

Iran Arrests Woman for Unpublished Manuscript - Meira Svirsky (Clarion Project)

Ayatollah Khamenei Reiterates Futility, Harmfulness of Talks with U.S. (Tasnim-Iran)

Lebanon's New President Vows to "Liberate the Remainder of Our Lands" from Israel (Times of Israel) In his inaugural address, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said his government would "not spare any efforts to protect Lebanon from Israel and liberate the remainder of our lands," referring to the Shebaa Farms region.

Hamas looks to join PLO – Dov Lieber (Times of Israel)

PA official defends naming school after mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
In the West Bank, a Political Struggle Turns to Violence - Luke Baker (Reuters) ... between Palestinian security forces and local gunmen.
After Two Decades of PA Rule, Why Does UNRWA Still Operate in West Bank? - Evelyn Gordon (Commentary)

Post-Caliphate: The Future of the Salafi-Jihadi Movement - Bruce Hoffman and Matthew Levitt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)  Most importantly, as long as Syria remains an open sore, IS can continue to exist there and use the conflict as a recruiting beacon. More broadly, Islamist radicalization is in hyper drive, and many of the factors that are stimulating it will not be diminished with the fall of IS.

UN Hires Assad's Friends and Relatives for Syria Relief Operation - Emma Beals and Nick Hopkins (Guardian-UK)

Mosul, CNN, ISIS and Israel - video (Honest Reporting)

 

Cuba

Cuba, Iran's Island in the Sun - Emanuele Ottolenghi (The Hill) Iran has established 80 cultural centers across Central and South America. It views these centers as a vehicle for the spread of its revolutionary ideology to America's backyard. Thanks to the centers' missionary work, thousands of Latin American converts flock to the regime-run Al Mostafa International University in Qom each year for indoctrination. In the last three years, Iran has established a Shiite cultural center and a mosque in Havana that is actively recruiting and converting Cubans. While there was no Shiite community on the island before, Iran came in to proselytize and the Castro government let them in.

Partners for Peace?

Warning to Palestinian students: "Beware of natural death; do not die but amidst the hail of bullets"- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch)

Palestinian Children Given Knives and Sent to Attack Jews (i24news) According to the Walla! news site, the two eight-year-olds told investigators, "They took us by car, gave us knives and told us to go do terrorist attacks." 

4 days later, PA still detaining Palestinians for visiting settler leader’s sukkah - (Times of Israel)

• PA Releases Four Palestinians Detained after Visiting Israeli Succa - Adam Rasgon (Jerusalem Post)    See also Why Palestians Can't Make Peace - Editorial (New York Post)

Russia

Moscow Aims to Host "Meaningful" Israeli-Palestinian Talks (RT-Russia)

UK

Palestinians Launch Balfour Apology Campaign at House of Lords (Palestinian Return Centre-UK) 

USA

Vox Docs Reinvents History, Legitimizes Bigotry (CAMERA) While these videos appear very slick and polished on the surface, they are filled with half-truths as well as actual falsehoods, and legitimize bigotry of the same sort that the US fought in the civil rights era.

The Lowering of the Standards for Truth Among Americans – Phyllis Chesler (Israel National News)

Argentina Asks Iraq to Extradite Ex-Iranian Minister (AFP-Al Arabiya)

Gunman in Afghan army uniform kills US soldier, civilian in Kabul – Bill Ruggio (Long War Journal) If the shooting is confirmed to be a green-on-blue or insider attack, where Afghan police or soldiers target Coalition personnel, then it would be the first recorded incident of its kind since April 2015. 

Iran Seeking "Many Billions of Dollars" in Ransom to Free U.S. Hostages - Adam Kredo (Washington Free Beacon)  "Iran senses weakness in the U.S. leadership as it constantly tests the administration through a chain of provocative actions," said Saeed Ghasseminejad, an associate fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. 

U.S. General Suspects Iran in Yemen Missile Launches - Kristina Wong (The Hill)

Iran Boasts of Its Interference in the Region (Al Arabiya) In an unprecedented statement, he revealed that his country has in past years sent military advisers to Gaza to train "Palestinian forces."

“First They Came for Asia Bibi” - Douglas Murray (Gatestone Institute) While Humza Yousaf (left), a member of the Scottish Parliament, extolls the idea that Britain is a proto-Nazi state and Pakistan a potential safe-haven, Asia Bibi sits on death-row in Pakistan for no crime other than the crime of being a Christian.

Five Palestinians Arrested for Shooting at Soldiers in West Bank - Yoav Zitun (Ynet News)

Fatah Prepares for War with Israel - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)

Despite Reconciliation, Turkey Continues Trial of IDF Officers(Times of Israel)

Turkey Escalates Offensive Against Kurdish Militia in Syria- Sarah El Deeb and Suzan Fraser (AP-ABC News) The U.S. considers the Kurdish YPG militia to be the most effective force against IS in Syria. The Kurds who were targeted are affiliated with U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters.

UNESCO Adopts PLO Resolution Denying Jewish, Christian Ties to Jerusalem (UN Watch) At least Irina Bokova, the organization's secretary general, protested that "to deny, conceal or erase any of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions undermines the integrity" of Jerusalem. 

Terror Crossroads on Europe's Doorstep – Gordon N. Bardos (World Affairs) The Balkan region, Kosovo and Bosnia in particular, has become a training ground, forward outpost, and launching pad for jihad across Europe.

Three Iranians Caught in Italy with Fake Israeli Passports(Times of Israel)

ISIS to Enemies: If You Approach We’ll Kill Yazidi Sex Slaves (Clarion Project) ISIS is holding the women in homes in northern Iraq.With coalition forces nearby, ISIS sent out this warning.

Hamas Seeking to Strengthen Ties with Iran (Fars-Iran)

Gaza Businessman Calls to Restore Economic Cooperation with Israel - Amiram Barkat (Globes)

Israel Thwarts Hamas Suicide Bus Bombing in Jerusalem (Jerusalem Post)

Christian teacher's campaign against hate preaching in school leads to demand that he converts to Islam or dies!  (BritishPakistaniChristians.org)

Saudi Arabia Switches to Western Calendar to Cut Costs(PRI) By switching to the Gregorian calendar, public servants will effectively have to work an extra 11 days a year with no extra pay. 

UK Freezes Aid to PA over Terror Funding - Steve Hawkes (The Sun-UK)

UNESCO Backs Motion Nullifying Jewish Ties to Temple Mount – Barak Rivid (Haaretz) UNESCO, the United Nations committee responsible for “cultural understanding,” seems to be on the verge of passing a resolution that negates the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. See also: The Jewish Historical Connection to Jerusalem (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Met exhibition on medieval Jerusalem, has lots of harmony, not so much Judaism – Raphael Ahren (Times of Israel)

Venezuela, Iran, USA and Narco-Terrorism - Susan Warner (Gatestone Institute)