Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 01:43 am CET
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No Problem Here? Egypt Apparently Has Already Ended Gas Shipments to Israel

There’s nothing to worry about, we are told, of course Egypt wants to get the money from gas shipments, right? Ideology and politics are… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Israel 
Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 01:16 am CET
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Iran: Ministry of Intelligence steps up Activities as Opposition Demonstrations Resume

Last Thursday (March 3), Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei held a brief visit to the Ministry of Intelligence headquarters in Tehran. Khamenei visited… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Iranian Protests 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 21:15 pm CET
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Anti-Israel Incitement in the Palestinian Authority

Incitement against Israel, which frequently turns into genuine anti-Semitic incitement, is an inseparable part of the fabric of life in the Palestinian Authority… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Anti-Zionism • Global Jihad • Jew-Hatred • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 17:20 pm CET
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Netanyahu on Itamar Murder: PA isn’t Educating Palestinians Toward Peace

At the start of Sunday’s weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said Abbas’ condemnation of the Itamar murder wasn’t strong enough… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jew-Hatred • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 16:03 pm CET
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Abbas’ double game: He tips Fatah to quietly endorse Itamar murders

In his address to the nation Saturday night, Netanyahu accused Palestinian leaders of hypocritically mouthing peace slogans abroad while promoting anti-Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Fatah • Global Jihad • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 15:26 pm CET
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Hamas ordered five Israelis murdered following secret Islamist Khartoum parley

The Itamar attack was the first result of an Iran-funded secret conference in Khartoum last week of the heads of the national branches of the Muslim Brotherhood across the Arab world… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Global Jihad • Hamas • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Muslim Brotherhood • Sudan 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 14:15 pm CET
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Five Israelis murdered by Palestinians at Itamar were Gaza evacuees

The Fogel family moved to Itamar after Jewish communities were forcibly evicted from the Gaza Strip in 2007 as part of the Sharon government’s… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Anti-Zionism • Global Jihad • Hamas • Islamic Terrorism • Islamofascism • Jew-Hatred 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 02:30 am CET
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U.S. Middle East Policy and Those Little Ideas That Get Millions of People Killed

I listened again to President Barack Obama’s main speech on Egypt back during the revolution and two phrases caught my ear… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 01:57 am CET
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Turkey Remains an “Angry Nation” but could still serve as a Democratic Inspiration

Turkey remains an “Angry nation”, tormented by the many ghosts of its history, some of which still lurk in the shadows. Its political system… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Europe • Human Rights • Islamism • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 19:31 pm CET
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Arab Political Upheavals: Obsession with Israel Blinded Westerners to the Real Middle East

As we consider the lessons of the dramatic upheavals in Arabic-speaking countries one of the main ones is this: the overriding obsession with… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 14:47 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: U.K.’s Briefing on Terminated BAE/Saudi Arabia Foreign Bribery Case

During a three-day meeting in January 2007 of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, a separate session of the meeting was devoted to the U.K.’s termination… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • France • International Law • Saudi Arabia • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 01:50 am CET
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U.S. Head of Intelligence James Clapper Should Be Fired

If the Obama Administration would listen more to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates it might salvage its foreign policy… Continue reading

Topics: China • Iran • Libya • Russian Federation • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 01:17 am CET
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Squaring the Circle: The PKK Return to Violence and Turkey’s Intractable Kurdish Problem

On February 28, 2011, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced that it was abrogating its unilateral ceasefire first declared on… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • PKK • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, March 11, 2011 at 19:36 pm CET
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Amr Moussa: Meet Egypt’s Next President?

It’s now official. The Egyptian presidential election will pit Amr Moussa against Muhammad ElBaradei. It’s hard to see a… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism 
Posted on Fri, March 11, 2011 at 18:35 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Afghan Tribal Elders Threaten to ‘Fight NATO like the Soviets’

US diplomats in Afghanistan continually warned that night raids against insurgents by special forces had dramatically eroded public support for the Nato mission… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Britain • NATO • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, March 11, 2011 at 00:28 am CET
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Why Does the Media Report the Opposite of What’s True in the Middle East?

Here’s one of a thousand examples of how Middle East reality is being misrepresented. I’m told by people that the deputy head of… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Media Bias • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 23:33 pm CET
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Shahbaz Bhatti and the Death of Reason

My time in Pakistan was glorious. I taught bright, beautiful and hopeful students who saw the world not as a series of… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Global Islam • Human Rights • Islamic Fundamentalism • Pakistan 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 20:09 pm CET
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New Study on Hate Crimes against Muslims Contradicts Claims of Islamophobia in America

The Center for Security Policy released a groundbreaking longitudinal study, Religious Bias Crimes against Muslim, Jewish and Christian Victims… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Christianity • Global Islam • Islamophobia • Jew-Hatred • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 03:15 am CET
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Our World: Women’s surprising defenders

Every few months, we are presented with media reports about Jewish women rescued from their Muslim husbands in the Palestinian Authority or within Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Feminism • Global Islam • Human Rights • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Jewish Life 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 01:49 am CET
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Ending Turkey’s nightmare

The arrest of prominent journalists in Turkey on March 3, among them a recipient of the International Press Institute’s “World Press Freedom Hero” award… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Ergenekon • Islamism • The Media • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 00:49 am CET
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Palestinian Leaders’ Response to Democratic Upheaval: Fire the Honest Guy

The Palestinian Authority doesn’t have to worry about democratic upheavals since it has the nationalist and anti-Israel cards to play… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Fatah • Hamas • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 23:57 pm CET
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Hamas, PA against an ‘Interim Arrangement’ with Israel

In recent weeks the Israeli media reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu would deliver a speech presenting a new political plan… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 22:27 pm CET
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Bahrain Opposition Cleric: We Want Sharia Law State

Not everyone in the opposition movements in Arab countries are Islamists, of course, but at least outside of… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Islamism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 21:55 pm CET
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Hamas Applauds anti-Israel Position of the New Egyptian Foreign Minister

Hamas applauded Nabil al-Arabi’s statements. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called his positions “honorable” and said he… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Hamas • Israel 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 20:40 pm CET
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Egypt and the Middle East: Romanticism Meets Reality

The projected million-women march turned out just 400 and they were harassed and in some cases attacked. Meanwhile, thousands of Muslims and Christians… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • The Middle East