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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212041467564&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Last Wednesday, the University and College Union Congress, the second in its short history, followed the well-worn path of its inaugural event last year, along with that of its predecessor unions, in proposing a boycott motion against Israeli academics…
read morehttp://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2008/05/living-in-a-hostile-environment-by-shalom-lappin.html In their advice [pdf] to the Stop the Boycott campaign on the legal status of the UCU boycott motion (subsequently adopted by the UCU conference on May 28, 2008), Michael Beloff QC and Pushpinder Saini QC of Blackstone Chambers,…
read morehttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2008/05/islams_war_doctrines_ignored/#comment-591 Raymond Ibrahim rightly notes the value of LTC Joseph Myers’ presentation at the first annual conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA). Myers discussed an obscure-to the West, at least-text on Islamic…
read morehttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2008/05/islams_war_doctrines_ignored/ At the recent inaugural conference for the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), presenter LTC Joseph Myers made an interesting point that deserves further elaboration: that, though military studies have traditionally valued and absorbed…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=283&PID=0&IID=2116&TTL=Syria:_Between_Negotiations _ David Schenker The Syria-Iran alliance predated the rise to power of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, President Hafiz Assad offered Ayatollah Khomeini sanctuary in Syria. Subsequently, Syria was the first Arab state to…
read morehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB121183757337520921.html It’s hard to exaggerate the significance of Mohammed al-Durra, the 12-year-old Palestinian boy allegedly killed by Israeli bullets on Sept. 30, 2000. The iconic image of the terrified child crouching behind his father helped sway world opinion against the…
read morehttp://www.pmw.org.il/Bulletins_may2008.html#b200508 PA daily:Arabs left homes on their own to facilitate destruction of Israel — and thus became refugeesby Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook, May 20, 2008 The Arabs who became refugees in 1948 were not expelled by Israel but left…
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http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC14.php?CID=396 House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and Distinguished Members of Congress: Mr. Chairman, I would like to commend you for holding a hearing on this topic. It is…
read morehttp://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/perspectives44.html Executive Summary: The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) wascreated under the jurisdiction of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),with the unique responsibility of solely aiding the Palestinians. Due to thisspecial status, the UNRWA perpetuates, rather than resolves,…
read morehttp://www.welt.de/wams_print/article2030737/Geiseln_der_iranischen_Religionsdiktatur.html 770 000 Anhänger der Glaubensgemeinschaft der Bahai leben im Iran. Sie werden verfolgt – auch deshalb, weil sie Israel anerkennen Der Vorwurf lautet: “Gefährdung der nationalen Sicherheit”. Eine Anschuldigung, die den iranischen Geheimdienst gezielt zuschlagen lässt: Sieben Mitglieder der…
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