Daily Archives: November 18, 2011

Salman Fayad has announced that he may resign as the head of the Palestinian Authority, where he earned an undeserved reputation with the media as someone who led the Palestinian Arab people in a...

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/11/18/why-don%e2%80%99t-western- elites-get-the-middle-east-because-they-think-it%e2%80%99s-just-like-them-sort-of/ I’ve come to realize a hitherto hidden dimension of why it is so hard for Western establishment figures (policymakers, journalists, and academics) to understand the Middle East. It is the conflict between the thirst...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1700&sec=1&title=_ INTERVIEW_WITH_HILLEL_NEUER_OF_UN_WATCH_ON_THE_PA_UN_BID, _UNWRA_REFORM,_RICHARD_FALK,_SYRIA_AND_MORE _ Editor's Note: Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN WATCH will be the guest speaker at the 2011 Annual Jewish Foundation of Manitobacs Luncheon on Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011 at the Faimont Hotel ....

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1752&sec=1&title=DR._CATHERINE _CHATTERLEY:_USING_THE_HOLOCAUST_AGAINST_ISRAEL:_DENIAL,_INVERSION_ AND_THE_THREAT_OF_REPETITION In general, discussions of the Holocaust in the Arab and Islamic worlds are convoluted, distorted, and contradictory. Commentators are not usually concerned with historical accuracy or historiographical interpretation, nor are they interested in the...

US sponsorship of the Shah, 1953-1979 & US tacit support of the Saddam Hussein's war on Iran, 1980-1988, are ingrained in all levels of Iranian education. http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=849241&ct=2903231 http://www.theislam101.com/item.php?articleid=263&topicId=17 http://www.amazon.com/War-Curriculum-Iranian-Schoolbooks/dp/0874951410 http://www.impact-se.org/research/iran/index.html

EXCERPTS FROM STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR CHAIM HERZOG, IN EXPLANATION OF HIS VOTE ON THE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS IN THE REPORT OF THE "SPECIAL COMMITTEE" TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES AFFECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE POPULATION...