UN: Over 10,000 Islamic State Fighters Active in Iraq, Syria - Edith M. Lederer (AP-Military Times)

Video Shows New Israeli Laser System Intercepting Gaza Arson Balloons (Times of Israel)

New IDF Laser System Intercepts 150 Arson Balloons - Tal Ariel Amir (Israel Hayom)

Hezbollah Takes Aim at Israel Amid Chaos in Lebanon (Honest Reporting VIDEO)

PA proud it sends kids to die - Nan Jacques Zilberdik and Itamar Marcus (PMW)

Black September Remembered: How The PLO Forged The Modern Middle East - Sean Durns (The National Interest)

Russia, U.S. trade blame over armored vehicle skirmish in Syria - Lara Seligman (Politico)

Pulling Back the Curtain on Turkey's Natural Gas Strategy - John V. Bowlus (War on the Rocks)

Erdogan warns Turkey will ‘never make concessions’ in eastern Mediterranean (Financial Times)

Leadership of Britain's Biggest Muslim Charity Quits after Learning Its New Chairman Praised Hamas - Andrew Norfolk (The Times-UK)

The ADL is targeted for not being woke enough for extremists - Jonathon S. Tobin (JNS)

Ann Arbor Rabbi Responds to Court Ruling - Ryan Stanton  (MLive-Michigan) 

Court Backs Professor Sued by Muslim Student over Terrorism Course  (Judicial Watch)      Read the Arizona Judge's Ruling (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education)

Iran and Turkey Condemn UAE's Peace Agreement with Israel (Middle East Monitor-UK)

Israeli hospital reports successful trials for saliva-based coronavirus test (JNS) Professor Eli Schwartz of the Center for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases at the Sheba Medical Center reports a 95 percent accuracy rate in the nearly instant results.

Israeli-made Nano COVID breath test spots every carrier in trial (American Chemical Society) Prof. Hossam Haick of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology told The Times of Israel, “There are no accessories, it requires no lab processing, and it gives results within 30 seconds of blowing.”

Hamas Arson Terror (Honest Reporting video) from Sunday

        Hamas Arson Terrorism (Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry video) from 2018

Palestinian Analyst: Normalization with Israel Will Force PA to Accept U.S.-Israeli Solution (Xinhua-China)

Pro-Russian Sunni Forces in Southwest Syria Provide Buffer Against Shiite Groups - Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semyonov (Riddle-Russia)

Saudi Journalist Praises Israel-UAE Normalization Agreement (MEMRI)

Sudan and Israel say talks underway for deal to normalize ties - Aaron Boxerman and Marissa Newman (Times of Israel)

What Foreign Islamic State Women Think About Guilt and Responsibility - Vera Mironova (Lawfare)

Turkey Grants Citizenship to Hamas Operatives Plotting Terror Attacks from Istanbul - James Rothwell (Telegraph-UK)

UAE Says Pact Not about Confronting Iran, Rejects Erdogan Threat - Mahmoud Habboush (Bloomberg)

CNN Op-Ed Manipulates Israel-UAE Deal to Spread Vicious Lies - Emanuel Miller (Honest Reporting) A piece by Yousef Munayyer published on the CNN website this week crossed the line and opportunistically used recent developments to smear Israel.

Just in case you missed it:

“And we moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem,” Trump said at a rally held at an airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, apparently referring to his decision to move the embassy from Tel Aviv. “That’s for the evangelicals.” He has no say on where the capital is.

 Good news: 

*Full diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE were announced on Thursday. 

*A scientist we know said there's 6 good candidates for a vaccine and likely we'll see one available before year end! Note: Dr. Fauci confirmed this on Instagram with Matthew McConaughey.

Belgian NGOs "Mitigate Pro-Israel Voices" with Government Support (NGO Monitor)

EU Study Examines Wrong Textbooks, Concludes Palestinian Authority Promotes Peace with Israel - Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom)  An EU-sponsored study to examine whether textbooks used by schools in the Palestinian Authority incite against Israel actually examined textbooks in Arabic used in the Israeli school system. 

Iranian Known and Unknowns - Karen Greenberg interview with Steve Simon (Center for National Security/Vital Interests)

Incendiary and Explosive Balloons from Gaza Spark 68 Fires in Israel on Tuesday - Tzvi Joffre (Jerusalem Post)

Beirut Blast: Just the Beginning? - Daniel Pomerantz (Honest Reporting) There’s something the media isn’t showing you: Hezbollah has over 150,000 rockets and missiles hidden all over the country, mostly in civilian areas. Watch the Video

Sources Shine Light on Hizbullah Link to Beirut Explosion - Mona Alami (Al Arabiya) 

Hizbullah Worldwide Activities Interactive Map and Timeline - Matthew Levitt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

The Turkish Threat in the Eastern Mediterranean - Abdel Moneim Said  (Al-Ahram-Egypt)

Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (Whitehouse.gov)

COVID-19 Risks Robbing Dubai of Its Economic and Political Autonomy - Ryan Bohl (Stratfor) 

BBC's Longstanding Hezbollah Whitewashing Continues in Beirut Blast Coverage (CAMERA UK) "Ruling elite" - did you notice that phrase used throughout the reporting on Lebanon? I found it odd that the news never mentioned Hezbollah.  “Hizballah is today the dominant force in Lebanese public life" and "it is a franchise of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps."

Kamala Harris: Where does Biden's running mate stand on Middle East issues? - Ali Harb (Middle East Eye)

Our hearts go out to the people of Beirut. 

Asia's New Pivot: Exploring Japan and South Korea's Ties to the Middle East (Asia Society)

Israeli Firm Offers Wearable Anti-Drone Device - Udi Etsion (Calcalist)
IDF Thwarts Attack along Syria Border Fence - Anna Ahronheim (Jerusalem Post)

Israel Intercepts Rocket Launched from Gaza (Ynet News)

Netherlands admits to paying terrorists who killed 17-year-old Israeli - Lahav Harkov (Jerusalem Post) 

Palestinians: We Support China's Muslim Concentration Camps - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone)

California Census Partners with CAIR Radical - Steven Emerson (IPT) 

US congressman cites PMW report in call to designate PA leader as sponsor of terror (PMW) 

How I Got Canceled - Phyllis Chesler (Spectator)

Taliban again promotes its Badakhshan training camp - Bill Roggio (FDD's Long War Journal)

Iran's Deepening Isolation On The World Stage - Ahmad Ra'fat (WorldCrunch/Kayhan)

Third Israeli Water Generator Donated to Gaza - Celia Jean (Jerusalem Post)

Hamas head: We refused $15 billion in aid conditioned on disarming - Aaron Boxerman (Times of Israel)

Unique intel trove from Hamas operative caught swimming to Israel (DebkaFile)

Reuters and the Case of the Missing Hezbollah ‘Terrorist’ - Gidon Ben-Zvi (Honest Reporting) 

Report: Russian-Backed Militia Gaining Control in Syrian Golan Heights (i24News) The militia, with Muslim officers from the Caucasus, is hostile to both Iran and the Syrian regime.

Turkey on the Warpath - Uzay Bulut (Gatestone) The Erdogan regime has been militarily targeting Syria and Iraq, sending its Syrian mercenaries to Libya to seize Libya's oil, and continuing to bully Greece. It is now provoking ongoing violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Abu Dhabi Presses Allies to Normalize with Israel (Middle East Monitor-UK)

British SAS Troops Fight Secret War to Prevent ISIS Revival - Dave Burke (Mirror-UK) 

Congress Pushes for Sanctions on Turkey, Russia Over Libyan War - Jack Detsch, Amy Mackinnon (Foreign Policy)

Foreign Policy's Faux Pas on Boycotts, Israel, and 'Annexation' - Sean Durns (CAMERA)

Across the Arab world today, young people are rediscovering the memory of their lost Jewish neighbors. One place they turn to learn and explore is JIMENA Arabic program - a multimedia engagement platform with over 150,000 Arab followers and six million video views annually - described in the region's media as "a prime destination for Arab youth.

236 European Lawmakers Call for Total EU Ban on Hizbullah - Laura Kelly (The Hill)

see also: Hizbullah Receives Funds from Its Supporters in Germany - Benjamin Weinthal (Jerusalem Post)

France did not condemn the PA for lying but challenged PMW for exposing the PA lies - Itamar Marcus (PMW)

The Hamas-Houthi Plan to Attack Arabs as Well as Israel - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)

Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking - Andy Greenberg (Wired)

Are Iran And China Quietly Forging A Security Alliance? (WorldCrunch)

Disinformation Abounds in VOX Annexation Explainer with Bent Sasley - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA)

Some inconvenient facts for one-state advocates - Shaul Arieli (Times of Israel) 

“Proportionality is madness”: Second Lebanon War summary - Dov Lipman (Honest Reporting)

Hizbullah Faces Domestic Pressure in Lebanon   (Media Line-Ynet News)

Former Lebanese Minister: Hizbullah Is Occupying Lebanon, It's the Country's Main Problem; It Must Be Dismantled  (MEMRI-TV)

Pentagon: Turkey Sent 3,800 Syrian Fighters to Libya - Isabel Debre (AP-Military Times)

Egypt’s parliament approves troop deployment to Libya (Syrian Observatory of Human Rights) 

Russia Expands Presence in Eastern Syria, Iran Repositions Closer to Israel's Border - Ahmad Salloum  (IranWire) 

4 part report: Turkey's Religious Affairs Ministry, Authority Over Hagia Sophia Mosque And 2,000 Mosques Around The World, Part I – Turkish Press Reports On Ministry's Jihad Connections, Corruption (MEMRI)

Argentina Extends Freeze of Hizbullah Funds  (Jerusalem Post)

Israeli research center finds 28 new Hezbollah missile launch sites - Anna Ahronheim (Jerusalem Post) ALMA says never-before-published sites are deep in heart of residential areas in Beirut, next to hospitals, restaurants, schools. 

Report: Senior Hamas Commander Defects to Israel - Jack Khoury (Ha'aretz-Times of Israel)  Al-Arabiya reported on Friday that senior Hamas military figure Mohammed Omar Abu Ajwa, who was in charge of an elite naval unit, had recently defected

New Report Confirms Al Jazeera's Role as Qatari Agent - Steven Emerson (IPT) An explosive new report released last Tuesday by former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., provides compelling evidence that the Al Jazeera television network has been operating for years as an agent of the Qatari government....The government of the United Arab Emirates commissioned Ros-Lehtinen's investigation of Al Jazeera.

Turkey signed secret agreements with countries to abduct dissidents from abroad: UN - Matthew Amlôt,(Al-Arabiya)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood? (Hollywood Reporter) 

UN Watch exposes bias of UN's Palestine monitor, lists Hamas and PA abuses that he ignored - When the U.N.'s permanent investigator of "Israel's violations" Michael Lynk delivered his annual report before the 47-nation human rights council today, UN Watch delivered a major rebuttal that exposed his bias in ignoring Hamas and Palestinian Authority human rights abuses — against their own citizens, as well as against Israelis.