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Mohamed Morsi’s Careful Calculations

Ariel Solomon — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:53:38 +0000

A Tel Aviv bus exploded yesterday in a terrorist attack in the ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas. This was before a cease-fire was declared later that evening. Reports have not confirmed who is behind the attack, but Hamas has greeted the attack with pleasure, but has not claimed responsibility. There are reports that the [...]

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The Obama administration works to entrench Muslim Brotherhood rule in Egypt

Ariel Solomon — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:13:50 +0000

A recent report by the Wall Street Journal states that the U.S. is seeking to give Egypt $1 billion in debt relief. This is in addition to a request by Egypt’s new leader, Mohammed Morsi, for $4.8 billion from the IMF. Qatar has already agreed to loan Egypt $2 billion, and Saudi Arabia has promised another $1 billion. [...]

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Haaretz publishes spurious attack against Daniel Pipes

Ariel Solomon — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:08:53 +0000

A few weeks ago Haaretz.com published an article by a guy named Carl Perkal, who strongly criticized an article by Daniel Pipes entitled, “Israel’s Arabs, living a paradox.” In his delusional piece, Perkal makes a number of erroneous arguments, writing as if he did not actually read Pipes’s article. Perkal writes that Pipes falsely claims that, [...]

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The Israeli Media and Police Anti-Jewish Bias

Ariel Solomon — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:06:39 +0000

This past Saturday night (March 31, 2012), there was a brawl in an Israeli soccer match between Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva. An Arab player for Haifa’s team, Ali Khatib, is seen attacking (punching) another player in the video of the brawl (in the center of the screen). Immediately after this attack by Khatib against the [...]

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