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• UNIFORMED EXPLORER SCOUTS SHOUT ‘KILL THE JEWS’ AT JEWISH WORLD WAR II VETERANS

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 150
  Scouts repeatedly shouted ‘Let’s kill the Jews’ at horrified ex-servicemen attending a Remembrance Day parade at the Romford cenotaph BY MATTHEW WEAVER The London Guardian A scout troop is being investigated by the police after its members shouted death threats and racist abuse at Jewish war veterans ...
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• Egyptian Corruption and Mediation

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  The Daily News Egypt is reporting that Egypt is among the states attempting to weaken the U.N.’s anti-corruption convention by blocking an agreement on an effective review mechanism.  The Egyptian stance on corruption review is that civil society organizations should be restricted to local information-gathering ...
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• Reeling from Abbas’ Withdrawal

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  Al Jazeera reports that the Palestinian Election Commission has recommended the postponement of January elections in light of Hamas decision not to participate (also see our previous  post ).  Discussion continues over the future of Middle East Peace and the Palestinian Authority in the wake of Mahmoud Abbas’ ...
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• Jack Teitel, Jewish Terrorist, Doing God’s Work

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 565
  Israel formally charged Jack Teitel with two murders, three attempted murders, and two bombings.  It has not yet charged him with other crimes in which he is believed to be implicated, murdering two policemen and aiding the killing spree at the Tel Aviv gay community center. I have heard no evidence that Jack Teitel ...
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• Shimon, Moral Pygmy Calls Goldstone ‘Small’ Man

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 565
  Loving the sound of his own voice This is rich , this is really rich: Judge Richard Goldstone Goldstone told Haaretz Thursday that President Shimon Peres’ remarks criticizing him were “specious and ill-befitting the head of State of Israel.” Peres was quoted Wednesday as calling Goldstone “a small man, ...
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• BLAST AT NATO AFGHAN BASE INJURES SEVEN

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 150
  An explosion has hit a NATO-led military base in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, wounding four foreigners and three civilians, a military spokesman said. The blast struck Camp Phoenix, one of the main bases used by Western troops, early on Friday morning, Sergeant Kevin Bell said. Zemaray Bashari, a spokesman for ...
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• KEY NATO ADVISER WARNS OBAMA MAY FUDGE AFGHAN ADDITIONAL TROOPS DEPLOYMENT

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 150
  US troops set out on a patrol in Paktika province, Afghanistan. BY EWEN MacASKILL The London Guardian A key adviser to Nato forces warned today that Barack Obama risks a Suez-style debacle in Afghanistan if he fails to deploy enough extra troops and opts instead for a messy compromise. David Kilcullen, one ...
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• DISILLUSIONED WITH EUROPE, TURKEY LOOKS EAST

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 150
  As European opposition to EU membership for Turkey grows, Ankara is looking to forge closer ties to its neighbors. Turkey wants to once again become a leading power in the Middle East — but its relationship with Israel may suffer as a result. A Turkish policeman stands guard on a boat in the Bosphorus during ...
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• Love of the Land: Iran and Syria Are Up; Egypt and Saudi Arabia Are Down. And this is Israel’s Fault?

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 162
  Iran and Syria Are Up; Egypt and Saudi Arabia Are Down. And this is Israel’s Fault? Barry Rubin The Rubin Report 12 November 09 The Aztecs of Mexico believed that if they didnt sacrifice human victims each day the sun wouldnt come up the next morning. This seems to be the principle governing how ...
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• FEDS SEIZE FOUR U.S. MOSQUES SUSPECTED OF BEING CONTROLLED BY IRAN - CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION SEIZED

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 150
  The Islamic Education Center is seen in Potomac, Md. on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. The center rents this building from the Alavi Foundation, which owns the building but does not run the center. Federal prosecutors filed a complaint Thursday seeking to seize the assets of the foundation. Federal prosecutors Thursday ...
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• New ICG Report on Fatah

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  The International Crisis Group has released a  new report , entitled “Palestine: Salvaging Fatah.”  According to the ICG, “the 50-year-old movement, once the beating heart of  Palestinian nationalism, is past its prime, its capacity to mobilise withered.” Given the necessity of a strong national movement, ...
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• Moldy Remains of the Palestinian State?

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  Haaretz reports that President Mahmoud Abbas will likely accept a  recommendation to delay elections  currently scheduled for January. The head of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission confirmed that they told Abbas “we cannot have elections at the time he scheduled them,” especially because of ...
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• Ahmadinejad Orders Obama to Choose

  
  Scooter's Report — Authority: 124
  TEHRAN (SR) - I ranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has demanded that President Obama choose between Israel and Iran according toIranian state media. Speakingin Istanbul at the Organization of the IslamicConference, the Iranian president said, " The support of both Israel and Iran cannot go hand in ...
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• Why Not On Daily Basis !!??

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 165
  The Egyptian ministry of health has decided not to publish daily reports about the rates of H1N1 infections in Egypt and the number of H1N1 patients in the country , their ages and their geographical distribution Read More......( read more )
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• Haaretz Promoting Muslim-Hating, ‘Third Jihad’

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 565
  I noted tonight that Haaretz’s English language website features a banner ad promoting the anti-Muslim propaganda film, Third Jihad .  You’ve got to ask yourself what brought the swamp rats out of the sewer to show their faces in the pages of Haaretz?  Clearly, in the Ft. Hood shooting, with the shooter’s ...
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• Loud Lost Screams

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 165
  On my way home today I passed by Zamalak sports Club, it is one of the main Egypt VS. Algeria big game tickets outlets in Mohendessin area along with the shooting club. There was huge queue there just Read More......( read more )
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• Hassan’s Supervisors Worried He Was Psychotic Before Rampage

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 565
  Throughout the aftermath of the Ft. Hood shooting, I’ve argued that we shouldn’t rush to judgment blaming Islam for Nidal Hassan’s aberrant behavior.  If anyone was at fault it was Hassan himself and the tremendous stress under which he was placed as an army psychiatrist about to be deployed to the Afghan war ...
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• PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS PLAN FOR DE FACTO STATE - RISKS THROWING 16 YEARS OF PEACEMAKING OUT THE WINDOW

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 150
  U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad prior to their meeting at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem on October 22, 2009. Rice, who held talks with Israeli officials on October 21, called for an end to “anti-Israel vitriol” at the United Nations, ...
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• U.S. AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN WARY OF ADDITIONAL TROOPS DEPLOYMENT

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 150
  U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry previsiously served as the top military commander in Afghanistan. BY ELISABETH BUMILLER and MARK LANDLER The New York Times WASHINGTON — The United States ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top American military commander there, has ...
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• Israel urges Brazil to join Mideast peace efforts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Brasilia, Nov 12 (EFE) Visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres has urged his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to join the Middle East peace process.“Come, President, and light the light of peace in the Middle East,” Peres told Lula during a joint press conference here Wednesday after a closed-door ...
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