The Witness (FP) Much of the Muslim world has remained largely silent while several states—including Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—have actively cooperated with Beijing’s requests to deport Uyghurs back to China. See also: Yes, the Atrocities in Xinjiang Constitute a Genocide (FP)

France24 Welcomes Bigoted Journalists Back Into Its Arabic Services Ranks (CAMERA)

Netanyahu's Coup for Dummies: Israel's Constitutional Crisis, Explained (Haaretz)

Israel's Targeted Counter-Terror Raids Contrast with Wanton Palestinian Attacks (Investigative Project on Terrorism)

71 Percent of Palestinians Support Murder of Israelis in Huwara, Only 27 Percent Support Two-State Solution (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research)

Obstacle to Peace? Palestinian Authority Approves ‘Terrorists-only’ Settlement (Honest Reporting) On March 15, 2023, Hebrew media reported that the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) had authorized the construction of a luxury village intended for convicted terrorists only. The new settlement will be built near Ofra in Area B of the West Bank, where the PA has civilian control but the Israel Defense Forces maintain security.

PA lie: Israel “assassinated 3 young people driving in their car,” Reality: Terror cell brags “3 Jihad fighters fell in battle” (PMW)

Saudi Arabia releases US national jailed for tweets (DW)

Assad Welcomes New Russian Bases in Syria. (Al Jazeeera)

Writing letters and supporting organization that insist on the truth without bias works. FRANCE 24, a state-owned news network, recently announced the suspension of four journalists and then later fired one of them – all thanks to the investigative prowess of CAMERA's Arabic-speaking research staff. Read about it here.

Mohammed El-Kurd as Vile as You’d Expect at Adelaide Festival (Israelly Cool) 

Iran Supplying Russia with Ammunition  (Sky News-UK)

Remembering a CIA Coup in Iran that Never Was  (Tablet)

Tehran Poses as Much Danger to Britain as It Does to Israel  (Sunday Times-UK)

Ireland to Withdraw Its 130 Troops from UN Peacekeeping Mission in Golan Heights (The Journal-Ireland)

Israeli Trains Syrians to Clear Landmines  (Times of Israel)

Warped Headlines: How the Media Use Title Tricks to Shape Public Opinion (HonestReporting)

Friday’s shooter in Tel Aviv is “Martyr,” attack is “operation” in PA and Fatah terminology (PMW) A 23-year-old terrorist and Hamas member Mutaz Al-Khawaja opened fire and shot and wounded 3 Israelis, Following the attack, the official PA daily called the attacker a “Martyr” – the highest achievable status in Islam - and referred to the attack as a “shooting operation.” PA Chairman Abbas’ Fatah Movement called Israelis fleeing the attack “settlers,” thereby defining Tel Aviv as “occupied” and all of Israel as “Palestine”:

Hamas’ Oppression of Gazans Violates Islamic Law, Says Fatwa Council - (Cleveland Jewish News)

Impact NGO Monitor Research (NGO Monitor)

PA Moves to Stop Palestinian Armed Group in Tulkarm  (Jerusalem Post)

Article In Qatari Daily Incites To Terror Attacks Against Israelis: Surround Them, Pursue Them, 'Make It So That They Will Never Be Safe – Not In Jerusalem, Not In Tel Aviv' (MEMRI)

Russia sending captured weapons to Iran for reverse engineering (CNN) No wonder Israel refused to send the Iron Dome to Ukraine.

Drone Strike on Arms Factory in Syria (AFP)  Three pro-Iranian fighters from Afghanistan, three Syrian civilians, and one unidentified Syrian were killed.

UN Teachers Call To Murder Jews (UN Watch) 100-page report shows how UNRWA schools funded by US and EU indoctrinate Palestinian children, promote hate and violence

The West Keeps Subsidizing the Palestinian Authority's Death Culture  (National Post-Canada)

I've been keeping up with the news, but not my blog. Sorry for the delay.

Seven Syrian Military Figures Killed in Israeli Attack on Damascus (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

U.S.: Iran Can Make Fissile Material for a Bomb "in 12 Days"  (Reuters)

Iranian Deputy FM Ali Bagheri Visits South Lebanon, Meets Hizbullah Officials, Receives Israeli Helicopter Fragment As Souvenir (Hizbullah TV/MEMRI)

Iran Likely to Sell Surface-to-Air Missiles to Syria (Reuters)

Germany Fears Iran a Danger to Entire Middle East  (The National-UAE)

Secret Hizbullah Gold Trade in South America Foiled by Israeli Intelligence  (Walla-Jerusalem Post) A gold smuggling operation between Iran and Venezuela is funding Hizbullah terror activity.

Israel Was Hit by 5,000 Palestinian Terror Attacks in 2022. It Has to Defend Itself (Guardian-UK)

Holy False: Reuters Continues to Insist Jordan is Custodian of Jerusalem's Christian Sites (CAMERA)

As Lebanon Disintegrates, Nasrallah Incites War (Arab News Saudi Arabia)

UN Libya envoy to launch new effort to break stalemate (Reuters)

Addressing Fragility in Libya Means Protecting Migrant Rights (CSIS)

Fatah praises child killer for “continuing the path” of other terrorists (PMW)

Russia Recruiting Palestinians in Lebanon to Fight in Ukraine  (Media Line-Jerusalem Post)

Ukraine War Aggravates Egypt's Economic Crisis  (AP)

Hizbullah-Backed Terrorists Form Dozens of Cells on Syrian Border (JNS)

Israeli Strike Hits Heart of Syria's Security Elite (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

Christiane Amanpour's Dubious, and Likely Fabricated, Polling Data (CAMERA)

Peter Beinart’s Deceptive Attack on Israeli Democracy in the New York Times (Honest Reporting)

US Must Demand the PA Rescind Barbaric, Anti-Semitic “Pay to Slay” (SWC)

 Friday morning was the third major terrorist attack against Israelis this year. A driver intentionally struck a crowded bus stop and murdered a 6-yr-old.  Meanwhile in Turkey, a 10-yr-old was rescued by Israeli military search and rescue experts, after being trapped for 100 hours following the devastating earthquake. 

Thousands of Afghans who helped British forces ‘remain stranded by UK’ (The Guardian)

Finland to Obtain Anti-Tank Missiles from German-Israeli Eurospike(Defense Post)

Iran unveils underground base for fighter jets (VOA)

Omani Blogger Visits Israel, Causing an Uproar in the Arab World (Maariv-Jerusalem Post)

In Case You Missed It: The Palestinian Authority: Guilty of Child Abuse (EMET) related report: Teaching Terror to Tots (PMW)

The Taylor Force Act: Fighting Pay-For-Slay (Honest Reporting)

Syrian  Oppositionists Furious Over Condolences, Aid To Assad Regime Following Earthquake: Assad Has Killed 1,000 More Syrians Than The Quake (MEMRI)

SBS Australia Journalist Who Tweeted '#F*ckIsrael' Unsurprisingly Produces Biased Reports (Honest Reporting)

MDA first responder Fadi Dekidek: 'Jews save Arabs. Arabs save Jews' (Jerusalem Post) The paramedic who was on the front lines of the deadly Jerusalem terror attack believes that education is the solution to the endless violence.

Young terrorist's textbook teaches to ‘die as a martyr’ (i24News) In a book on Islamic education, published last September by the Palestinian Ministry of Education in Ramallah, an entire chapter is devoted to "martyrdom," which brings honor and glory and guarantees entry into paradise. The book teaches that those who do not sacrifice themselves are weak.

Lebanese Politician Omar Harfouch: Denying Citizenship To Palestinian Refugees In Lebanon Is An Inhuman Apartheid Policy; Four Generations Of Palestinians Were Born Here, Yet They Have No Country Or Identity – Lebanon Is All They Know (Al-Jadeed TV/MEMRI)

Released terrorists urge kidnappings of Israelis as a means to free imprisoned terrorists (PMW)

Drones attack convoy in east Syria coming from Iraq (AP)  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the drones appear to have been from the U.S.-led coalition

Jihadis Kill 11 Soldiers in Northwest Syria, Monitor Says (VOA)

Turkey’s New Foreign Policy: Ankara’s Ambitions, Regional Responses, and Implications for the United States (Foreign Policy Research Institute)

Sweden’s NATO Problem Is Also Turkey’s NATO Problem (Carnegie Endowment for Peace)

NY Times Blurs, Buries Distinction Between Civilians and Gunmen (CAMERA)

Congresswoman Tlaib erects Palestinian flag in Capitol Hill office, accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ (World Israel News) The move was an apparent response to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s crackdown on the celebration of terrorism by Arab Israelis.

US seeks to expel Russian mercenaries from Sudan, Libya (AP)

A Glorious Gathering of Feminist Warriors: Saving One Extraordinary Afghan Woman (4W)

Ambassador Ezzat Saad, Executive Director Of Egyptian Council For Foreign Affairs: The Arab Countries Categorically Reject Taiwan Independence, Support The One-China Principle (MEMRI)

EU Says It's Anti-Semitic to Call Israel an Apartheid State  (European Parliament)

France says more women, children returned from ISIS camps in Syria  (AP)

High Number of Deaths in Jenin Raid due to Threats Against Soldiers   (Ha'aretz)

Israel's New Government Prompts Hysterical Reaction  (Commentary)

Hizbullah Announces 9,000 New Recruits - (L'Orient Today-Lebanon)

Palestinian Terrorists Received $100,000 for Murdering Israeli Soldier (JNS)

Financial Times Op-Ed Erases Palestinian Terrorism (CAMERA)

PA broadcasts 'Music to Murder by' - to welcome 2023 (PMW)  “This catchy sing-along method for propagating... ideology means it spreads quickly and sticks in the collective memory. It tends to be far more effective than sermons or theological debate and treatises.”

Biden State Department Nominee Accused of Supporting Anti-Israel BDS Movement Withdraws  (Daily Caller)

Donations to groups that encourage Palestinians murdering Jews are tax deductible in the US. (Elder of Ziyon)

BBC Ties Itself in Knots to Avoid Mentioning Israel in a Piece About a Woman in… Israel (Honest Reporting)

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Official Iranian broadcasts deny it happened.

As Shabbat was just beginning, and as International Holocaust Remembrance Day was coming to a close in Israel, a terrorist shot at worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem. Eight were killed, ten were injured. In response, Palestinian groups set off fireworks and celebrated. Rockets have also been fired into Israel from terrorists in Gaza.

As the Memory of the Holocaust Fades, Antisemitism Again Rears Its Ugly Head  (ABC-Australia)

As Twitter Bans Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes, Time For Social Media to Get to Grips With Antisemitism (Honest Reporting)

Alleging exclusion, Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University’s Holocaust commemoration event (JTA)

Facts About the Holocaust

“The history of mankind is the history of crimes. Recognize that there is evil in the world and be prepared to take action.” Simon Wiesenthal

Happy New Year! 

In 2022, CAMERA Prompts Record-Breaking 245 Corrections! And Honest Reporting awarded MSNBC and Mehdi Hasan, Ayman Mohyeldin and Peter Beinart as "Most Dishonest Reporter(s) of the Year."

I'm sure you've heard about the widespread protests in Iran; MEMRI reports that there have also been widespread protests against regimes in Syria and Jordan.

The EU's Secret Palestinian Building Plan for Area C  (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Iranian hacking group expands focus to US politicians, critical infrastructure, researchers find (Cyber Scoop)

Iranian Author Sentenced to Death after Urging Peace in Israel TV Interview (Times of Israel-Ha'aretz)

Israel Targets Hizbullah Weapons Warehouse near Damascus Airport  (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights-UK)

Jan. 9, 2023, Abbas will start his 19th year of his first 4-year term as Chairman/Dictator of the PA.

The Death of Christianity in Bethlehem (Gatestone Institute)

Palestinians in Samaria Damage Jewish Heritage Site  (Israel Hayom) 

Fatah promises more terror in 2023: “All types of resistance remain open to our people” (PMW)

As young Gazans die at sea, anger rises over leaders’ travel. (AP)

Reuters and AP on Gaza Men Drowning: Spot the Difference (Honest Reporting) Still a terribly biased article from the AP, praiseworthy only in comparison to Reuters.

Editorials In Hindi-Language Indian Newspapers Examine Pakistan-Sponsored Jihadi Terrorism In Jammu & Kashmir (MEMRI)

UK to Proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard as Terror Group - Ben Riley-Smith (Telegraph-UK)

Edinburgh Council rejects twinning with Gaza (UKLFI)

A Tale Of Two Visits Zelensky To Washington, Medvedev To Beijing (MEMRI)

U.S. Arrests Six ISIS Operatives in Helicopter Raids in Syria . (CENTCOM)

U.S. Killed nearly 700 Islamic State Suspects in 2022  (Washington Post)