http://www.inss.org.il/research.php?cat=10&incat=&read=2412 The murder spree in the streets of Mumbai prompted the question whether we are witnessing a new kind of terror that exceeds the level of murderousness of previous terrorist actions, or was this a matter of terror strategists adhering…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728146806&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law and advocate of “new international law” is a mild-mannered, white-haired, 78-year-old scholar-activist who, seemingly, weighs his words carefully – before lobbing rhetorical bombs. He has reminisced that his family was so assimilated…
read morehttp://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/rosner/entry/questions_to_bar_yosef_and In recent years, The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, a think tank established by the Jewish Agency, addressed the question of crisis management in the Jewish community. Working on this issue were Avinoam Bar Yosef, the Institute’s Director General,…
read morehttp://www.hudsonny.org/2008/11/next-hamas.php The Palestinians are expecting a “hot winter” as Abbas and Hamas appear to be headed toward a major standoff in January. This confrontation will only deepen divisions among the Palestinians and solidify the split between the West Bank and…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702438188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull December 9 marks the 60th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, sometimes referred to as the “Never Again” Convention. Six decades have passed since this new era of genocide prevention was proclaimed in the wake of the Holocaust. On this…
read morehttp://hnn.us/articles/56698.html Mr. Green is a writer, researcher, and translator living in Jerusalem. His work has previously appeared in Midstream [New York], Nativ and the Jerusalem Post [Israel], and other publications. He was assistant editor of Crossroads, a discontinued social sciences…
read morehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB122818128240470999.html For purposes of self-justification, Azam Amir Kasab, the only terrorist taken alive in last week’s Mumbai massacre, offered that the murder of Jews in the city’s Chabad House was undertaken to avenge Israeli atrocities on Palestinians. Two other terrorists…
read morehttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2008/11/solving-the-iranian-dilemma/ One of the more pressing problems facing the new administration of Barack Obama will be dealing with the incipient Iranian nuclear program. During the primaries and election, Obama only said that we will need a robust international effort to…
read morehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112003008.html The election of Barack Obama to be the 44th president is profoundly historic. We have at long last been able to come together in a way that has eluded us in the long history of our great country. We…
read morehttp://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/73/iran+aktuell/98732/der+praesident+fordert+die+einheit+des+volkes+und+des+klerus Die paramilitärischen Bassiji-Einheiten werden inzwischen als Einheiten eingesetzt, die für Ruhe Ordnung sorgen sollen. Dabei sollen sie lediglich helfen, mit Gewalt die islamische Gesetzgebung wie z.B. die Kleiderordnung für Frauen umzusetzen. Am Montag, dem 10. November meldete Farsnews, dass…
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