Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS)

Editorial: Don’t Pin Much Hope On Obama

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=116161&d=7&m=11&y=2008 Having welcomed the historic victory of Barack Obama in the US presidential election, let us begin by shedding too much expectations of him. They are likely to be dashed – generating a great deal of pain and resentment into…

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U.S. Election Is Example Of Democracy At Its Best

The United States, and the world, will wake up this morning to a new president, America’s 44th. But it is already possible to congratulate the Americans, and even to be jealous of them. Just 54 years ago, the U.S. Supreme…

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David Schenker: U.S. strikes Al Qaeda in Syria

Earlier this week, U.S. helicopters killed a high-value Al Qaeda target in Syria. While the attack shocked some observers, the presence of Al Qaeda operatives on Syrian soil has surprised few. According to CENTCOM, since 2003 Syria has been the…

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Thomas L. Friedmann: Sleepless in Tehran

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/opinion/29friedman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin I’ve always been dubious about Barack Obama’s offer to negotiate with Iran – not because I didn’t believe that it was the right strategy, but because I didn’t believe we had enough leverage to succeed. And negotiating in the…

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Wahied Wahdat-Hagh: Ban Ki-Moon kritisiert Iran

http://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/73/iran+aktuell/95403/ban+kimoon+kritisiert+iran Im Iran können Kinder hingerichtet werden, Frauen, wegen unislamischer Kleidung verhaftet werden, religiöse Minderheiten als Ungläubige verfolgt werden. Die Friedhöfe der Baha´i werden regelmäßig zerstört. UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki-Moon hat am 20. Oktober seine Sorgen über die massiven Menschenrechtsverletzungen gegen…

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Ben Tarr: Free Speech Cannot Be Hate Speech

http://www.dailycampus.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=75198618-c50b-4c1b-9bf3-f1fa3230f89d Recently, college campuses throughout many Western countries have fallen victim to an increase in anti-Semitic displays and events. In 1995, there were 118 reported incidents of anti-Semitism on college campuses in America, with many likely not reported. The following…

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Stephan Grigat: Wo bleibt die Unterstützung?

http://www.univie.ac.at/unique/?tid=1737 Die iranische Studierendenbewegung kann auf eine lange Geschichte zurück blicken. Der Widerstand gegen das Schah-Regime wurde maßgeblich von linken studentischen Organisationen mitgetragen. Nach der Tragödie der Linken, welche die Islamisten in der Revolution 1978/79 entweder unterschätzten oder gleich mit…

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Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook: Anti-Semitism Among Palestinian Authority Academics*

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=624&PID=0&IID=2205&TTL=Anti-Semitism_among_Palestinian_Authority_Academics One of the primary objectives of the Palestinian Authority (PA) after its establishment in 1994 was to delegitimize Israel. These efforts were evident throughout Palestinian society and involved various channels including television, schoolbooks, and culture. The delegitimization of Israel…

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