Hints and tips:
...“I’m not going to elaborate on the speech,” the president said. “He made a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans.”...
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Israeli hostage talks: Israel is expected take part in negotiations this weekend in Paris with the US, Qatar and Egypt on a potential deal...
...“I’m sure we’ll be shocked by what we see,” he added....
...Hamas did not claim responsibility for the rockets launched, but another militant faction, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said it had bombed Israeli towns “in response” to Israeli fire on Gaza earlier on Friday...
...Don’t forget, this is a very, very densely populated territory where people really live cheek by jowl with the very same Hamas Islamic Jihad militants that Israel is targeting....
...“Now, I’m begging for my children’s breakfast . . . while [Lebanon’s leaders] sit in their golden palaces.”...
...The Israelis, for their part, said the tragedy was caused by a missile fired by Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian Islamist group....
...How this will work out, I’m not sure....
...But I’m not optimistic at all. Gideon RachmanAnd how much leverage, though, does America actually have?...
...Tinderbox territory As violence has flared over the past year, established militant groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad have gained traction in the West Bank, and newer ones, such as the Lions’ Den in...
...National armies, 15,000 UN forces and the French and European forces of Operation Barkhane have been involved in the fight against jihad across the region....
...I’m dying to find out how this ends....
...But I’m happy to join you. Where to begin?...
...I said I’m Fawad and I’m a shopkeeper,” he said. “I got another phone call saying ‘you are Khalid and it is our obligation to kill you’....
...“I’m not planning to leave,” he chuckled. “I have good hopes that for many years we can work together.”...
...The TTP, the largest armed group in the region after the Afghan Taliban, is committed to a jihad against the Pakistan government, but denied launching the attack....
...I’m not sure whether Bollywood is aware of it, or ready”....
...Not all of this can be blamed on Donald Trump, although his jihad against mask-wearing bears a lot of the blame. I think there is a deeper problem....
...“I’m very, very happy today,” she tells me, leaning forward to show me the design on her T-shirt....
...“I’m not sure how we are going to get through this after this virus is contained — we will wake up to some harsh economic reality,” said Ibrahim Saif, a former minister and chief executive of the Jordan...
...Musk says: “I’m going to surprise you, I wish we were private.” ‘A highly sensitive topic’ US politics has some thorny questions to answer about the treatment of women....
...With the rise of Islamist extremism, however, Jihad is understood in the west primarily for its other meaning — holy war. One Jihad I know has changed his name to Jerry....
...I’m not sure that being confrontational now is a good idea,” he said....
...“At the very least what has happened to Makhlouf is a very clear warning from Bashar,” says Jihad Yazji, editor of the Syria Report specialist business website....
...“I’m thinking, ‘Why am I wasting this time with this guy because he’s a complete radical nutcase and I really need to tell him straight,’ ” he says....
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