Harvard to host a "One-State Solution" conference…
• Analysis of Speakers, NGO Monitor
http://bit.ly/xgTveF • Harvard's Academic Pogrom by Steven Plaut
http://t.co/Ezfm7GWW • Harvard under fire by Leah Burrows
http://t.co/EZGrh3Ft • Harvard to Host Conference Promoting Israel's Destruction by Sarit Catz
http://t.co/FPmYAE1X • Harvard, Jew haters, motherhood and Israel by Caroline Glick
http://t.co/esJUFyww
One State Conference: Israel/Palestine and the One-State Solution | Harvardwww.onestateconference.org
"The aim is to explore the merits of a one-state solution, a framework in which Israelis and Palestinians can share a liberal democratic state."
Posted on 21 February 2012
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This book frightens. Its purpose is "to show the historical obstinacy of religiously based superstitious discourses among both the Iranian public and its political leaders…. Modern-day Iranian political leaders have continued to impress upon the people their 'witnessed' supernatural experiences." Ahmadinejad had one (read at link). So are you still sure that in Iran we're dealing with rational actors?
Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics by Ali Rahnema (excerpt) | Google Booksbooks.google.com
"A supposed connectedness to the hidden world has allowed leaders such as Ahmadinejad to present themselves as representatives of the divine, and their rivals as the embodiment of evil."
http://amzn.to/wkd4Nu
Posted on 18 February 2012
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"The Egyptian government daily Al-Ahram published an article (Feb. 10) claiming that 30 years ago, on orders from the US administration, renowned scholar Bernard Lewis had concocted a plan to divide Egypt into four smaller countries and to partition all the Arab and Islamic countries in the region." The Muslim Brotherhood general guide made the same claim two years ago. I'm sending this to Lewis. It'll amuse him.
Egyptian Government Daily: US Striving to Divide Egypt into Four Countries | via MEMRIwww.memri.org
"The seizure of the partition map of Egypt at the headquarters of an American organization proves the existence of this dubious plan."
Posted on 18 February 2012
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Norman Finkelstein takes the one-staters and BDSers who seek Israel's demise to the woodshed. And he dismisses BDS as a "cult." Must be seen to be believed.
Arguing the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign with Norman Finkelsteinvimeo.com
"Norman Finkelstein being interviewed at Imperial College London, February 9, 2012."
Posted on 17 February 2012
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi rejects my claim that the US should have done more to sustain the status quo in Egypt. It may be true that Mubarak couldn't have been saved. But he also argues that chaos, not Islamism, is the future, and "for Israel, chaos is ultimately a good thing." (It distracts the natives.) Israel once did live next door to true chaos: civil-war Lebanon. I assure Aymenn: it wasn't a good thing.
Chaos: the new 'status quo' by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | Haaretzwww.haaretz.com
"For Israel, chaos is ultimately a good thing. It means that the Islamists and other hostile forces will be too distracted by infighting to focus any attention on fighting Israel."
Posted on 17 February 2012
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Fareed Zakaria picks his historical analogy: the US deterred the USSR, so why can't Israel just deter Iran? Well, Israel took out Iraq's nuclear reactor, so why can't it just take out Iran's? It took out Syria's plant without much fuss either. Arguments are never clinched by historical analogy, because history is too rich. Historical analogy is the glib man's substitute for analysis. That's you, Fareed.
How history lessons could deter Iranian aggression by Fareed Zakaria | WaPowww.washingtonpost.com
"The global revolutionaries in Moscow, the mad autocrats in Pyongyang and the terrorist-supporting military in Pakistan have all been deterred by mutual fears of destruction."
Posted on 16 February 2012
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"Jodi Rudoren's stint in Jerusalem ended before it even started. Well, not officially ended. She can write fine stories from Jerusalem and can even break some news. What she will not be able to do is to pretend to be unbiased. What she will not be able to do is to have good sources at the very top. With these people she's probably toast, and without them she can't be as good as a NYT Jerusalem reporter could be."
Jodi Rudoren of the New York Times, I hope I’m wrong by Shmuel Rosner | Jewish Journalwww.jewishjournal.com
"She made one foolish mistake, and can't take it back since people already know what she really thinks, how she really feels."
Posted on 15 February 2012
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"I don't know what to think…. I'm afraid that I have no solutions to offer… My opinion is not that interesting, nor does it carry any weight whatsoever." The other 2,000 words in this piece should have been cut.
Blame, Responsibility, and How We Talk About Syria by Jullian C. York | The Atlanticwww.theatlantic.com
"I have spent nearly every day these past few months reading opinion pieces on Syria."
Posted on 15 February 2012
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It's a tight race. You've got Iran's envoy to Lebanon, who told Hezbollah's radio that "the Israelis don't have the strength to carry out any attack on Lebanon." And there's Egyptian Salafist preacher Mohamed Hassan, who's called for local donations to replace $1.3bn in (mostly military) US aid, so that Egypt may become "self-dependent when it comes to producing its own military equipment." Who's crazier?
Donald Duck and Goofy in "Crazy with the Heat" www.flickr.com
"Israel Incapable of Attacking Lebanon,"
http://goo.gl/KHQkW. "Egyptian Salafist Preacher Promises to Replace US Aid,"
http://goo.gl/2c0WQ.
Posted on 15 February 2012
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It ain't comin' back: "The Obama administration is seeking a small increase of $1.7m for the Title VI program, primarily to help disadvantaged students develop 'global competencies.' However, the administration did not seek to restore the large cut that Title VI received in 2011, when it was reduced by some 40 percent…. In all, for 2013, Title VI would receive $68.3m." In 2010, it received $108.4 million.
Budget Presents Mixed Picture for International Education by Ian Wilhelm | CHEchronicle.com
"Perhaps of greatest concern is the Title VI program, which is run by the US Department of Education. Title VI supports more than 150 academic centers dedicated to the study of various regions of the world."
Posted on 14 February 2012
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