SPME Research

Finkelstein talk criticized

In a talk on April 28 organized by UB’s Graduate Group in Marxist Studies, visiting speaker Norman Finkelstein set out to demonize Israel using the following interpretive strategy. First, always refer to the “Israel-Palestine” conflict, never to the broader enmity…

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Sharon’s end game in Gaza

Most Israelis view Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan as the most realistic path to ending this round of the Arab-Israeli conflict. But for his strategy to succeed, Israeli forces must ensure that Palestinian terrorists cannot escalate their attacks against…

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The only game in town

The brutal murder of Tali Hatuel and her children did not defeat Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s unilateral disengagement plan – even without this outrage the plan was doomed among Likud activists. The polls and a huge show of support in…

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THE END OF AMERICAN JEWRY’S GOLDEN ERA

http://www.jcpa.org/phas/phas-20.htm Daniel Pipes has been researching Islam for the past three and a half decades. He directs the Middle East Forum -a Philadelphia think tank. Among his twelve books, four focus on Islam. In 2003, President Bush appointed him to…

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Moderate Muslims March in Phoenix

When the American Islamic Forum for Democracy organized “A Rally against Terror” on April 25 in Phoenix, its head, an Arizona physician named Zuhdi Jasser, said his goal was to give Muslim moderates “an opportunity to speak out publicly.” And…

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Tainted Money For Columbia

Columbia University released last week the list of donors it solicited to create the Edward Said Professorship on Modern Arab Studies and Literature. On the list were a number of individuals, and even a foreign government, that actively preach hatred…

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