1) John Spencer and Arsen Ostrovsky lay out ‘The Top 7 Lies About Israel and IDF Operations in Gaza’.
“Israel today is not only fighting a terrorist regime that has weaponized civilians — it is fighting a second war: a war against lies. From false claims of genocide, to manipulated casualty statistics, to the cynical misuse of humanitarian law, nearly every accusation leveled against Israel and the IDF distorts reality, ignores law, and inverts morality.”
2) MEMRI reports on ‘Criticism In Qatar Of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’.
“The Qatari press periodically publishes articles attacking Abbas, calling for his resignation and condemning the PA’s security coordination with Israel and its position towards Hamas. In February this year, Qatar initiated and hosted a National Conference for Palestine which challenged the PA and called to integrate Hamas in the PLO without requiring it to relinquish the armed struggle against Israel. This was part of Qatar’s efforts to ensure Hamas’ survival amid the attempts to end its rule in Gaza and prepare for the day after the war there.”
3) The Alma Center analyses the activities of a Hizballah charity in Lebanon.
“It appears that the campaign to place mobile structures in southern Lebanon these days by the “Help Each Other” Association, headed by Shuman, is actually an attempt to create a sense of routine. To re-embed and disguise Hezbollah’s military and intelligence gathering activity in the contact line area, similar to the mobile structures of the “Green Without Borders” association that were deployed near the border before the war and were actually part of the infrastructure in preparation for the invasion of the Galilee, which Hezbollah planned to carry out.”
4) At the JCFA, Aviram Bellaishe discusses ‘Europe’s Palestinian Statehood Campaign’.
“The Western attempt to differentiate between the “jihadist terrorist” and the PLO-type “nationalist fighter” reflects a fundamental failure to understand the conflict. In actuality, there is no difference between the hudna doctrine of Hamas and the phased plan of Fatah. Both stem from the same underlying strategy: an ongoing, carefully calibrated, gradual struggle whose ultimate goal is not an accord but the destruction of the Zionist enemy.”
5) At the FDD, Ahmad Sharawi analyses Jordan’s banning of the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Ever since the Brotherhood came out in fierce opposition to the 1994 peace treaty with Israel, tensions with the government have simmered — escalating further during the Arab Spring, the wave of protests in the Arab world that led to the overthrow of regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Yet the Jordanian Brotherhood did not take part in violent episodes, unlike other branches of the movement across the region. So, Jordan stood apart from its neighbors, opting to contain rather than confront. That strategy is now in ruins.”
