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State Dept. Report Says Countries Have Repressed Religious Freedom With Laws

Source: NY Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents,…

Ten must-see museums in Israel

Israel 21C: There are more museums per capita in Israel than anywhere in the world, and they’re all bursting with innovation and creativity. Israel has more museums per capita than…

A Brief History of Jewish-Muslim Integration & Israeli Palestinian Confederation

The Times of Israel: ……………… Let’s start with some facts. The worse betrayal of the Jews was by those who perpetrated the Holocaust. The concept of anti-Semitism, and the primitive…

‘Israel prefers US to do the job in Iran’

RT: It would be more convenient for Israel if the US attacked Iran because they have the capacity to do so, journalist and author Yossi Melman told RT. The Israeli…

Palestinian Arab Museum that “Rewrites” History

Palestinians building largest museum in the West Bank to tell their story from Ottoman Empire to British mandate Ynetnews: Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank’s largest museum…

Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili – 3 Part BBC Documentary

Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and…

Ancient Complex Discovered Near Biblical Birthplace Of Abraham In Southern Iraq

Huff Post: A huge complex uncovered near what some believe to be the Biblical birthplace of Abraham is exciting researchers who for years were unable to investigate the region. The…

How Turkey’s regional ambitions crumbled

Source: Asia Times: By Ramzy Baroud “Confused” may be an appropriate term to describe Turkey’s current foreign policy in the Middle East and in Israel in particular. The source of…

Saudi Arabia may block Skype, Viber, WhatsApp, others

Source:CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia may block access to popular Internet messaging applications like Skype, Viber and WhatsApp if telecommunication providers there don’t comply with rules and regulatory conditions, according…

Obama resets Middle East compass

Source: A times: By M K Bhadrakumar The spin given to United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel last week was that it could be a kiss-and-make-up trip aimed…

UN to investigate alleged chemical attack in Syria – Ban Ki-moon

RT: UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria’s Aleppo will start as soon as possible. Official Damascus and the rebels are…

An open letter to President Obama

By ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ The writer is a prominent professor of law at Harvard University and a well-known advocate for Israel. The Jerusalem Post: Israelis desperately want peace, normalization and…

Haaretz analysts and contributors round up Obama’s first presidential visit to Israel

Haaretz: Chemi Shalev believes Obama may be more effective than thought in rekindling the peace process, Aluf Benn considers how as Israeli dependence on the U.S. will rise as it…

Obama: It is not just when settler violence against Palestinians goes unpunished

The Times of Israel: The US president is delivering the main address of his Israel visit, to students in Jerusalem, before a state dinner at the President’s Residence. Earlier, in…

Who is Destroying Muslim heritage- an Israeli View

The Jerusalem Post: There is a veritable industry out there producing an endless stream of “reports” about imaginary Israeli efforts to destroy, damage or defile Muslim sites, in particular the…

Fatwa against Muslim travel to Aksa Mosque

The Jeruslem Post: The Palestine Scholars Association, a radical Islamic body in the Palestinian territories, issued a fatwa on Wednesday banning foreign Muslims from visiting the Temple Mount as long…

Peace? Follow the children

The Jerusalem Post: The need to categorize and critique each other is killing us all. Let us not fear difference, but embrace it. A Jewish kid from Kiryat Shmona, a…

Netanyahu’s children

…… not the prime minister’s biological children, but they all were the creation of his spirit, students of his views and pupils of his government’s policies. These Israeli skinheads are…

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