The arrest was made in the Arab town of Kafr Kanna in  northern Israel.

Materials apprehended by police as part of ongoing investigation involving suspect associated with ISIS. pic.twitter.com/P8Sb2DtSSg
— Micky Rosenfeld (@MickyRosenfeld) September 29, 2014

Lilywhites

VINE: Tottenham fans at the Emirates. #THFC https://t.co/PrDlEC1fjQ
— Talking THFC™ (@TalkingTHFC) September 27, 2014

Irak : Premières frappes françaises

On September 19th, two Rafale fighters from the French Air Force conducted their first attack strikes on ISIS targets in northern Iraq. This video shows the mission from the beginning to the end.

Update: The British House of Commons has voted in favor of joining the allied mission against ISIS. Within the next few hours RAF warplanes based out of Cyprus will likely be flying their first combat missions over Iraq.

Obligatory

It doesn't get much better than this for a Thursday night in September as a fan of the New York Football Giants and Yankees.

In Eli We Trust. NFL on ESPN.

Not in My Name

It's still too early to tell what the outcome will be regarding the current military actions against ISIS by Western and Arab nations allied against the brutality of the so called Islamic State. However, perhaps more important than anything in the battle against extremism is this:

Most Powerful Militaries

The current list of the world's most powerful military forces as published by Business Insider. Israel clocks in at number 11.

The Latte Salute

Ironically, this is right before he commended the US military for its dedication and professionalism. Not exactly what I'd call appropriate conduct for a commander in chief.

Post by ABC News.

Mike Harari Z"L

"We were never killers, we did what we had to do to defend Israel," said Mike Harari, who led the Mossad's special-operations division through a series of assassination operations against the terror leaders, including those responsible for the Munich massacre. (Ynet)

Mike Harari in Venice. Personal Collection.

BBC Documentary: IDF in the West Bank 1988

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Up to 130,000 Syrian Kurds were driven out of their homes this weekend by the latest ISIS advance and have made their way to Turkey.

Syrian Kurdish refugees pass Turkish soldiers on their way into Turkey. AFP

Syrian Kurdish refugees stream into Turkey. AFP

AFP

אהבה

A Jewish Brigade soldier kisses a departing loved one at a transit point for displaced Jewish refugees at the end of World War II.

Czechoslovakia, 1945. Yad Vashem.

Made in New York

The Captain. The definition of class. The definition of what it means to be a New York Yankee.

It's fair to say that the army flubbed it just a bit with this one. Not surprisingly, the Israeli blogosphere is having a field day with it. Let's just state that there have been finer points of service for those in Dover Tzahal and Galei Tzahal.

סטטוסים מצייצים

Know Your Enemy

Hezbollah has released footage from recent months of its fighters engaging in urban combat in the Khalidya neighborhood in Homs, Syria. Battle hardened from participation in Syria's bloody civil war, their extensive experience under fire is something that's not going unnoticed by commanders of the IDF. 

Italian memorial to Jewish brigade that helped liberate area from Nazis defaced with swastika: http://t.co/LM7K5Wb5tD pic.twitter.com/t2lchWB0XP
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) September 12, 2014

Sabra Style

The Israeli Ministry of Absorption has long pushed the boundaries of acceptable fine lines in terms of its public relations campaigns geared towards Jews in the diaspora. It's fair to say that they haven't always gotten things right. The clash of competing ideas still remains a cause for discomfort for some and certainly results in the offending of sensibilities no matter how well crafted any PR campaign may be. 

While the irreverence and abrasiveness of past campaign ads surely isn't lost, the Ministry of Absorption's latest effort, which aims at encouraging young Jewish Americans to make Aliyah and study in Israel, illustrates one thing perfectly clear. If you're going to live in Israel and in the Middle East as a whole, you won't survive without a sense of humor. This much is undoubtedly true.

"Cosmopolitan" Beirut

Meanwhile in downtown Beirut.

It should be noted this is in downtown Beirut, not Dahiyeh. Harald Doornbos

Harald Doornbos

The Left in Tel Aviv

A photo taken from a recent anti-war rally in Tel Aviv during the closing days of Israel and Hamas' 50 day conflict.

Anti-war rally in Tel Aviv. AP.

Givati Soldiers Dance Gangnam Style in Hebron/al-Khalil

The always splendid Yonit Levi with what is surely one of the more bizarre stories to have appeared in the past few years. This is an incident that happened last summer, where a couple soldiers from the IDF's Givati Brigade randomly ventured into a Palestinian nightclub in Hebron and joined in on the festivities with everyone.

משמר הכנסת

Knesset Guard. 1959.

Moshe Pirdan. 1959.

ISIS in Jerusalem

Yes, that would be the Islamic State flag being paraded on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with the Al-Aqsa Mosque seen in the distance. This comes after numerous ISIS flags were seen at pro-Hamas rallies in the West Bank in recent weeks, and there were even reports of flags being flown from Israeli-Arab houses in northern Israel.

Cathy Alterman

Reality Check

Child abuse. Palestinian style.

Young Palestinian girl in Islamic Jihad headband and AK-47. AFP

Lost Bulgaria

A few vintage photos from the spectacular archive site "Lost Bulgaria". If there's anything that encapsulates the true authentic feeling of definitive Balkan noir, this is it.

From the Lost Bulgaria archives.

"It was the first day of school"