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by Abigail R. Esman • November 15, 2017 •
Special to IPT News  
For
Palestinians, Dalal Mughrabi is a legend, a heroine, celebrated for having
killed 38 Israelis – including 13 children – in a 1978 massacre along
Israel's Coastal Highway. But when Belgium funded a school for Palestinian
children in 2013, it didn't expect it to be named in Mughrabi's
honor.
by Yaakov Lappin • November 14, 2017 •
Special to IPT News
Chief
Iranian proxy Hizballah has a firm grip over Lebanon, and its bloody
intervention in Syria was instrumental in preserving the brutal Assad
regime. Yet Hizballah's meddling in other regions of the Middle East
usually does not receive as much attention.
November 13, 2017 • IPT News
IPT
Senior Shillman Fellow Pete Hoekstra is the new United States ambassador to
the Netherlands. The U.S. Senate approved his nomination in a voice vote
Thursday.
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November 16, 2017 • Jewish News Service
A
newly released report by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA)
think tank exposes the terror affiliations of Students for Justice in
Palestine (SJP), an international campus organization that has posed an
increasing challenge for Jewish and pro-Israel college students in recent
years.
November 16, 2017 • The Meir Amit
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
ISIS's
expansion in Iraq and Syria was halted during the first half of 2015. A
continuous campaign has been waged against the Islamic State for two and a
half years and is about to be completed (November 2017). On the ground, the
Islamic State no longer exists as a functioning territorial entity.
November 16, 2017 • Washington Examiner
The
Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at George Washington University
hostedterrorist-sympathizer Rabab Abdulhadi on Tuesday. Abdulhadi, an
ethnic studies professor at San Francisco State University — which was
accused in a lawsuit earlier this year of being a hotbed of
anti-Semitic and anti-Israel sentiment (the case was dismissed
last week) — is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and
Sanctions campaign against Israel.
November 15, 2017 • The American
Spectator
On
October 31, the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR) held its 1st Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol — not to be confused
with the Islamic Day in Ohio held during the same month, or the Meet a
Muslim Day, Hijab Day, and National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
held earlier this year.
November 15, 2017 • Reuters
France
said on Wednesday that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who
Lebanon's president says is being held hostage by Saudi Arabia, will visit
France with his family in coming days.
November 15, 2017 • The Washington Free
Beacon
Iran
is claiming that it has sued the United States for $60 billion in response
to efforts by the American government to seize the Islamic Republic's
assets as a result of terror attacks that have killed Americans and others.
November 14, 2017 • PJ Media
European
Islamist scion Tariq Ramadan was banned from the U.S. by the Bush
administration in February 2004 for his financial support of a charity that
funded terrorist groups. In January 2010, then-Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton overturned that ban. Clinton personally approved a visa for the
controversial grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood.
November 14, 2017 • The Washington Free
Beacon
The
U.S. government granted visas to and resettled in America at least five
foreign individuals who were later tied to terrorism, according to the
White House, which announced that "hundreds of other foreign
nationals"
admitted to the country are currently under investigation for
terror ties.
November 14, 2017 • Toronto Sun
A
professor of linguistics at the University of Ottawa, commenting on the
so-called anti-Islamophobia motion, M103, has urged the Trudeau government
"to start an international Commission on how to handle the violence in
the Qur'an," which, he says exists, without doubt.
November 14, 2017 • The Algemeiner
The
president of the student group J Street U has argued that it is
"unfair" to describe all those who seek to end Israel's existence
as antisemitic. Zoe Goldblum's comments were sent last week "on behalf
of the leadership of J Street U" to the House Judiciary Committee, as
it held a hearing on
antisemitism on US college campuses.
November 14, 2017 • Reuters
Any
move by the European Union to impose new sanctions on Iran over its
ballistic missile program and alleged involvement in Middle East conflicts
would be "interesting and helpful", a U.S. administration
official said on Tuesday.
November 13, 2017 • The Washington Free
Beacon
U.S.
officials acknowledged Iranian-backed forces in Iraq could be using
American-made arms, an admission that comes amid growing concern on Capitol
Hill the U.S. government is quietly working with militia fighters in Iraq
who are directly tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards
Corps (IRGC), according to multiple sources familiar with
the situation.
November 13, 2017 • Israel Hayom
Israel,
Islamic Jihad continue trading barbs following the recent destruction of
terror tunnel in the Gaza Strip. IDF nabs Tarek Kaadan, a senior Islamic
Jihad field commander, in connection with a plot to carry out a terrorist
attack against Israel.
November 13, 2017 • AJC.com
Olympic
fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is quite a doll – literally. She's thrilled to have
inspired a Barbie in her likeness, and especially proud that the doll will
be the first Barbie to wear a hijab. "This is a childhood dream come
true," she posted. The doll is part of the "She-ro" line.
November 13, 2017 • MEMRI
Following
the November 12, 2017 meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
summit in Vietnam, President Trump agreed to, and legitimized Iran's
expansion in Syria, including the deployment of Iranian and pro-Iran
militia forces close to the Syria-Israel border.
November 12, 2017 • The Algemeiner
Of
all the restaurants in the world possibly to deserve a feature article in
the New York Times Sunday travel section, the newspaper has somehow chosen
one whose interior features a big mural of a Jew-killing Arab terrorist.
November 12, 2017 • Legalinsurrection.com
The
PA is viewed by the West as the 'moderate' Palestinian body and Israel's
supposed 'partner for peace', but as we've repeatedly highlighted, its
officials routinely demonize Israel and glorify terrorists as national
heroes. Young people are exposed to this radicalization, as schools and
educational
programs justify and condone the use of violence.
November 11, 2017 • The Atlantic
Interviews
with al-Qaeda members and bin Laden's family reveal a pact that allowed the
group to prepare for its next phase.
November 11, 2017 • The Jerusalem Post
Iran
is building a new military facility in Syria, the BBC has reported based on
a Western intelligence source. Located at Al-Kiswah, south of Damascus, the
facility is one of many alleged Iranian bases in Syria and illustrates how
Iran is establishing a permanent presence in the country.
November 11, 2017 • Buzzfeed News
Radical
Islamist militants are going to war with the Muslim Brotherhood inside
Egypt's prisons as the two groups fight for fresh recruits.
November 10, 2017 • The Algemeiner
Anti-Israel
activists implemented a "covert campaign" to gain leadership
positions at the American Studies Association (ASA), which they
subsequently manipulated into
endorsing an academic boycott of Israel, a Jewish human
rights group said last Thursday.
November 9, 2017 • ABCnews.go.com
The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an updated terror bulletin
last Thursday highlighting the threat of weaponized drones, chemical
attacks and the continued targeting of commercial aircraft.
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