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US ready to attack Iran, says envoy to Israel
19/05/2012 12:27
From the BBC's Middle East news page...
The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel says.
Dan Shapiro said the US hoped diplomacy and sanctions would persuade Iran to alter its nuclear programme,...
Exile in the Middle East
18/05/2012 16:38
A few days ago, the Palestinian Arabs marked the 'nakba' or 'catastrophe', which commemorates the displacement of thousands of Arabs during the upheaval of 1948. It is thought that around 600,000 refugees were created as a consequence of the Arab rejection of the Jewish state and the...
Israel plans for quake aid to Palestinians
16/05/2012 13:28
(Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it had set up a mechanism to get aid to the Palestinians in the event of a major earthquake.
A 5.5-magnitude quake rattled Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, reminding residents of their vulnerability to the Syria-African Rift, a...
Palestinian activists 'like Klu Klux Klan'
16/05/2012 13:18
Article taken from Christian Friends of Israel's weekly update
Although Christians United For Israel (CUFI) events across the country are accustomed to resistance, the pure hatred which faced the CUFI at Portland State University during a recent event demonstrates the shocking levels...
Aussie Editor Apologizes for Apartheid Headline
14/05/2012 19:33
From JTA news agency
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – The editor of the Weekend Australian newspaper apologized to the Jewish community for a headline that accused Israel of "cruel apartheid."
Nick Cater, editor of the Australian broadsheet, said this week that the headline to a story in...
"Anti-Israel criticism often masks anti-Semitism"
10/05/2012 08:50
This article, originally published in New Jersey Jewish News, is by Joseph Hollander, who is the president of the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County
Having just celebrated Israel’s 64th Independence Day, those who care about Israel are confronted by some very troubling statistics...
"There is no such thing as a two-state solution"
09/05/2012 18:23
This article, courtesy of the Jerusalem Post, is by Joe Walsh, a US congressman from Illinois and a member of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus.
It has been 64 years since the United Nations General Assembly approved the Partition Plan for Palestine and the struggle to implement a...
The animal Holocaust: An odious comparison?
08/05/2012 02:49
Is it right for animal rights groups to use the Holocaust to highlight animal exploitation?
Among animal rights advocates, there is a growing tendency to refer to the Holocaust when describing the horrific plight of animals misused and abused for food, clothing and cosmetics. There is...
"LGBT rights in Israel: 'Pinkwashing' oppression of Palestinians or illuminating the Middle East?"
06/05/2012 17:38
From Ha'aretz
Tel Aviv is the best gay destination in the world. That's what a worldwide survey hosted in January by GayCities.com and American Airlines showed, and Israeli diplomats in Western countries proudly put the fact on display.
Many liberal pro-Palestinian...
The fascist Left
05/05/2012 11:39
It is not only the Palestinians and the wider Arab world that is to blame for the Middle East crisis. Western complicity in the form of left-wing fascism has to shoulder its portion of blame.
It would be easy to write a diatribe against Islamists and jihadists. Of course, such...
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