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According to Western mainstream media, the emergence of “extremist” elements in Israeli society is undermining the Jewish state’s democratic character, and thus justifies the increasingly common comparisons between Israel and oppressive dictatorships. It is true that various actions on the part of ultra-religious (haredi) or ultra-nationalist (“settlers”) Israelis are deplorable—including the pinning of Yellow Stars […]

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On Wednesday, Syrian President Bashar Assad appeared in public for the first time since the uprising against his rule began 10 months ago. Addressing a rally in Umayyad Square in Damascus, he pledged to triumph over “terrorism,” the clearest indication to date that he does not intend to surrender power or relax his government’s brutal […]

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NAZI MEMORIAL IN CROATIA A DISGRACE TO EUROPE Efraim Zuroff Jerusalem Post, January 4, 2012 Imagine for a minute that memorial masses were held in two major cities in Germany on the anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler. Needless to say, such a ceremony would arouse fury, indignation, and widespread protests not only in […]

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    L'EXODE CHRÉTIEN Lysiane Gagnon La Presse, 7 Janvier 2012 Prédiction pour 2012: un immense exode de chrétiens arabes. Cela nous concerne directement car le Canada sera une destination d'accueil, et ces migrants pourront réclamer, à bon droit, le statut de réfugié.   On estime que depuis mars dernier, quelque 95 000 d'entre eux […]

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A YEAR FOR ELECTIONS, NOT MIDEAST PEACE Elliott Abrams Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2012 Last week Israelis and Palestinians held talks for the first time since September 2010. Back then, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met at the White House, under bright lights and with great expectations, along with […]

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OBAMA’S DEFENSE DRAWDOWN Editorial Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2012 President Obama [on January 8] put in a rare appearance at the Pentagon, flanked by the four service chiefs and his Secretary of Defense. Saying that now is the time to cash in a peace dividend, he unveiled plans for a significantly slimmed-down military. This […]

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SOUTH SUDAN, ISRAEL’S NEW ALLY Daniel Pipes National Review, January 4, 2012 It’s not every day that the leader of a brand-new country makes his maiden foreign voyage to Jerusalem, capital of the most besieged country in the world—but Salva Kiir, president of South Sudan, accompanied by his foreign and defense ministers, did just that […]

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    UN MILITANT DES DROITS DE L’HOMME GAZAOUI SAUVAGEMENT AGRESSÉ PAR LE HAMAS POUR AVOIR DÉCRIT LA TERREUR INTERNE PALESTINIENNE ET DEMANDÉ LE RESPECT DE LA LÉGALITÉ Hélène Keller-Lind desinfos.com, 18 janvier 2012 Depuis Gaza Mahmoud Abou Ramah protestait ouvertement fin décembre et début janvier contre les innombrables violations des Droits de l’Homme perpétrées […]

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REMEMBERING WANNSEE Danny Ben-Moshe Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2012 On January 20, 1942, the Nazi leadership gathered in a villa on the outskirts of Berlin and adopted the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” The Wannsee Conference, as this became known, from the suburb where the meeting was held, formalized the process that exterminated so […]

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THE BUCHAREST KRISTALLNACHT ATTROCITIES 21-23 JANUARY, 1941 Baruch Cohen In memory of beloved Malca z’l   “The persecution and the fascist terror directed against the Jewish population within the borders of Romania were just as violent and destructive as those in other countries under Nazi domination or influence.… Romanian fascism has its own original methods […]

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On Saturday, Egypt’s electoral commission released the final results of the country’s first “free” elections in decades, with Islamist parties winning nearly three-quarters of the House seats. Leading the way, the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood captured 47 percent, or 235 seats in the 498-seat parliament, followed by the Salafist Al-Nour Party with 25 percent, or 125 […]

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THE ARAB LEAGUE’S FAILED SYRIA MISSION Kate Seelye National Interest, January 24, 2012 The Arab League observer mission to Syria—sent under an agreement with the Syrian government to withdraw forces from the cities, release all political prisoners and allow monitors and journalists free movement throughout the country—has utterly failed.… After the initial one-month mandate for […]