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Bernard Lewis and Fouad Ajami Announce Formation of Association for the Study of The Middle East and Africa
150 150 Bernard Lewis, Princeton University, and Fuoad Ajami, Johns Hopkins University

ASMEA, www.ameascholars.org , is a new academic society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of research and teaching in Middle Eastern and African studies, and related fields. It is a response to the mounting interest in these increasingly inter-related fields, and the absence of any single group addressing them in a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary fashion. ASMEA…

With Observance of Rabin Assassination, Beryl Dov Lerner, Western Galilee College, Reflects on Rabin Remarks on Jerusalem
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This week Israel remembers the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It is an appropriate time to recall Rabin’s own mature views regarding the final settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict as expressed in his October 5th 1995 address to the Knesset upon the ratification of the Israel-Palestinian Interim (“Oslo”) Agreement. Interestingly, any Israeli politician subscribing…

“Never Again”
150 150 Miki Segal

http://omedia.org/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=2658 Less than a month after Columbia University gave Holocaust denier, Iranian president Ahmadinejad, a platform in the name of freedom of expression, the Oxford University debating society has contacted Holocaust denier David Irving using the same argument and asked him to participate in one of the society’s forums in November. The club also wants…

Prof. Paul Fidlon, UNSW (Australia), Comments on Steinberg Peace Studies Article
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Professor Steinberg mentions Stuart Rees inviting Hanan Ashrawi to accept the 50,000 AUD “Peace” Prize in 2003, at Sydney University. The prize was awarded by Bob Carr, Labor Premier of New South Wales at the time — despite protest from Jewish university students at all Australian campuses. Mr Carr answered by asserting that Ashrawi was…