A controversy has developed about the invitation extended to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran by the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. Although Columbia Law School was not involved in arranging this invitation, we have received many inquiries about…
read moreI am writing from Tokyo, where I am attending a summit meeting of the “Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace.” The aim of this global alliance is to foster the creation of governmental departments or ministries for peace…
read morehttp://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/73/periskop/39615/iran+hasspropaganda+als+krimi “THE WALL STREET JOURNAL online” berichtete euphorisch darüber, dass das iranische Staatsfernsehen eine Serie über die Verfolgung der Juden zeige. Fehlanzeige: Die iranischen Machthaber sind sehr wohl mit dieser Art der antiisraelischen Propaganda einverstanden. Zu optimistisch Seit einigen Wochen…
read morehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/20/AR2007092001959.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 Last year, Stephen Walt of Harvard and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago published a paper accusing the “Israel Lobby” of having “unmatched power” and managing to “manipulate the American political system” into actions that undermine U.S. interests.…
read moreOne of the greatest Arab poets of the 20th century was a Syrian named Nizar Qabbani. He was, in his own way, the Pablo Neruda of the Middle East. His love poems in particular are on a par with anything…
read moreDo you recall the name Muhammed al-Dura, the 12 year-old Palestinian boy allegedly killed deliberately by Israeli soldiers on September 30, 2000, the one whose death was a prime explanation for the second intifada? My friend, the historian Richard Landes,…
read morehttp://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/perspectives34.html Executive Summary: Not only do radical Shi’ites threaten the stability of the fragile Lebanese political system, but al Qaeda-backed Sunnis pose a significant threat. The recent fighting between the Lebanese army and the al Qaeda-affiliated Fatah al Islam organization…
read morehttp://www.sueddeutsche.de/,tt6m2/kultur/artikel/541/133293/ Verschwörungstheorien haben immer dann Konjunktur, wenn wir uns eine Politik nicht erklären können. Es muss trotzdem erlaubt sein, vor Lobbys zu warnen, findet der Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Risse. Wenn es denn seriös ist. Eine Kritik zum neuesten Verschwörungsbuch aus den…
read moreIt is difficult to know if Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip represents some sort of turning point in the evolution of what is commonly known as the Middle East Conflict, but it has certainly stimulated an atypical public airing…
read morehttp://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/politischesbuch/666772/ John J. Mearsheimer und Stephen Walt untersuchen in ihrem Buch den Einfluss der “Israel-Lobby” auf die US-amerikanische Außenpolitik. Dabei stellen die beiden Wissenschaftler nicht nur die Fakten auf den Kopf, sondern bedienen lauter antisemitische Vorurteile. Die Juden sind unser…
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