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U.S. Accuses Iran of Breaching UN Nuclear Sanctions A U.S. delegation informed a UN Security
Council panel of experts monitoring Iranian sanctions on Nov. 7 that Iranian procurement agents have
been increasing their efforts to illicitly obtain equipment for the IR-40 research reactor at the Arak nuclear
complex. The allegation is sure to add to the mounting congressional unease over the administration's
ongoing talks with Tehran.
International Criminal Court Gives Palestinians Observer Status - The Palestinians on Monday
became an observer at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court. The symbolic change
upgrades their status, but they still have not come under the court's jurisdiction. While the Palestinians
have repeatedly threatened to ratify the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the International
Criminal Court, they have not yet done so. Such a step could empower the court to investigate
accusations by the Palestinians against Israel as well as accusations by Israel against the Palestinians.
Three American Teens, Recruited Online, Caught Trying to Join the Islamic State - While his
parents slept, Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, gathered three newly issued U.S. passports and $2,600
worth of airline tickets to Turkey that he had gotten for himself, his 16-year-old brother and their 17-yearold sister, all U.S.-born children of Indian immigrants, and together they went to O'Hare International
Airport in Chicago. Their plan was to fly to Istanbul, then drive into Syria to live in the Islamic caliphate,
part of a growing number of young Americans who are attempting to join the Islamic State.
This year officials have detained at least 15 U.S. citizens - nine of them female - who were trying to
travel to Syria to join the militants. Almost all of them were Muslims, and almost all were arrested at
airports waiting to board flights. Authorities are closely monitoring Twitter, Facebook and other social
media networks, where recruiters from the Islamic State aggressively target youths.
News Resources - Israel and the Mideast:
Ya'alon: Israel Working to Thwart Terror Cells Directed from Turkey and Gaza - "There is
pressure from outside Islamist groups, particularly Hamas, to inflame the region, and we are working to
thwart terror cells directed from Turkey and Gaza," Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told the
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. "Iran is also continuing to support terror and
to arm our enemies - both Hizbullah and terror groups in Gaza. The Middle East has not stabilized and, in
fact, suffers from chronic instability."
Terror Attack by Nephew of Israeli Teens' Murderer Thwarted in West Bank - Israeli security
forces arrested two Palestinians outside of Tekoa in the West Bank on Tuesday. One of the suspects is the
nephew of Amar Abu Eisha, who helped kidnap and murder three Israeli teens in June. Tekoa residents
captured one of the suspects, while the second was captured by IDF security forces. Both had intended to
carry out attacks on Israelis. One was caught in possession of a knife. After the two went missing on
Saturday, security forces began searching intensively to find them.
Abbas Promoted "Impossible Fantasies" on "Return" of 6 Million Palestinians to Israel The
Israeli Prime Minister's office responded Monday to comments by PA President Abbas that six million
Palestinian refugees, himself included, were waiting to "return" to Israel. "The Palestinian leadership does
the Palestinian people no service when they cultivate impossible fantasies," Netanyahu spokesman Mark
Regev said Monday. "It's high time the Palestinian leadership abandon these sort of maximalist positions
which make reaching a peace agreement more difficult."
Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis (Best of U.S., UK, and Israel):
Shiite Militias Won Bloody Battles in Iraq, Showed No Mercy - A militia of more than 650 Shiite
fighters, known as the Al Qara'a Regiment, drove Islamic State out of Jurf al-Sakher, Iraq, in late October.
After briefly interrogating the enemy soldiers, commander Ahmed al-Zamili ordered their executions. "We
see them, we attack them, we get the weapons from them, we talk to them, we get their confessions, and
then we kill them," says Zamili, 35, who formed Al Qara'a in June. "Of course, this is much better than the
army strategy."
Shiite militias like Al Qara'a have emerged as the most effective fighting force against Islamic State in
Iraq. Iraq's new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, estimates that more than a million Shiite fighters are

trying to fill the void left by failures of the U.S.-trained Iraqi military. Shiite militia leaders say their recent
successes reflect their holy warrior zeal, superior training compared with Iraqi government troops, less
corruption in the ranks, and freedom from the legal, bureaucratic and human-rights restrictions on regular
Iraqi forces.
Europe Goes Zionistfrei In Nazi Germany, it was all the rage to make one's town Judenfrei. Now a
new fashion is sweeping Europe as towns across the Continent are declaring themselves "Israel-free
zones," insulating their citizens from Israeli produce and culture. During this summer's Gaza conflict,
businesses in Kinvara in western Ireland agreed to expunge from their premises anything produced in
Israel. The mayor of Newry in Northern Ireland asked all the retailers of his district to remove Israeli
products.
The French city of Lille in October ripped up its twinning accord with the Israeli city of Safed. In 2011,
the council of West Dunbartonshire in Scotland voted to boycott all Israeli products and instructed all local
libraries to stop stocking books printed in Israel.
Britain's Unrequited Love - The former Bishop of Oxford, Lord Harries, used a debate in the House of
Lords to suggest that the coronation of the next monarch in Britain should perhaps include some verses
from the Quran as a demonstration of "inclusive hospitality." But it is worth asking why British Muslims
should have their scripture represented in the coronation of the new monarch, when many, in their
mosques, will not even pray for the well-being of that monarch. In synagogues in the UK, British Jews
every week have a prayer in their services for the long life and happiness of the Queen.
Whenever I have mooted this to Muslim friends in Britain, they have always dismissed the idea.
Everyone knows this would be impossible because many Muslims in Britain simply do not share Lord
Harries' tolerance, inclusivity or indeed liberalism. (Gatestone Institute)

In-Depth Issues:
Israeli Stabbed in Brooklyn Synagogue - Levi Rosenviat, 22, an Israeli student, was stabbed in the
neck at a Brooklyn synagogue at the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic world headquarters early Tuesday by a
man who yelled, "I want to kill the Jew." The attacker, Calvin Peters, 51, was shot and killed after he
lunged at a police officer with a knife.

PA: Gaza Health Ministry Stole Medical Aid in Summer Conflict A spokesman for the Palestinian
Ministry of Health, Osama al-Najjar, on Sunday accused officials in Gaza of stealing medicines and
supplies. "After investigations, we have been informed that influential ministry officials in Gaza steal these
medicines and equipment, and that the medicines do not go to hospitals and the health sector in the Gaza
Strip which badly need them."

Hamas Delegation Arrived in Iran for Talks on Repairing Ties - A delegation led by Hamas political
bureau member Mohammed Nasr and Ossama Hamdan, who is in charge of international relations, arrived
in Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian officials on repairing ties. The visit is aimed at clearing the way
for a visit by Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal.

U.S. Denied Plans for Sanctioning Israel - When State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki was asked
on Monday if the U.S. is considering imposing sanctions against Israel because of its opposition to
settlement activity, she replied, "reports that we might be contemplating sanctions against Israel are
completely unfounded and without merit."

At Israel's MIT, Arab Women (and Men) Are Thriving - Israeli Arabs, women in particular, have
made huge strides over the past decade at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Arabs accounted for 21% of undergraduates at the Technion in 2014, which is the same as their share
of the population of Israel. Of those students, 48% are female.

Observations:
IDF [chief military advocate general, Maj. Gen. Danny Efroni] Investigated over 100 Complaints from
Gaza War regarding alleged exceptional incidents that occurred during Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza,

during this past summer, seeking to determine if there were criminal and international law violations; they were
filed by Israeli and international rights organizations and dealt with claims of attacking and killing civilians and
firing at public buildings, hospitals, Red Crescent buildings and UNESCO buildings. Information cleared for
publication includes the following cases:

It was alleged that on 8 July 2014, six members of the family of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad
commander Hafet Hamed were killed as a result of an IDF strike on their home. According to the factual
findings, the attack was carried out using precise and relatively low-explosive munitions, in an effort to
minimize the risk of harm to civilians who may have been in the vicinity. At least three of those killed in
the attack belonged to Palestinian terrorist organizations.
An aerial strike was carried out in the Rimael neighborhood of Gaza City on 9 July 2014 against a vehicle
marked "TV," which resulted in the death of one person. According to the factual findings, the vehicle was
being used to transport weaponry. The vehicle was marked "TV" in order to mask its military use.
On 12 July 2014, two women were killed and four others injured as a result of an IDF aerial strike on a
care center for the mentally and physically disabled belonging to the Alambra Association in Beit Lehia.
According to the factual findings, the strike was directed at a weapons depot located inside the residential
home of a senior Hamas commander. A number of precautionary measures were undertaken including
several attempts to telephone the residents and the firing of two "knock on the roof" warning projectiles.
It was alleged that the Al-Wafa Hospital was unlawfully attacked by IDF forces on a number of occasions
between 11-23 July 2014. According to the factual findings, Palestinian terrorist organizations used the
hospital compound for a range of military purposes. Hospital structures were used on multiple occasions
as firing positions towards IDF forces, and rockets were launched from the immediate vicinity of these
structures. The hospital was attacked on 23 July after the IDF had ensured that all civilians had evacuated
the hospital and that the hospital was being used at that time solely for military purposes.
On 28 July 2014, an incident occurred involving a strike on medical clinics belonging to Al-Shifa Hospital,
as well as a strike on a park where children were present in the Shati Refugee Camp. Israel's technical
systems recorded in real-time the path of a salvo of missiles fired by Palestinian terrorist organizations
from within Gaza which landed in the medical clinics and in the Shati Refugee Camp at the time of the
incident.