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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

So does the UN support a unilaterally declared Palestinian Arab state?

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Yesterday, the Jerusalem Post seems to have been the first to report: UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Negotiations Robert H. ...

Excitement in Yemen parliament over child marriages

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The Yemen parliament debated a proposed law to set 16 years as the minimum age for girls to get married in that country. The discussion de...

Terrorist/butcher

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Lizas Welt brings us an interesting photo of a butcher shop - in Brussels: We knew he was a terrorist , but a butcher too? Of course, t...

Arab League still pushing boycott of Israel

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The Arab League representative to "Palestine," Mohammed Sabih, spoke at a meeting of the regional boycott liaison office in Syria...

Islamic Jihad explains the "peace activist with weapons" photos

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Islamic Jihad has responded to the controversy over publishing pictures of Turkish "peace activists" from Viva Palestina who visit...

Gaza rockets suffering quality control problems

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The GANSO website that I mentioned earlier has bi-weekly reports of various dangerous things that happened in Gaza. One interesting thing...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

NGOs admit how they help Hamas

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GANSO is the Gaza NGO Safety Office, run by CARE International, to help NGOs in Gaza stay safe. Their website describes incidents that je...

AP promotes stereotypes of fanatic settlers acting illegally

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I had just noticed this - but the Balfour Street blog beat me to it. From AP via Al Arabiya : In a spat last week, Rabbi Arik Ascherman ...

Tuesday afternoon quickies

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From comments, emails and other various sources: Secret Israeli-Arab study program sparks anger - YNet: Academic normalization with Israe...

Qatar - deadbeat supporter of Palestinian Arabs

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From Foreign Policy: In the weeks following Operation Cast Lead, Israel's air and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip in 2008 and 2009, ...

UNRWA distances itself from the truth

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A couple of days ago, an outgoing UNRWA official said something that was actually useful, for once: Andrew Whitley, due to soon leave his...

Egyptian professor claims that the veil is Jewish, not Muslim

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Amna Naseer , female professor of religion and philosophy at Al Azhar University, claims that the burqa is not an Islamic precept - but star...

Do Gazans hate UNRWA this much?

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The "Commission on the Rights of Refugees" in Gaza says they polled 2500 random Gazans who live in camps about what they thought ...

Hamas: Israel booby-trapping cars imported to Gaza

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From Ma'an: The Hamas-led government in Gaza has warned officials and leaders of Palestinian factions to avoid buying the new cars th...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Saudi woman, 29, was in jail for disobeying her father

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From Arab News: Samar Badawi, the 29-year-old Saudi woman who was incarcerated for not obeying her guardian (mahram) following a lawsuit by...