http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=93892 Saudi Arabia has been a strategic ally of the United States for more than 60 years. Despite occasional differences, Riyadh was a firm – and generous – partner in the implementation of American policy during the Cold War and…
read morehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB121538153156830807.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Iranian calls for the destruction of Israel are almost routine these days. But for a former official of the Islamic Republic to call for the destruction of the Jewish state in the city where the Holocaust was planned adds…
read moreThe following is a compilation of news and observations regarding the situation in Gaza one year after the Hamas takeover of the area. Jerusalem Post:One Year After “Coup,” Hamas Still Favored. by Khaled Abu ToamehJune 15, 2008 Although Hamas’s violent…
read morehttp://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/73/iran+aktuell/79270/medienhetze+gegen+christen+im+iran Iranische Muslime, die Christen werden, sind in Gefahr, weil sie als Apostaten gezählt werden. Farsnews, die Militärkreisen nahe steht, veröffentlichte eine vierteilige Serie über wachsende christliche Gemeinden und wie man diesen begegnen müsse. Es sind keine khomeinistischen von einem…
read moreSPME Faculty Forum Editors’ Note: This article is republished for academic interest only and should not be interpreted as being endorsed or agreed with, in any way, by SPME, or the SPME Faculty Forum. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=opinion&xfile=data/opinion/2008/July/opinion_July11.xml Israeli cabinet has done a…
read morehttp://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/73/periskop/77359/der+iranische+atompoker Der Iran ist entschlossen weiterhin Uran anzureichern. Die Internationale Atomenergiebehörde IAEA kann nach wie vor nicht ausschließen, dass der Iran ein militärisches Atomprogramm verfolgt. Am 19 Juni erklärte Ali Asghar Soltaniye, der iranische Botschafter bei der IAEA, dass der…
read morehttp://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/martin-bright/2008/06/academic-boycott-israel A close friend and respected academic has asked me to post the whole of the controversial Motion 25 from the University and College Union Congress in May. This is the one that proposes a “boycott” of Israel, which I…
read morehttp://www.wadinet.de/blog/?p=956 Vor einem Monat fand an der “University of Indonesia” eine Konferenz mit dem vielsagenden Titel: “Palestine and 60 Years of Ethnic Cleansing (Nakba )” statt. Neben den üblichen Verdächtigen wie Hizbollah, Hamas, Vertretern des iranischem Regime, verschiedenen indonesischen Islamisten…
read moreS u m m a r y Contrary to popular belief, conventional armies can indeed defeat terrorist insurgencies. This study will detail the six basic conditions which, if met, enable an army to fight and win the war against terrorism,…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=0&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=375&PID=1843&IID=2181&TTL=The_Hamas_Interest_in_the_Tahdiya_(Temporary_Truce)_with_Israel Hamas regards the temporary cease-fire as a tahdiya and not a hudna. A tahdiya – “a period of calm” – is used by Hamas to describe a simple cease-fire. A hudna implies recognition of the other party’s actual existence,…
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