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Quizz sur la «Palestine» Dépêche primo-info.eu, 8 décembre 2011 Prenez plaisir à répondre à ce quizz concernant la démographie, les conditions de vie et l'histoire du peuple palestinien… et testez vos connaissances avec les réponses fournies à la fin du Communiqué…:   QUESTIONS   1.) Classez ces pays en fonction de l'espérance de vie (taux […]

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“We believe that you can’t reach democracy by elections. We believe in a long process. It should start by education.”—Israel’s Vice Prime Minister, Moshe Yaalon, commenting on the emergence in the Middle East, as a result of the so-called “Arab Spring,” of Islamic fundamentalists through democratic mechanisms. (Associated Press, December 12.)   THE DANGERS OF […]

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EUROPE AT THE BRINK Editorial Washington Post, December 10, 2011 [Last Friday’s] summit of 27 European Union leaders did not lack for drama. With the future of the euro currency and the EU itself on the line, all but four of those present agreed to German demands for closer fiscal integration, and three of the […]

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BATTLE FLAG COMES DOWN IN BAGHDAD Julian E. Barnes & Nathan Hodge Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2011 After nearly nine years of war, tens of thousands of casualties—including 4,500 dead—and more than $800 billion spent, the U.S. military on Thursday formally ended its mission in Iraq.… For years, commanders in Iraq have handed off […]

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BOOK REVIEW: I SLEEP IN HITLER’S ROOM: AN AMERICAN JEW VISITS GERMANY Bruce Bawer Pajamas Media, December 8, 2011 I Sleep in Hitler’s Room: An American Jew Visits Germany. That’s the book’s title, and the text itself is every bit as compelling as the title leads one to expect. So, for that matter, is the […]

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      SERMON DU VENDREDI SUR AL-AQSA: «MORT AUX JUIFS ET À L'AMÉRIQUE» Dépêche Memri.org, 9 décembre 2011 Ci-dessous des extraits d'un sermon du vendredi délivré à Gaza et diffusé sur la télévision Al-Aqsa le 2 décembre 2011. (Voir les extraits vidéo sous-titrés en anglais: http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3227.htm)   Prédicateur: Notre étendard est «Il n'y a […]

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Last week, the Quartet issued yet another call for direct Israeli-Palestinian talks “without delay or preconditions”—its third such declaration since September 23—following separate meetings in Jerusalem with Palestinian and Israeli officials. The statement by the Quartet—made up of the US, EU, UN and Russia—stressed “the important objective of a direct exchange between the parties…beginning with […]

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On December 4, news broke that an advanced American stealth drone, the RQ-170 Sentinel, had fallen into Iranian hands, a situation described by former Vice President Dick Cheney as “a significant intelligence loss.”   According to foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran deliberately delayed the announcement of the drone’s capture to test US reaction. And […]

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THE FIFTH CANDLE Stewart Weiss Jerusalem Magazine, December 23, 2011 There is no life at Buchenwald. Its gray barracks contain only fear and dread; fear of what tomorrow will bring, the dread of what waits beyond the door. Barbed-wire fences and watchtowers surround the entire compound; the steady rat-atat of machine guns can be heard […]

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      «LA FÊTE DE NOËL EST ILLICITE» – JOYEUX NOËL MALGRÉ TOUT! Dépêche Pointdebasculecanada.ca, 22 décembre 2011 La Muslim Students’ Association (MSA – section Université Concordia) recommande plusieurs sites à ses supporteurs qui désirent approfondir leur compréhension de l’islam. Parmi ceux-ci le site islamweb.net en langue française rappelle les préceptes de l’islam en […]

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According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, approximately 70,000 Syrians demonstrated in a large square in the restive city of Homs on Tuesday, as Arab League observers began a visit to the country to monitor a peace deal aimed at ending President Bashar Assad’s deadly nine-month crackdown.   The observer mission is part […]