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• Muhammad Sahimi Keynotes Seattle Iran Conference

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 547
  Prof Muhammad Sahimi , one of America’s most prominent Iran analysts, will keynote a Seattle conference, Iran-Israel-U.S.: Solving the Nuclear Impasse .  Below is the new flyer for the event. Sahimi is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Southern California.  He maintains an extensive ...
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• Palestine: Committed to Two States

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  In a letter for International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon writes that the U.N. is committed to working towards a two-state solution.  Ban voiced his concern over the stalled negotiations, the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the importance of resolving the ...
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• THE BIZARRE LOGIC BEHIND THE SWISS MINARET BAN - PLUS THE EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS REACTION

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  The government is obliged to respect the results of the referendum. Most politicians had predicted that the vote would go the other way and are now feeling the heat of a negative international reaction. Seen above, people wait at a tram stop in front of the illuminated minaret of the Mahmud Mosque in Zurich, ...
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• Shalit Moved to Egypt?

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 547
  I preface this post with the caveat that everything reported here is from Arab and Israeli media sources which are not always fully reliable and vetted.  Even so, if there is any truth in the reports they are worth noting. Haaretz says that a Kuwaiti newspaper is reporting that Gilad Shalit has been secretly moved ...
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• ISLAMIST GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUSSIAN PASSENGER TRAIN BOMBING

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  BY HUW BORLAND Sky News Islamists have claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing of a Russian passenger train, according to a website linked to Chechen rebels. “This operation was prepared and executed along with other acts of sabotage… against a set of strategically important sites in Russia, on the ...
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• Obama on Afghanistan

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 165
  Obama on Afghanistan Just spent most of an hour roaming the Internet to see who says what about Obamas Afghanistan speech . Heres a quick response, then I need to go do more important things. The decision itself - add forces, hope theyll do well enough to be able to leave- is OK. I read the McChrystal Report a ...
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• Did MidEast ETFs See Dubai Coming?

  
  ETF Expert — Authority: 129
  Dubai may have rocked the markets last week. Ironically, though, Mideast ETFs have been falling since mid-October… 10 weeks earlier. Coincidence? With billions of dollars still on the sidelines, might investors look at the pullback in Mid-East ETFs as a buying opportunity? Has the volatility been priced in ? ...
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• Palestine: Jerusalem Divided?

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 440
  Haaretz has obtained a draft statement  on the Middle East peace process put together by Sweden, the nation currently holding the E.U. presidency.  The document calls for the division of Jerusalem between Israel and a Palestinian state and implies the E.U. would recognize a unilateral Palestinian declaration of ...
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• ISRAEL’S PATIENCE WITH TEHRAN WEARING THIN - ‘IT’S 1938, AND IRAN IS GERMANY’

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  Iranian Army-forces stand around a S-200 surface-to-air missile at an undisclosed location during a large-scale air defence manoeuvre, Iran, 26 November 2009. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on 22 November began military manoeuvres that are to focus mainly on testing air force capabilities against attacks on nuclear ...
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• Charles Johnson, Political Baal Teshuva?

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 547
  By God, there’s something strange going on over at Little Green Footballs.  Charles Johnson, after a long period involving huge amounts of turmoil and combat among his Lizard followers, has turned away from his far-right Islamophobic rantings and penned an amazing post, Why I Parted Ways With The Right .  If I ...
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• Your U.S. Tax Dollars Support IDF Insurrection

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 547
    Shimshon will not evict Homesh Pro-settler IDF refusers earned 20,000 shekels for this stunt (Daniel Bar On) That may seem an outlandish headline but let me finish: I’ve written here several times about Israel’s most popular Chabad rabbi, Dov Wolpe.  The man is one of the most despicable ...
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• Plan for Afghanistan hopeful, costly and iffy

  
  Oh!pinion — Authority: 414
  P resident Obama today ended three months of fact finding, consultations and consideration, formally announcing his decision to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, bringing the total there to about 100,000. Obama presented his plan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., addressing an audience ...
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• Congresss Tepid Reaction to Obamas Afghanistan Plan

  
  Swampland — Authority: 736
  Congressional reaction to the 30,000-troop surge in Afganistan was as tepid as President Obamas West Point speech. As details of the plan leaked out throughout the day -- with more than 30 members traveling to the White House to be personally briefed -- few spoke with passion: no one – including Obama – mentioned ...
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• RUSSIA SHIFTS AWAY FROM IRAN - AHMADINEJAD REMAINS DEFIANT

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  BY OLEG SHCHEDROV Reuters MOSCOW - Russia will join any consensus on more sanctions against Iran, a senior Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday after Tehran declared it would expand nuclear activity in defiance of a U.N. rebuke. It was a thinly veiled Russian warning to Iran of waning patience with its ...
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• THE MUSLIM WORLD REACTS - MINARET BAN INDICATES INCREASINGLY RACIST AND FASCIST EUROPE

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has joined a chorus of international criticism of Switzerland’s ban on minarets, saying it refelects an increasingly racist and fascist stance in Europe. The Swiss foreign minister said the vote may pose a threat to the country’s security. A sticker saying ...
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• THE OBAMA DECISION - 30,000 ADDITIONAL U.S. TROOPS TO FIGHT AFGHAN ‘AL QAEDA CANCER’

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  President Obama told the American people that 30,000 additional troops will be sent to Afghanistan by the first part of 2010. BY DAVID STOUT The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Tuesday night that he will begin to draw American forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, even after ...
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• DO NOT FLY SWISS AIR - SENTINEL OPINION

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  BY PAT MURPHY Sentinel Founder The San Francisco Sentinel © 2009 Mayor Newsom’s office hosted Swiss Air officials today announcing six weekly flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich, Switzerland in June. Congratulations to Newsom and all the folks who closed the deal, and thank you very ...
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• Obama

  
  Commonsense & Wonder — Authority: 135
  The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama
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• Raw Video: Jewish Settlers Clash With Arab Neighbors

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  Jewish settlers occupied a house in a predominantly Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday, sparking a protest by Palestinians. (Dec. 1)
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• Peace Sulpture.

  
  CNN.com - Most Popular — Authority: 823
  A 10-foot-tall peace sculpture was unveiled and dedicated to the people of Wausau, Wisconsin, on November 20, 2009. About 150 people attended the ceremony, including Richard Riley, the U.S. State Department Deputy Director of the Office of Egypt and the Levant and Deputy Consul General Mahmoud Amer from the Egyptian ...
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