Month: February 2013
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News and Analysis (2/7/13)
How do you attack free speech by pretending to defend it? Alan Dershowitz leads a host of hypocrites in showing the way, embarrassing New York’s pro-Israeli mayor: Brooklyn College’s Academic Freedom Increasingly Threatened over Israel Event (Guardian) Bloomberg’s Friendly Advice to Pro-Israel, Anti-BDS Protesters: Shut Up! (Haaretz) “Ennahda’s two secular coalition partners as well as…
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News and Analysis (2/6/13)
“The timing of the leak appeared aimed at intensifying pressure on the White House to disclose more-detailed legal memos that the paper summarizes — and at putting Brennan, Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, on the defensive for his appearance on Capitol Hill”: Brennan Nomination Exposes Criticism on Targeted Killings and Secret Saudi Base (Washington Post) “The…
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Interview with Tasneem Press Agency on Iranian Revolution
[These are my answers to questions put to me by Reza Saidi of Tasneem Press Agency on the occasion of the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution on Feb. 10.] 1. In your opinion, what changes in regional power has occurred as a result of the Islamic Revolution? I believe that the Iranian Revolution was a catalyst…
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News and Analysis (2/4/13)
The beaten man said police coerced him into blaming the protesters; Mursi has called for an inquiry: Cairo Police Beating: Victim Hamada Saber Blames Police (BBC) Video of Police Beating Roils Egypt (Christian Science Monitor) “Israel received a ‘green light’ from the United States to carry out further attacks in the future” … Israel Targeted…
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Prospects and Dimensions of Conflict Resolution Programs in the Islamic Context
Prospects and Dimensions of Conflict Resolution Programs in the Islamic Context Amr Abdalla, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Rector, University for Peace [This is a summary of a talk given by Amr Abdullah at the International Institute of Islamic Thought on February 1, 2013. These notes have only been lightly edited and represent my perception of…
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News and Analysis (2/1/13)
As Syria’s rebels agree to peace talks on the condition Asaad has no role in the transitional government, Israel’s continuing big stick policy provokes rhetorical reactions in Syria and around the region, but no real consequences for Israel: Syrian Opposition Says It Is Ready for Conditional Peace Talks (Guardian) Israeli Silence on Syria Is Strategic…
