SPME Research

Introduction: Much media attention has been given in recent weeks to a reported “drop” in PA incitement.Unfortunately, while there have been some changes in PA TV, the same hate messagescontinue to be espoused –just by different speakers. For example, world…

The recent accusation by French Ambassador Gerard Araud about an anti-French neurosis in Israel constitutes only a minute item on Israel’s long charge sheet against the damaging, discriminatory and often terrorist-supporting attitude of the country he represents. The issue is…

Following his demand for a crackdown, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon recently remarked that anti-Israel incitement in the Palestinian Authority media had indeed lessened. The incitement issue has generated significant interest and optimism worldwide. Unfortunately, both Sharon’s satisfaction and the resulting…

While the West is basking in the tunes of Christmas carols, a different tune is being played by the two leading Jihadi TV channels, al Jazeera and al Manar. The radical Sunni al Jazeera, broadcasting from Qatar, the flagship of…

“If Abbas and the Fateh organization manipulate the process to ensure continued control, they will lack the legitimacy necessary to bring stability.” The end of the Arafat era presents unprecedented opportunities for change both in Palestinian society and for relations…

It is too early to know where Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat’s departure will lead, but for the first time in many years, there is some reason for optimism. Many obstacles must be overcome, but Arafat’s successors have a chance…

Professor of Anthropology McGill University Among the many issues that separate Arabs and Israelis could be listed conflict over territory, water, and refugees, and the more general question of security. And there are also less tangible but salient questions of…

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is an inconvenience. He is an inopportune reminder. He is an option, an alternative that most would rather not have presented. And last week, he sat alone in his Dhaka prison cell, marking the one-year anniversary…