US Special Immigration Program Refers More Than 5,000 Afghan Refugees to Canada (VOA)

U.S. Attacks Bennett as Soft on Russia But Is Happy for Moscow to Broker the Iran Nuclear Deal - Melanie Phillips (The Times-UK) 

Biden Administration Appeases Mullahs, Iran Escalates Assassinations - Majid Rafizadeh (Gatestone Institute)

Israeli Prime Minister Meets in Egypt with President Sissi, UAE Crown Prince - Jonathan Lis (Ha'aretz)   The meeting was part of an effort to forge a coalition with American backing among countries that would stand together against Iran.
Over 12,000 Ukrainians Have Fled to Israel  (Times of Israel)

Israel Sends Ukraine Bulletproof Ambulances (i24News)

Tuesday's  terror attack in which an Israeli Arab (Bedouin resident of the Negev) murdered 4 Israelis in Be’er Sheva in southern Israel using a car to murder one and a knife to murder three more, is exactly the kind of terror that the Palestinian Authority has been actively calling for. (see PMW) This was followed by another attack, a stabbing of a jogger.

Palestinians Begin Campaign of Violence Against Israel Ahead of Muslim Holy Month (Honest Reporting)

Report: Russia Withdrawing Air Crews from Syria for Ukraine War - Anshel Pfeffer (Ha'aretz)

The Increasing Danger Facing Women in Turkey (IPT)

*"Sadly, not enough is done regarding human rights abuses and war crimes by Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and China. Only Israel – and by association, the Jews – are treated as the Devil incarnate." - Shimon Samuels, SWC.  

*At the United Nations, North Korea will soon chair the UN Disarmament Committee: North Korea, a police state run by a megalomaniac nuclear criminal who starves to death his own people!

A Crisis in U.S.-Middle East Relations - Firas Maksad (Wall Street Journal) 

 FYI:  Islamic Republic of Iran is joining the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission.

Top U.S. General in the Middle East Warns Iran Has 3,000 Ballistic Missiles - Jeff Seldin (VOA News)

Iran Has Enough Enriched Uranium for Four Nuclear Weapons within Four Months of Breakout - David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker (Institute for Science and International Security)

Iran Is Exploiting the War in Ukraine to Strengthen Its Presence in Syria - Yoni Ben Menachem (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Yoseph Haddad’s Brilliant Defense Of Israel In The Irish Parliament (VIN News)

Why Did Israel Decline to Provide Ukraine with the Iron Dome? - Dahlia Scheindlin (Ha'aretz) 

It’s Always About Israel: NGOs Exploit Russo-Ukrainian War to Draw False Equivalencies with Israel (NGO Monitor)

NPR Defends Bizarre Claim That Israel 'Loves' Putin (CAMERA)

PA is “actively supporting” an ICC investigation against Israel (PMW) 

The bottomless UNRWA pit of despair - Maurice Hirsch (PMW)

Sweden Challenged by Islamist Rumors of Kidnapped Muslim Children -Hany Ghoraba (IPT News) 

Putin, Zelensky Still Talking - Through Israelis - Michael Hirsh (Foreign Policy)

Video: Neuer Clashes With UN Rights Chief Bachelet Over Skewed Inquiry (UN Watch)

UN votes to establish formal presence in Taliban-run Afghanistan (France 24)

Amnesty USA Director States Israel ‘Shouldn’t Exist’ But a ‘Space’ for Jews Should be Created Instead (Honest Reporting) 

U.S., Israeli Medical Teams Work Together to Help Ukrainian Refugees in Moldova - Dr. Zev Neuwirth (Miami Herald)

Yemen's Houthis Claim Drone Attack on Saudi Refinery (Reuters) Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted a Saudi Aramco

Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover (UNHCR)

French Interior Minister Dissolves Pro-Palestinian NGOs Advocating Israel's Destruction (Algemeiner)

Accommodating Iran Will Be No More Successful than Accommodating Russia - Emanuele Ottolenghi (Tablet)

The U.S. Is Poised to Make a Nuclear Deal with Iran that Expires in Twenty Months - Robert Satloff(Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
The Limits of a New Iran Nuclear Deal - Henry Rome (Foreign Affairs)

While Israel Aids Ukrainian People, Palestinian Authority Mum & Hamas Sides With Russia’s Aggression (Honest Reporting)

Mozambique Army Intercepts ISIS Drones Using Israeli Systems - Eyal Boguslavsky (Israel Defense)

Abbas arrests Christian man and closes institution he heads because he hosted a Jew - Nan Jacques Zilberdik and Itamar Marcus (PMW)

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Threatens to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks - Liz Sly (Washington Post)  

EXPLAINER: Humanitarian corridors, from Syria to Ukraine  - AJ Naddaff (AP)

Syria war escalating, more probes needed into civilian casualties - UN experts - Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters)

Turkey: Occupies Northern Cyprus, Goes for the Rest - Uzay Bulut (Gatestone Institute)

BBC Report on Ukraine Refugees Omits Israel Information (CAMERA UK)

Media Outlets Use Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine to Attack Israel - Sean Durns (Algemeiner)  ahistoricism and egregious comparisons

Trends in Iranian External Assassination, Surveillance, and Abduction Plots - Dr. Matthew Levitt (Combating Terrorism Center at West Point)

Spreading the Iranian Revolution in Latin America - Emanuele Ottolenghi. (Tablet)

UN atomic watchdog says Iran increasing nuclear stockpile (AP)

Israel and U.S. Cooperate Against Iran-Backed Militias in Red Sea (JNS)

Israel Helps Evacuate Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian Citizens from Ukraine - Sam Sokol (Ha'aretz)

Why Middle East Countries Flipped, And Joined Push For Russia To Halt War (WorldCunch) 

The Palestinians are not like the Ukrainians - editorial (Jerusalem Post) To compare Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine to bring Kyiv under Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heel to Israel’s incursions into Gaza or southern Lebanon to stop Hamas or Hezbollah from randomly shelling civilian populations is to willfully distort reality.

Palestinians vent against Hamas in rare online event  - Yolande Knell & Rushdi Abou Alouf (BBC News)

Almost All European Aid to the PA Held Up as Officials Discuss Reform of Textbooks - Aaron Boxerman (Times of Israel)

Wednesday, March 9  UKRAINE CRISIS Update Anne Applebaum and Max Boot with Larry Mantle (Register Here)

Arab Press Cartoons On Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (MEMRI)

Australia to List Hamas as Terror Group - Andrew Brown (7News-Australia)

Bahrain Chooses Alignment with Israel over Submission to Iran - Hussain Abdul-Hussain (Washington Examiner)

A New Iran Deal Means Old Chaos - Steven A. Cook (Foreign Policy)

House GOP Moves to Tank Biden's Iran Diplomacy - Zachary Basu (Axios)

Debunking Another Anti-Israel Myth: Jewish Self-Determination is Not a 'Colonial' Enterprise - Gidon Ben-Zvi (Honest Reporting)

Report: Israeli Commandos Attacked Hizbullah Depots in Lebanon (Naharnet-Lebanon)

Hizbullah Slammed by Lebanese Officials after It Flies Drone over Israel (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

BBC News Ignores a Story Under Its Beirut Bureau's Nose - Hadar Sela (CAMERA)

Extensive Malaysian Propaganda and Fundraising Network Enables Hamas Plots Targeting Jews - Abha Shankar (IPT News)

Palestinian Killed while Hurling Firebombs at Israeli Cars - Aaron Boxerman (Times of Israel-Jerusalem Post)
UN Upset by Death of Palestinian Teenage Firebomb Thrower - Tovah Lazaroff (Jerusalem Post)

A "Major Non-NATO Ally"?: For Decades, Qatar Has Supported Every Anti-American Islamic Terrorist Organization - Col. (ret.) Yigal Carmon interviewed by Ariel Ben Solomon  (JNS)  

A Closer Look: Women in the Saudi Filmmaking Industry (WMC) Up until 2018, cinemas were banned in the kingdom.

The Ukrainians Are Learning a Lesson that Israel Has Already Learned - Dr. Dan Schueftan (Israel Hayom)

The Houthi Crisis Is Creating an Emirati-Israeli Opportunity - Hussain Abdul-Hussain and David May  (Al Arabiya)

Amnesty's Map that Lies - Aron White (CAMERA)

After The Revolution, What Happens When Iran's 1979 Generation Fades Away - Yusef Mosaddeqi (Kayhan/WorldCrunch)

Islamic State likely to pick battle-hardened Iraqi as next leader -  Ahmed Rasheed and John Davison (Reuters)

Israel Strikes Syrian Army Targets after Anti-aircraft Missile Launched into Israel - Yaniv Kubovich. (Ha'aretz)

‘Is Israel an apartheid state?’ is not the right question - Zev Farber (Times of Israel)

The Real Apartheid in the Middle East - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute) When an Arab country (Lebanon) subjects Palestinians to actual apartheid measures, the international community is too busy lying about Israel's alleged abuses to take notice.

Three Armed Palestinians Responsible for Shooting Attacks Killed in West Bank - Elisha Ben Kimon (Ynet News-Jerusalem Post)

Turkey's Grey Wolves Organization – An Arm Of President Erdoğan's Governing Coalition – Fights In Syria, Azerbaijan, Praises Chechen Terrorist Shamil Basayev, Runs Branches In U.S., Europe - A. Smith and A. Alterthum (MEMRI)

Turkey Accused of Giving ISIS a "Safe Zone" in Syria - Omar Abdulkader  (CBS News)

Hundreds of Jewish Organizations Denounce UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry Against Israel - Dan Lavie (Israel Hayom) 472 Jewish organizations and over 4,000 individuals wrote to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet demanding an end to a probe by the UN Human Rights Council's International Commission of Inquiry (COI) into Israel. 

NGOs call on US aid group to stop funding use of Palestinian child soldiers - Tzvi Joffre (Jerusalem Post)

Olga Meshoe Washington with Russell F. Robinson

Amnesty International: Bigoted, Uninformed, and Just Plain Wrong 

Tuesday, February 15, 2022  7:30 pm (ET) / 4:30 pm (PT)

https://www.jnf.org/events-landing-pages/conversations-on-zionism

Creative Community For Peace Presents Dispelling the Myths

BDS unmasked - radical roots, extremist ends, 

Wed Feb 16, 11am Pacific Time (2pm EST)

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Npc37amCRHCa226Ah0lznw

Amnesty International's Big Lie About Israel - Alex Safian (CAMERA)

Amnesty to ToI: No double standard in accusing Israel, but not China, of apartheid - Lazar Berman (TOI)

UN: Taliban Have Killed Scores of Former Afghan Officials (Reuters)

Amnesty International Apartheid Report Slammed in South Africa for Extreme Bias - Tali Feinberg (South African Jewish Report)

Why I Granted Observer Status to the State of Israel - African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki (African Union)

U.S. to Deny $130 Million in Military Aid to Egypt - Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters)

Leaked IRGC Document Warns of Rising Discontent in Iran - Golnaz Esfandiari (RFE/RL's Radio Farda)

Iran's War on Its Own Athletes - Tess Rosenberg (U.S. Institute of Peace)

A Spokesman vows to continue “Pay-for-Slay” terror rewards - Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) see related https://palwatch.org/page/30165

PA Reneges on Promise to Change Textbooks  (IMPACT-se)

Online Protest Against Hamas in Gaza (Asia News-Italy)

U.S. Grants Sanctions Relief to Iran - Matthew Lee (AP-Washington Post)

The U.S. and Today's Foreign Policy Challenges

With John Brennan and Ali Soufan
Moderated by Karen J. Greenberg
Tuesday, February 15th, 5:00PM ET
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