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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Salafists in Egypt are targeting Valentine's Day
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We've seen how the religious police in Saudi Arabia crack down every year on people celebrating Valentine's Day. We've seen ...
Israel congratulates Egyptians; MB says "shut up"
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According to Palestine Today , Israel sent a message to "bless" the Egyptian people on their revolution. The message actually sa...
Eugene Kontorovich's talk at NYU on Israel's borders
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Yesterday, I attended a talk by Professor Eugene Kontorovich on " Disputing Occupation: Israel's Borders and International Law &q...
The deceptions of the BDS movement (Avishai Don)
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Here is an excellent op-ed in the Harvard Crimson by Avishai Don: Next weekend, the University of Pennsylvania will host the second na...
Hackers apologize for taking down Ha'aretz website
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Yesterday, the Ha'aretz Hebrew website (and maybe the English one as well) was taken down by a denial of service attack in the tit-for-t...
Islamic Jihad leader calls for "third intifada," dismantling PA
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Last month, in a very under-reported story , Fatah invited Islamic Jihad to be part of the PLO leadership. Today, as always, Islamic Jih...
Women sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square
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From Bikya Masr: Heather still doesn’t know how she made it home on Wednesday night after being in Egypt’s Tahrir Square. The Arab-America...
Iran considering pre-emptive ban of oil exports to EU; China blasts sanctions
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From Al Arabiya : Many Iranian lawmakers and officials have called for an immediate ban on oil exports to the European bloc before its ban...
New meme: Daily aid to Gaza proves it is a "ghetto"
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Ma'an reports: Israeli forces partially opened the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza on Thursday in order to allow in 300 truckloads o...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Fatwa against driving a Chevy
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From Now Lebanon: A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because th...
Midweek open thread
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In other words, I am too busy today to come up with another post. So feel free to comment away!
Latest on Israeli thinking about Iran (NYT)
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Ronen Bergman in the New York Times Magazine writes a long and important article that brings us up to date with what Israeli leaders are th...
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