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http://www.jewishjournal.com/community/article/ucla_israel_program_seen_as_antidote_to_gaza_meeting_20090225/ The by now notorious UCLA symposium last month on “Human Rights and Gaza,” featuring four professors who took turns slamming Israel, has raised hackles in academia, the Jewish community and beyond. But there is an antidote already in place…
read moreSPME Editor’s Note: SPME prints this as a public service to its readers. Its publications does not constitute and endorsement of this effort. SPME has consistently taken a stand against academic boycotts and believes they are antithetical to academic freedom…
read morehttp://www.investigativeproject.org/996/hampshire-divests-from-israel-so Reprinted with permission from the author. Several months ago, a rabidly anti Israel group on the Hampshire College campus began a campaign to try to get the college to divest from six companies that they claim helped “the Israeli…
read moreHebrew Language Table in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel Presents After the War in Gaza: Prospects for PeaceA Lecture by Dr. Yoram Peri(The lecture will be in English) Monday, February 23, 2009 12:00 NoonDining Room A, 6th floorMadison Building,…
read morehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4306674/Barack-Obama-greeted-with-hatred-and-quiet-hope-in-Iran.html Barack Obama made a point of reaching out to the Muslim world in his inaugural address with a call for a new start and a new understanding. Bill Neely, ITV News International Editor, reports from the streets of Tehran…
read morehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/weekinreview/18worth.html?_r=2 BEIRUT, Lebanon – On Thursday, nearly three weeks into Israel’s war on Hamas, reporters gathered here to ask whether the Lebanese president would be attending a proposed Arab summit meeting to address the issue. The answer, delivered by the…
read moreFollowing Barack Obama’s election, experts discuss the various foreign policy issues the new administration faces and the strategies the administration might follow. Brief biographies can be found at the end of each section. CONTENTS Barry Rubin, “The Administration’s Theme: Conciliation…
read moreThe Hebrew Language Tablein Cooperation withBen-GurionUniversity of the Negev & the Embassy of Israel Presents: Overcoming Today’s Bedouin Community ChallengesFeaturingRawia AburabiaWednesday, December 3, 200812:00-NOONLibrary of CongressJames Madison Memorial Building, Montpelier Room, 6th Floor101 Independence Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20540 Rawia…
read morehttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081106.ELECTMIDEAST06/EmailTPStory/TPInternational JERUSALEM — Admiration for U.S. president-elect Barack Obama extended across much of the Middle East yesterday with Palestinians in particular holding out hope he would be the answer to their prayers. However, Palestinian pollster Jamil Rabah cautioned against reading…
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgSS56p6YS5kfLZJ5UICpcgWiqIwD940LSBG0 This undated photo released by California State University Northridge shows Esha Momeni. The California State University, Northridge student has been imprisoned in Iran since last week after authorities discovered she was conducting research on the country’s women’s rights movement,…
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