http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/04/in-academia-hiring-token-jews/ The Israeli-Palestinian conflict long ago spilled over into America’s education departments of Middle East studies. In an attempt to appear balanced in the face of charges of anti-Israel biases, some departments or programs of Middle East studies have added…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=582&PID=0&IID=2336 It has become fashionable to look to the lessons of the peace process in Northern Ireland as holding insights for other areas of conflict in the world. However, this has been done in an uncritical way, often more focused…
read morehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB121745139798598187.html In the first speech by a German chancellor to the Knesset, Angela Merkel earned Israel’s respect in March by insisting that Iran’s nuclear program must be stopped and that, if necessary, “Germany will push for further sanctions.” Oh, really?…
read morehttp://www.thenational.ae/article/20080729/OPINION/609839574/1080&template=opinion The Arab political spectrum has been reduced to just two colours. Increasingly, positions and people are being judged on the basis of us and them. Resentment of the other is not limited to different cultures; it has spread to…
read morehttp://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/07/29/salim-mansur-muslim-men-and-the-roots-of-anger.aspx Before resting its recent case against Mohammed Momin Khawaja under Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act, the prosecution presented Momin’s former fiancée, Zeba Khan, as the final witness via a video link from Dubai. Ms. Khan reportedly stated in her testimony: “You…
read morehttp://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2917 Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert announced yesterday that he will not compete in his party’s September primary and will resign as premier once a new leader is elected. The move ends Olmert’s two and half years as Israeli premier,…
read morehttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3574959,00.html “Khaled Mashaal is a liar. I’m saying it, and many Arab leaders have said it. Hamas’ people lie as easily as they breathe, and enlist religion in order to justify the lies. Any meeting between Fatah and Hamas is…
read morehttp://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=17&article_id=94564 # After three deadly bombings and a string of tit-for-tat arrests, tensions between Fatah and Hamas are once again running dangerously high. The last time that the rivalry between the two groups degenerated into street violence nearly a year…
read morehttp://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/07/23/1216492536691.html Boycotting international institutions is often ineffective and counterproductive, and countries such as Australia stand to lose much from disengaging. The recent call for Australia to boycott the second United Nations conference against racism in Geneva next year is no…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1213794295236 Over the past several years, Iranian leaders – most prominently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – have made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. Some of these statements have been interpreted by certain journalists…
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