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Israel’s Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean
About 90 percent of Israel's foreign trade is carried out via the Mediterranean Sea, making freedom of navigation in this area critical for the Jewish state's economic well-being. Moreover, the newly found gas fields...
Hamas-Fatah Agree on Avoiding Armed Clashes: Palestinian Factions Say Prisoners’ Exchange Deal Close
28/10/2006
One of the three Palestinian factions holding captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday that it expected a solution to the crisis within days. Shalit was captured in a...
Netanyahu, Husseini, and the Historians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments about Haj Amin al-Husseini's impact on Hitler's decision-making about the Final Solution in Europe do not stand up to the consensus of historical research. Husseini's importance in Nazi...
The Odd Couple Fight an Odd Traffic System to Reduce Speed and Save Lives
To alleviate the many traffic concerns of the public, the Israeli government is planning to build Route 6, the Trans Israel high-speed superhighway that will connect the country from North to South. Israel's first...
Following Senator Warren’s assertion that the term “genocide” should be applied to the current...
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, recently became the first US politician to declare that it is appropriate to use the term “genocide” when referring to the current war in Gaza.
Having covered Hamas since its founding...
Will common sense finally Trump endemic bias?
We are currently in the throes of a frenetic frenzy in advance of the visit of Donald Trump to Israel…writes Michael Kuttner.
Those unfortunate enough to be living anywhere near the King David Hotel in...
We Can’t Promise Zero Gunfire During Withdrawal
The scenario that has the security establishment most concerned is of disengagement under fire, but, judging by the statements made recently by Palestinian Authority officials, it seems unlikely that they will be able to...
UN Approves Funding for First Anti-Israeli ‘Settlement’ Blacklis
On the same day as the U.N. Security Council passed a controversial resolution condemning Israel, the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Friday approved a budget that includes $138,700 to fund the compilation of a...
Former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy, President of U of Winnipeg, Initiates Programming to...
Howard Morry and Ab Freig
photo by Rhonda Spivak
Jim Carr, Osama Abu Zeid, Howard Morry and Ab Freig of the Arab Jewish Dialogue at the University of Winnipeg
photo by Rhonda Spivak
Osama Abu Zeid, who fought...
Middle East Studies in Upheaval
The troubled academic study of the Middle East and Islam by Americans is changing in fundamental ways. I offer some thoughts based on 42 years of personal observation: From Western offence to Islamic offence:...
