Monthly Archives: February 2013

BOMS AND TEFF: Textbook ‘incitement’ debate not over yet

“Victims of Our Own Narratives” was the title of a recent handout given to journalists filling two rooms - one in Jerusalem and the other at the Press Club in Washington, DC. Headlines were...

A dissenting voice on the textbook study

February, 2013 Dear all, I wish to express my appreciation and gratitude to Professors Wexler, Adwan and Bar-Tal, as well as to the research, technical and logistical teams for their great efforts throughout the last three...

State of the Union Address on Foreign Policy: Careful Phrasing Conceals Disasters

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/02/state-of-union-address-on-foreign.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+Rubinreports+(RubinReports) While the State of the Union message was overwhelmingly domestically oriented, the foreign policy sections were most interesting. I’ll review them here. The president began in the same neo-patriotic mode used in the second inaugural...

Why the Arab Spring Revolution Was Not A Success

Why the Arab Spring Revolution Was Not A Success Allen West interviews Cynthia Farahat Next Generation TV February 8, 2013 http://www.meforum.org/3449/arab-spring-revolution

How US Military Aid to Fatah Actually Bolsters the Hamas

On February 5, 2013, the reconstituted US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa held a subcommittee hearing on the subject of "Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects”. Two senior expert witnesses from...

Comments on: “Victims of Our Own Narratives”

Dr. Arnon Groiss Member Advisory Council on the Israeli-Palestinian schoolbook research project http://israelipalestinianschoolbooks.blogspot.co.il Commissioned by The Council for Religious Institutions in the Holy Land Comments on: "Victims of Our Own Narratives" Report of Israeli and Palestinian Schoolbook Research Project Released February 4,...

Open letter to Prof. Bruce Wexler

Dear Bruce: I would like to share my thoughts and concerns about the Text Book Study in the light of the recent exchanges between Arnon and the Research Team, and my own notes to you...

Prof. Bruce Wexler’s Textbook Study Press Conference: A First hand report

Even before the press conference, three of the key advisory board members complained that they had not been able to evaluate the report ahead of time. http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5329&q=1 One of Prof. Bruce Wexler's conclusions: There is no...

Prof. Bruce Wexler’s Textbook Study Press Conference: A First hand report

Even before the press conference, three of the key advisory board members complained that they had not been able to evaluate the report ahead of time. http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5329&q=1 One of Prof. Bruce Wexler's conclusions: There is no...

Prof. Bruce Wexler’s Textbook Study Press Conference: A First hand report

Even before the press conference, three of the key advisory board members complained that they had not been able to evaluate the report ahead of time. http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5329&q=1 One of Prof. Bruce Wexler's conclusions: There is no...