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• Middle-Eastern Immigrants Make Good

  
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  Positive role models (that are integrated into American society) are beneficial from many standpoints. It gives the ethnic group someone to look up to and it reinforces the American way of life. I’ve not heard of Oday Aboushi before today, but he has an interesting story: New York Jets’ Oday Aboushi As a ...
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• Advanced Israeli Drone Hijacked by Iran or Hezbollah, Then Destroyed by Israel

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 137
  Israeli Shoval drone hijacked A highly-placed Israeli source elaborates on a partially truthful Ynetnews report that Israel destroyed an advanced Shoval (“Heron”) drone that was on a mission over the sea between Tel Aviv and Netanya. Israel did indeed destroy the drone, one of the most advanced in its fleet. ...
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• Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Netanyahu

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 137
  Bibi Netanyahu is visiting China where he’s negotiated trade deals, lobbied unsuccessfully for a tougher Chinese diplomatic stance against Iran, and likely cooked up some secret arms deals with the Chinese military. But one of the oddest of his public appearances was at the Great Wall, where he extolled its supposed ...
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• Obamas smarter foreign policy at work. Nobody outside of his sycophants respect him

  
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  RUSSIA SAYS IT WILL KEEP SELLING MISSILES TO SYRIA BEIRUT (AP) -- Russia defended its sales of anti-aircraft systems to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, just days after joining forces with the U.S. for a new push to end Syrias civil war through negotiations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey ...
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• Mideast Media Sampler – 05/10/2013 – Newseum honors Terror TV

  
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  1) When is news not really news? The Newseum – a museum devoted to the news business – recently held an event to honor journalists killed in the line of duty. Included in that honor members of Hamas who were killed by Israel this past November. Newseum honoring Hamas employees is an insult to brave legit ...
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• Mideast Media Sampler – 05/10/2013

  
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  1) When is news not really news? The Newseum – a museum devoted to the news business – recently held an event to honor journalists killed in the line of duty. Included in that honor members of Hamas who were killed by Israel this past November. Newseum honoring Hamas employees is an insult to brave legit ...
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• Nyet! Now Russia Won’t Sell Badass Missile to Syria

  
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  American pilots can breathe easier. Russia isnt going to sell Syria the advanced S-300 air defense missile. Not that the Air Force wants to strike Syria, but still.
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• Nyet! Now Russia Won’t Sell Badass Missile to Syria

  
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  American pilots can breathe easier. Russia isnt going to sell Syria the advanced S-300 air defense missile. Not that the Air Force wants to strike Syria, but still.
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• Good News Friday

  
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  Once again, despite the amount of bad news in the media, there is always a spot of good news to be found if one only looks hard enough. (And believe me, I looked very hard this week!). So here is … Continue reading →
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• Revealed: The GOP Benghazi Ad That Never Aired

  
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  Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.   US News   |   Syria News   |   More ABC News Videos This ad was prepared by the Republican National Committee to air in the final weeks of the 2012 presidential campaign. Apparently the Romney campaign objected to the ad because they felt it would ...
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• Egypt holds rate, warns wont hesitate quell inflation

  
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      Egypts central bank held its benchmark overnight deposit rate steady at 9.75 percent to give its recent rate hike time to take effect, but warned that inflationary pressures may build and the banks Monetary Policy Committee will not hesitate to raise rates to ensure price stability.     The Central Bank of ...
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• A Brief Note on the Benghazi Hearings

  
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  There is legitimate room for debate if there could have been an effective military reaction to the attack in Libya by al Qaida terrorists that killed Ambassador Stevens and other US personnel.  One was apparently never seriously entertained  by senior White House, State Department and Pentagon officials. I ...
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• Benghazi Rescue Was Impossible, Pentagon Swears

  
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  A four-man Special Operations team in Tripoli ahead of last Septembers deadly Benghazi attack couldnt have saved U.S. diplomats, the Pentagon says.
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• Mideast Media Sampler – 05/08/2013

  
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  1) Guess the source A) In its efforts to stop amateur rockets from nagging the residents of some of its southern cities, Israel appears to have given new life to the fledging Islamic movement in Palestine. For two years, the Islamic Resistance Movement (known by its Arabic acronym, Hamas) has been losing support ...
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• Ben Zygier Compromised Major Mossad Operation to Retrieve Remains of IDF MIAs from Lebanon War

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 137
  Trevor Borman produced a second installment of his TV documentary on Prisoner X aka Ben Zygier.  Borman was the first journalist to expose the real identity of Prisoner X three months ago.  Now, he has produced yet another astonishing segment in this scandalous story.  The Australian journalist also builds on ...
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• Mideast Media Sampler – 05/07/2013

  
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  1) Bill Keller’s truism Former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller states the obvious, “ Syria is not Iraq .” In short, Keller argues that he trusts President Obama’s instincts. However since he offered a mea culpa for having once supported the Iraq war, his arguments leave some skeptics ...
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• Mideast Media Sampler – 05/07/2013 – The “Syria is not Iraq” Conundrum

  
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  1) Bill Keller’s truism Former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller states the obvious, “ Syria is not Iraq .” In short, Keller argues that he trusts President Obama’s instincts. However since he offered a mea culpa for having once supported the Iraq war, his arguments leave some skeptics ...
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• No, We Cant!

  
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  By Uri Avnery, Antiwar.com, May 5, 2013 An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for the good of his country, a British statesman famously wrote some 400 years ago. That is true, of course, for all diplomats. The question is whether the diplomat lies only to others, or also to himself. I am asking this ...
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• Hebrew University’s “Monstrous Carbuncle” on Jerusalem Skyline to Showcase Einstein Legacy

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 137
  Einstein’s “golden helmet” crowning Mt. Scopus (Amir Schiby) Haaretz yesterday reported that the Hebrew University, the prime minister’s office, and the city of Jerusalem have announced a grandiose architectural plan to build a 25-story building in the shape of a golden helmet on the top of Mt. Scopus.  ...
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• 4 Big Pushers of War in Iraq Now Gunning for Intervention in Syria — Consequences be Damned!

  
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  I mentioned that the Usual Suspects were beating the drums for another war, since our recent wars have done so much good. Alex Kane at AlterNet calls out a few : The news from Syria over the past week has been dizzying. But if you can keep your head on straight you’ll recognize an uptick in strident calls for ...
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