Posted on Fri, March 2, 2012 at 00:45 am CET
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Let Us Compare Al-Assad to Israel

Tariq Alhomayed wrote a column about the Arab hypocrisy in dealing with the ongoing slaughter in Syria by dictator Bashar al-Assad… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Crethi Plethi • Human Rights • Israel • Politics • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Mon, February 13, 2012 at 21:27 pm CET
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What is anti-Semitism?

Anti-Semitism is a catchall word that has come to mean hatred of Jews and, arguably, even hatred of Israel, but the word is misused… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Culture • Toni Kamins 
Posted on Sun, February 12, 2012 at 14:11 pm CET
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Dervla Murphy seeks the dissolution of the Jewish State – Part 2

The second part of this article analyses the views of the critics that Murphy quotes as a test of their credability… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Ireland • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Sun, February 12, 2012 at 14:10 pm CET
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Dervla Murphy seeks the dissolution of the Jewish State – Part 1

Part one of this article looks at the broad issues surrounding Dervla Murphy’s open letter… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Ireland • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Tue, February 7, 2012 at 16:00 pm CET
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A Very Brief History of European Christian Anti-Jewish Sentiment

Born with the rise of Christianity and Roman Catholicism, anti-Jewish sentiment is an old and firmly entrenched phenomenon in Europe… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Britain • Christianity • Europe • France • History • Holocaust • Italy • Jew-Hatred • Jewish Life • Nazi Germany • Netherlands • The Vatican • Toni Kamins • Western Culture 
Posted on Mon, January 30, 2012 at 16:25 pm CET
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Why We Should End Our Relationship With Pakistan

As Pakistanis burned American flags and the Washington Post wrote of “a new normal” in US-Pakistani relations earlier this month, it looked like the beginning of the end of five decades of friendly alliance between the two countries… Continue reading

Topics: Abigail Esman • Counter-terrorism • Diplomacy • Human Rights • NATO • Pakistan • Politics • Religious Terrorism • Security and Defense • Sunni Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, January 29, 2012 at 22:41 pm CET
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Closer Ties or Further Diplomatic Tension between Israel and Ireland?

The Knesset speaker’s visit to Ireland, Irish F.M. Eamon Gilmore’s visit to Gaza, and the looming visit of an anti-Israeli Irish President… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Ireland • Israel • Politics • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Thu, January 19, 2012 at 17:09 pm CET
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Iran: After Posing Nude, Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani No Longer Welcome in her Home Country

The controversy sparked by Aliaa Magda ElMahdy after posting a nude photo she took of herself on her blog is followed by another controversial posting of a nude photograph… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Democracy • France • Human Rights • Iran • Religion • Sharia Law • Shi'ism 
Posted on Tue, January 17, 2012 at 21:25 pm CET
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Knesset speaker visits Ireland: “It is legitimate to criticise us but first you must know the facts”

Ireland and Israel have had a less than harmonious relationship over the years so the significance of Mr. Rivlin’s visit has been highlighted by Israeli officials, noting that high-level bilateral contact between Ireland and Israel are relatively rare… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Ireland • Israel • Peace Process • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Mon, January 16, 2012 at 19:33 pm CET
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Ex-Muslim Sister gives insight into Brothers’s Subjugation, Discrimination of Women and Polygamy

In a time when Western intellectuals, politicians, and journalists are trying to explain that the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t a radical Islamist group… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Culture • Democracy • Egypt • Feminism • Global Islam • History • Human Rights • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • The Media 
Posted on Sat, January 14, 2012 at 13:25 pm CET
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The Visit of a Hamas leader to Tunisia, the Arab Spring, and crass pro-Palestinian apologism

When Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, visited Tunisia, he was met with an ecstatic welcome from both the Tunisian public and authorities alike… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Hamas • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Rob Harris • Tunisia 
Posted on Mon, January 9, 2012 at 23:20 pm CET
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Egyptian Coptic billionaire faces trial for contempt of Islam

A member of the ultra-conservative al-Gamaa al-Islamiya group filed a legal complaint against… Continue reading

Topics: Copts • Crethi Plethi • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Islamism • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Fri, December 30, 2011 at 00:17 am CET
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After the “Arab Spring”: Will Freedom Take Hold in the Arab World?

At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Barry Rubin • Democracy • Egypt • Human Rights • Libya • The Middle East • Tunisia • Yemen 
Posted on Fri, December 23, 2011 at 08:37 am CET
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The “Arab Spring” and Its Impact on Israel

The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Barry Rubin • Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Israel • Libya • The Middle East • Tunisia 
Posted on Tue, December 20, 2011 at 22:36 pm CET
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Spiral of Violence: How the German online media portrays Palestinian terrorism against Israel

This article analyses German media coverage of Palestinian terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Florian Druckenthaner • Germany • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Palestinian Terrorism • Religious Terrorism • The Media 
Posted on Sat, December 3, 2011 at 20:46 pm CET
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French minister of Arab origin: “There is no such thing as moderate Islam”

A French junior minister said in an interview published Saturday there was no such thing as moderate Islam… Continue reading

Topics: Algeria • Arab Spring • Crethi Plethi • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • France • Human Rights • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Multiculturalism • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sun, November 20, 2011 at 15:38 pm CET
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Aliaa ElMahdy is not afraid of being a woman despite harassment in Egypt

Aliaa Magda ElMahdy, a blogger and female activist, sparked controversy and attracted both criticism and admiration in Egypt after… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Culture • Democracy • Egypt • Global Islam • Human Rights • Religion • Salafism • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sat, November 12, 2011 at 01:03 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Mustafa Abdul Jalil, an Islamist all along

When Abdul Jalil talks about reforms, he is (and was) doing so with an Islamist agenda in mind… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Islamism • Libya • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, November 8, 2011 at 21:47 pm CET
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Turkey: in between Political Islam and the Military

This paper analyses the impact of domestic dynamics on its relations with Israel during the current AKP government and the RP led government in the 1990s… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Florian Druckenthaner • Islamism • Israel • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, September 28, 2011 at 02:36 am CEST
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Something is rotten in Reuters

With the comedy of the UN obsessing over Israel this week, and the Durban III Conference, where the acceptable face of racism will hold sway, it is perhaps appropriate to look at the anti-Israel bias of the biggest international news agency in the world… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Tue, September 27, 2011 at 23:53 pm CEST
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Ban on Circumcision: Trampling Religious Rights of non-Christians in the Netherlands

Holland’s doctors’ association is encouraging Dutch parliament to place a ban on male circumcision, calling the practice “a violation of human rights”… Continue reading

Topics: Abigail Esman • Christianity • Jewish Life • Netherlands • Western Culture 
Posted on Mon, September 19, 2011 at 22:16 pm CEST
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Would UN Palestinian Statehood destroy any chance of an equitable peace?

Such a move is expected to cause an environment of intensified strife… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • Rob Harris • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, September 15, 2011 at 22:03 pm CEST
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Embassy Attack: The enemy of our enemy is our friend

Israeli advocacy groups often lament that the world hates Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Israel • Jared Feldschreiber 
Posted on Thu, September 15, 2011 at 17:50 pm CEST
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Survey: Palestinian Extremism Alive and Well in 2011

With The Palestinian Authority seeking UN recognition of a Palestinian state this month in New York… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Sun, September 11, 2011 at 17:33 pm CEST
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Once More Into the Swamp: The Attack on Israel’s Embassy Opens A New Era in Middle East History

The attack and looting of Israel’s embassy in Cairo is an event as significant as the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Barry Rubin • Democracy • Egypt • Israel • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy