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Thursday, February 16th 2012

TALIBAN SEE CONTROL OF AFGHANISTAN AS ‘INEVITABLE’ Peter Goodspeed National Post, Feb 1, 2012 …Leaked U.S. and NATO reports suggest officials fear they are locked in a stalemate [in Afghanistan] that could become outright defeat the moment foreign troops leave. A secret NATO report, based on interrogation of 4,000 Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners, says Afghan […]

Analysis

Thursday, February 16th 2012

Greenspahn, Frederick, ed. Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah: New Insights and Scholarship. New York: New York University Press, 2011. xviii + 250 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8147-3286-1   If there is any area within the field of Jewish studies that has captured the imagination of people beyond the academy, it is kabbala. A person walking into a bookstore […]

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Wednesday, February 15th 2012 / Wednesday, February 15th 2012

Weekly Quotes   “Iran, which is behind these attacks, is the greatest exporter of terrorism in the world.… The countries of the world must condemn these acts and draw a red line against Iranian aggression…[and] on the Iranian nuclear program.… This aggression, if not stopped, will eventually spread.”—Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, blaming Iran for […]

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Tuesday, February 14th 2012 / Tuesday, February 14th 2012

BARAK BLAMES IRAN FOR BOMB BLASTS IN BANGKOK Herb Keinon, Jpost.Com Staff & Reuters Jerusalem Post, February 14, 2012 [Israeli] Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that a series of bomb blasts that struck Thailand on Tuesday was part of an attempted terrorist attack perpetrated by Iran. An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok on […]

Analysis

Monday, February 13th 2012

According to Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, “Canada does not stand behind Israel; Canada stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel.” And he’s right. Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s leadership, Canada has unquestionably assumed the mantle, previously held by the U.S., of “Israel’s best friend.”   This stems primarily from the fact that Canada’s current government […]

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Monday, February 13th 2012 / Monday, February 13th 2012

“Iran, which is behind these attacks, is the greatest exporter of terrorism in the world. The Israeli government and its security forces will continue to work together with local security services against these terrorist actions.”—Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, blaming Iran for today’s dual attacks against Israeli diplomatic missions in New Delhi, India and Tbilisi, […]

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Friday, February 10th 2012

  CETTE SEMAINE, UN PEU DE GEMATRIA POUR VOUS DIVERTIR…   EN HEBREU, CHAQUE LETTRE A UNE VALEUR NUMERIQUE, A=1, B=2, ETC. EN TENANT COMPTE DES LETTRES, CHAQUE MOT CORRESPOND A UN NOMBRE. CE NOMBRE PEUT, A SON TOUR, CORRESPONDRE A DES MOTS DIFFERENTS.   «KHAMENEI (KHAF/MEM/NOUN/YOD) CONNOTE L’EMBUSCADE EN HEBREU.  SA VALEUR NUMERIQUE 120 […]

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Friday, February 10th 2012 / Friday, February 10th 2012

FRAMED Adam Kirsch Tablet, January 18, 2012 When John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt’s The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy was published in 2007, it launched a thousand essays and op-eds, upset many Jewish readers, and sold a very respectable number of copies. What it did not do, to judge by the reviews, […]

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Thursday, February 9th 2012 / Thursday, February 9th 2012

A BLESSING IN DISGUISE? Charles Bybelezer On Monday, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas revealed himself. In the presence of Qatar’s rabidly anti-Israel Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa, and alongside Hamas’ exiled Politburo chief Khaled Meshal, Abbas’ Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement with Hamas, paving the way for the formation of a Palestinian unity government. With […]

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Wednesday, February 8th 2012

Media-ocrity of the Week   “Welcome to Jerusalem, capital of the future State of Palestine.”—Head of the French Consulate in Jerusalem, Frédéric Desagneaux, at a conference on French-Palestinian relations, proclaiming Jerusalem as the sole capital of a future Palestinian state. According to French-language online news outlet JSS, which broke the story, Consul-General Desagneaux also bears […]

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Tuesday, February 7th 2012

COTLER’S PLEA ON SYRIA Editorial Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2012 The international community has justifiably expressed outrage over Saturday’s veto by Russia and China of a UN Security Council resolution demanding that Syrian President Bashar Assad step down.… The internationally respected jurist, Prof. Irwin Cotler, visited The Jerusalem Post [last] Sunday…to make an impassioned appeal […]

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Monday, February 6th 2012 / Monday, February 6th 2012

“We will support and help any nations, any groups fighting against the Zionist regime [Israel] across the world, and we are not afraid of declaring this. The Zionist regime is a true cancer tumor on this region that should be cut off. And it definitely will be cut off.”—Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during […]