U.S. Strike Kills al-Qaeda Leader in Syria - Howard Altman (Military Times)
    U.S. forces carried out a strike on a "senior al-Qaeda leader" in Syria on Tuesday, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said.
    A drone strike hit a vehicle traveling on the Idlib-Binnish road east of Idlib province in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria.
    Large parts of Idlib and neighboring Aleppo provinces remain in the hands of Syrian armed opposition, dominated by radical groups. There are over 4 million civilians living in the area.

Florida Ready to Pull Investments from Unilever over Ben and Jerry's Decision (Tampa Bay Times)
    Ash Williams, chief investment officer of the State Board of Administration, said Tuesday he anticipates Unilever will be added to Florida's list of "Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel," prohibiting state investments and contracts with the companies.
    The state has $139 million in holdings in Unilever and its subsidiaries.
    Unilever was advised of the state's position in July, and a 90-day period will end Oct. 26 for Ben & Jerry's to reverse its decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank.

Survey: 2/3 of Jewish College Students Feel Unsafe (Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law)
    A survey of 1,027 members of the predominately Jewish fraternity AEPi and the leading Jewish sorority AEPhi conducted in April found that 70% of the students personally experienced or were familiar with an anti-Semitic attack in the past 120 days, with more than 65% feeling unsafe on campus and one in 10 fearing physical attack.
    Furthermore, 50% of students said they felt the need to hide their Jewish identity.
    The survey also found that 84% were supportive of Israel, 83% considered other Jews extended family, and 56% had traveled to Israel.

The Abraham Accords: Accomplishments One Year Later - Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS)
    Speaking at the newly established Abraham Accords Peace Institute (AAPI) in Washington on the first anniversary of the accords, Jared Kushner, a former presidential advisor tasked with leading the Israeli-Arab peace process, said that within a 12-month period, Israel has exchanged ambassadors with Bahrain and UAE, opened an embassy in Dubai and a consulate in Abu Dhabi, and inaugurated a diplomatic mission to Morocco.
    Commercial airlines have begun operating nonstop flights between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt, and a flyover agreement with Saudi Arabia was reached.
    There have been 35 diplomatic agreements and hundreds of business transactions involving innovation, tourism, sports, culture, science, air transit, and technology, as well as a drastic increase in Israel's trade with the accord's members.
    "This means that more jobs and opportunities will be available for Jews, Muslims and Christians throughout the entire region," he said.
    Kushner's speech was interrupted by a protestor screaming, "Free Palestine!"
    After she was moved out of the hall, Kushner said, "I don't know why people do that....Quite frankly, there is so much that's available to the Palestinians today and to their leadership if they would just go with focusing on what's best for the people."

The False Narrative of the 1948 Nakba - David Collier (David Collier)
    The "Nakba" is the name given to the Arab defeat in a war that they wanted, started and lost in 1948, a war in which they sought to annihilate the Jews.
    The Arab violence did not begin in reaction to the UN partition vote in November 1947. There were Arab massacres of Jews in 1920, 1921, 1929, 1936 and 1938, all of which occurred before 1947. And between each of these major events were lots of little ones.
    The truth is that by the 1920s, organized violence against Jewish communities had become a regular feature of Jewish life in Mandatory Palestine. Arabs attacked and Jews responded. Arabs that did not attack Jews were mostly left alone.
    From the very beginning, the Arab leadership refused to cooperate with the British Authorities or the Jewish community. Archives are full of examples of the Arab side simply not participating in discussions.
    Islamists such as the Grand Mufti Haj Amin el Husseini, or clan leaders in Beirut or Damascus, would issues orders and gangs on the streets of Jerusalem and Haifa would enforce them. This destroyed the opportunities for moderate voices to emerge.
    This strategy of rejection - more than anything else - is the reason that Arabs in the West Bank do not enjoy independence today.
    The controlling elements of Arab society always saw the destruction of the Jews as the ultimate goal. Nor were they shy about admitting it.
    Everywhere where Jews existed and "Palestinian Arabs" remained in control, Jews suffered massacres and expulsion.
    The Jews had no choice but to stand and fight for every inch of land they held. The alternative - as the Arabs made clear - was annihilation.
    The Arabs, who did not see "Palestine" as anything other than part of a greater Arab nation, could seek refuge in any nearby part of "Arab lands."
    The Arabs had somewhere to go; the Jews did not.