Arab/Muslim
Perspectives
 The
Mideast: A Cesspool Of Hate
By: Salim Mansu
Since
9/11, the roll call of cities across the world bombed by Muslim
terrorists in league with Osama bin Laden, or recruits of his organization,
al-Qaida, keeps growing. One of the latest is Istanbul, Turkey,
whose citizens were terrorized in a series of suicide bombings within
the span of a week.
In those attacks, Jews, long and peaceful residents of Turkey -
with whose history they share an ancient connection - were once
again the victims of anti-Semitism. An anti-Semitism which is now
turning the Arab-Muslim world into a version of what Europe became
during the first half of the previous century - a cesspool of hate
where Jews were, and today are, blamed for all things wrong in a
culture hurtling toward self-destruction.
 Muslim
Editor Against Rampant Anti-Semitism
Dr.
Tashbih Sayyed, editor of the weekly Pakistan Today, expressed support
for Israel and his belief that anti-Semitism presents the greatest
challenge for the Muslim world today to overcome.
Dr.
Sayyed is editor-in-chief of two California-based weekly newspapers,
Pakistan Today and Moslem World Today; in addition he is the President
of the Council for Tolerance and an adjunct fellow at the Hudson
Institute. Dr. Sayyed's analyses as a respected historian and a
current affairs expert have been instrumental in shaping policy
in the Middle East today. Full
article..
 If
someone asks, my identity is the Bourj
By Rami G. Khouri, Lebanon
If
you want to appreciate a common malaise that afflicts the entire
Arab world, look at its cities, which project an external veneer
of urbanism even as inhabitants live lives mainly according to village
and tribal values. Retribalization, ethnic compartmentalization
and localized militarization are occurring on a large scale. Continue
 |
| Adel
Darwish |
Adel
Darwish veteran Fleet Street Foreign reporter
and commentator on Foreign Affairs
"I
agree with much of what Britain's Prime Minister, Tony Blair recently
told Asharq Al Awsat regarding the obligation of the British citizen
not to give the terrorists a chance to cause civil strife."
"....the
terrorism of Jihadist Salafis started long ago, before the 1948
war in Palestine with events such as the assassination of Judge
Khazendar and the placing of bombs in public places in Egypt during
the 1930s and 1940s."
cont...
|
|
| Lebanon |
Europe
is unwise to reward
a still-violent Hamas
The
recent decision of the European Union and its member states to reconsider
their relationship with Hamas, a group presently on the EU's terrorism
list, is not only bad news for the peace process and for the creation
of a Palestinian state; it is also out of line with the EU's approach
to its own militant groups. 
Palestinians
marked the Nakba
day, 57 years on from the establishment of Israel and the mass exodus
of Palestinians
 AMIN
Arab Media Internet Network
Palestinians
must battle their extremists to achieve peace By: Ray Hanania*
Palestinian and Israeli peace is threatened by a growing movement
of uncompromising rejectionists nourished by the ongoing conflict.
Extremists can’t afford to let the conflict end. Many
Israelis are thwarted by an inability to distinguish between the
criticism of Palestinians moderates and the criticism of extremists.
 Nonie
Darwish
On
November 20th 2003
I spoke at Carnegie Mellon University at a lecture series entitled
"Arabs for Israel," sponsored by the Young
Zionist Organization of America. The idea of this series is to show
that there are Arabs and/or Muslims who feel positively about, and
support Israel.
Arabs
Speak Out..
Arabs
for Israel
"We
are Arabs and Moslems who believe…
We can support the State of Israel and the Jewish religion and
still treasure our Arab and Islamic culture."
Editor
of Kuwaiti Daily: 'Arab Regimes Must Understand
the U.S. Administration Supports The Freedom and Rights of the
Arabs'
 Brigitte
Gabriel, a Lebanese
who
is proud to speak out
on behalf of Israel.
Egyptian
Progressive Dr. Amr Isma'il: 'Why Can't We
[Arabs] See Things as the Rest of the World Sees Them?'
Radio
Interviews: Walid
Shoebat; Dr. Abdelhamid
Stop
splitting hairs on 'terrorism'
By Ammar Abdulhamid
Many
people around the world today seek to differentiate between what
they call "freedom fighters" and those described as
terrorists. They argue that such differentiation, which is most
often applied to Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Continue..
source: Lebanese Daily Star
Arab/Palestinian
Perspectives
 BEIRUT:
Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas
said the armed struggle for the Palestinian people is over and
it is now time for the "democratic route to liberation."
His
comments came as he warned that the Palestinian Authority "would
not able to take control of Gaza if Israel withdraws" adding
"it would lead to a civil war ... we are not ready - security
wise - to take over."
 Moving
in tandem
Egypt is using all diplomatic channels towards the realisation
of national and Arab aspirations, writes Ibrahim Nafie
The
notion that Egypt is acting as a third party intermediary in the
Arab-Israeli crisis is patently absurd. Egypt is an immediate
party in this conflict and a central player in the collective
Arab struggle to realise legitimate Arab rights and safeguard
Arab national security. As the largest Arab power Egypt has consistently
availed itself of its regional and international connections in
the service of Arab causes and interests. And this applies to
Egypt's relations with Israel.
Stop
splitting hairs on 'terrorism'
By Ammar Abdulhamid
Many
people around the world today seek to differentiate between what
they call "freedom fighters" and those described as
terrorists. They argue that such differentiation, which is most
often applied to Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Continue
source: Lebanese Daily Star
Belligerence
Hatred and Incitement
 Clip
#390: Fatah Leader Faruq Qaddumi: Two-States a Temporary Solution
- MEMRI TV - An
excerpt: "Our enemy always says, "This is Judea and
Samaria" and they are "terrorists." They haven't
changed their discourse. If they change theirs, we will change
ours, and if not, we will keep saying that armed resistance is
the way to Palestine. If there is no political initiative and
they keep addressing us with sweet words, and try to seduce us
like foxes do, we must continue in our path.[There are] 300 Million
Arabs, while Israel has only the sea behind it...At this stage
there will be two states. Many years from now there will be only
one."
Transcript
MEMRI TV Home
'We are at war'
There are some -- including in his Fatah movement -- who see Yasser
Arafat's death as an opportunity for change. Not so Zakaria Zubeidi,
leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades in the northern West Bank.
 Martyrdom
is "Art" and Creates a "Strategic Balance",
Lebanese Information Minister.
Arabic
News Translations...
|
Radio Kol Yisrael 
