Sunday, October 14, 2012

More Trouble: Will Jordan Be the Next To Fall? The Possibility Is Bad News for Israel and the U.S. – Tablet Magazine

Will Jordan Be the Next To Fall? The Possibility Is Bad News for Israel and the U.S. – Tablet Magazine

Asia Times Online :: The horizon collapses in the Middle East

Asia Times Online :: The horizon collapses in the Middle East
I don't totally agree with all the conclusions in this article, but this is the most original -- and grounded in facts -- analysis that I've seen of the Middle East in a while.

When the Arab Jews Fled - WSJ.com

When the Arab Jews Fled - WSJ.com
Fascinating story, certified by the UN  population exchange of Arab Jews for Palestinians. Under international law and custom, population exchanges of refugees has always been the accepted (indeed preferred) method for dealing with refugee communities. Telling this story can only help. Part of the  Palestinian problem is the sense of shame by their Arab brothers for the one-sided fate that befell them. If it is not one-sided anymore, it helps with the issue of Arab shame and could make a solution easier, or at least help  Israel's PR in the west.
For more background on the issue of Arab-Jewish and Palestinian refugees, see this post I wrote in 2006. http://commonsenseforaworldpopulatedbyhumans.blogspot.com/2006/10/reuters-on-jewish-refugees-for-israeli.html

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Will Free Gaza implode due to ant... JPost - Diplomacy & Politics

Will Free Gaza implode due to ant... JPost - Diplomacy & Politics

Greta Berlin, the US co-founder of FGM, posted on Twitter in late September that “Zionists operated the concentration camps and helped murder millions of innocent Jews.”

Her tweet appeared on the Free Gaza Twitter account with a link to a video from Eustace Mullins, who declared that Adolf Hitler formed an alliance with Zionists “to force anti- Zionists to accept Zionism.”

Arab Media Coverage of the Obama-Romney Race Is a Stark Contrast to Conspiratorial Reportage of the Past – Tablet Magazine

Arab Media Coverage of the Obama-Romney Race Is a Stark Contrast to Conspiratorial Reportage of the Past – Tablet Magazine

State Dept.'s "Inexplicable" Emissary Choice :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism

State Dept.'s "Inexplicable" Emissary Choice :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism