News and Analysis (1/23/07)

Plans to build holocaust museum on top of Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem could inflame passions:

• Museum of Intolerance? (Los Angeles Times)

Lack of unity and political unease from non-Arab/non-Muslims bar Arab-Americans from gaining political office in Dearborn:

• In Arab Capital of U.S., Ethnic Divide Remains (New York Times)

Somali government shows resistance to being inclusive and conciliatory:

• Troops to Begin Leaving Mogadishu: Ethiopian General (Reuters)

Latest global public opinion poll shows US military interventionalism has cost the nation its moral standing in the world:

• Views on U.S. Drop Sharply In Worldwide Opinion Poll (Washington Post)

• World View of US Role Goes from Bad to Worse (World Public Opinion.org)

Fix it until its broken?

• West’s Iran Plan Shows Gains. Will US Stick to it? (Christian Science Monitor)

Iraq Redux?

• Scant Evidence of Iran-Iraq Arms Link (Los Angeles Times)

Alejandro

Alejandro Beutel is program assistant for the Minaret of Freedom Institute with expertise in religious freedom, democratization and security issues.